multi currency support

[strk]

If i ever get unstuck this month and consequently have some free time, i'm considering writing a quick and dirty python script and may release it if there is interest.

Basically the idea would be to hard code currency conversion rates (if you don't there are a whole bunch of problems that can come up--this is probably why official support is taking so long). You would change your poker site software to write hand histories to a temporary folder, the script would see that a file has been written/updated, it would run conversion into US$ and write the file to the folder HEM is scanning for.

Some issues i foresee off the top of my head:
-assuming it works (which it should), would add some strange levels to the HEM filters
-changing exchange rates is a _really_ icky problem
-mostly because of rake, expect rounding errors to be slightly magnified
-if/when HEM officially supports multiple currencies, it could be a headache to get old hand histories to play well with newly imported ones
-to avoid excess cpu usage, it will probably check for hand history updates once every couple of seconds, and so there will be a small extra delay in hud stat updates
-because of hard-coded exchange rates, there _will_ be small discrepancies between what the pokersite says your balance is and what HEM says your balance is, which leads to:
-i don't know how well tracking software has held up under scrutiny for anyone being audited by tax authorities, and don't know how using this might impact that (though the probability of additional problems from having used a non-official script is vanishingly small, the potential downside might be huge)

i anticipate releasing it under a BSD license... any interest?

[DIB79]

Noooo, there is no need at all to convert £ and € to $!!
Why would an Englisman, a Dutch, an Italian or a Norwegian want that?
I just want to have the results separated. If I play in £ it should show £ in my results.
Sick and tired of waiting for years for this.

[strk]

Noooo, there is no need at all to convert £ and € to $!!
Why would an Englisman, a Dutch, an Italian or a Norwegian want that?
I just want to have the results separated. If I play in £ it should show £ in my results.
Sick and tired of waiting for years for this.

if you only play in one currency, it is a non-issue... just pretend that $ is "¤". It sounds like what you want is just different databases. This is significantly different to why most people want and need multicurrency.

I agree that if and when HEM supports multicurrency, it will be a much better solution, and you will probably be able to separate it out as you specify, however for the time being, if i win a $1000 pot at FT, and lose a €900 pot at iPoker, HEM will show me up for the session when i am in fact down, which is the reason behind my proposed temporary workaround.

[DIB79]

I play in £, $ and €.
All I want is separate results for different currencies.

[fozzy71]

The beta for multi-currency is being released on Fri. Feb 19th. This is a firm date.

[Greco]

Amen!

[dirtylobster]

zomg

[The Minder]

The beta for multi-currency is being released on Fri. Feb 19th. This is a firm date.

Fozzy, to be honest it doesn't matter if the release happens on this date or not. However, it is the first that I can recall someone from HM actually giving a definitive date and for that RVG deserves some kudos.

HM customers are not idiots (they may be whiny, pushy, self-centered twerps at times) and recognize statements such as "real soon now" and "our number 1 priority" as indicative of HM not having a strategic plan or a planning cycle. As customers, we realize that sometimes things go off the rails and that delays happen and deadlines/schedules not met; we can live with that.

[kingofthebeats]

The beta for multi-currency is being released on Fri. Feb 19th. This is a firm date.

Thanks for this! Great news.

[Terminator]

@Fozzy71 Thanks. Its really good to have a date.

@ The Minder. I agree of cause things can go out of track in developmentprojects ant of cause we understand that. A date is always an estimate and someting can allways happens on the road.

@strk Maby I was a little bit on the same track as you earlier in this thread.
1: Make sure currencyinformation is in the database for later adjustments and
2: Basically make the conversion before Hm- program does anything else. If you do that my guess is that hardly nothing has to be changed in HM program itself.

Well it was only an suggesting for an quick and dirty solution, waiting for all that other fancy multicurrency functions, if those functions was many weeks away.