[R-SIG-Finance] Blotter updatePortf function can't find historical data in non global environment

[Brian G. Peterson]

passing env='whateverEnvIuse" or env=.wheteverenvIuse doesn't work?

Please provide a reproducible example, per the posting guide.

  - Brian

On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 19:22 -0400, Charlie Friedemann wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I've been working with blotter the past couple days, and one thing  
> I've noticed is that if one calls updatePortf on a portfolio object,  
> it fails:
> 
> Error in get(Symbol, envir=as.environment(.GlobalEnv)) : Object 'SPY'  
> not found.
> 
> I load my daily data in a separate environment using getSymbols, and  
> I'm wondering if there is anyway to get blotter to change which  
> environment it looks for historical price data in. traceback()  
> indicates the call to updatePortf uses the getPrice function in  
> quantmod and passes the .GlobalEnv to it.
> 
> I've tried adding the environment with the price data to the search  
> path, however that did not work.
> 
> Does anyone know a way around this issue? I'd rather not have to keep  
> all necessary data in the global environment if possible. Thanks!
> 
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