Re: [amibroker] Re: Metastock external EOD update & Amibroker MS plugin, AmiBroker Email List Archive

NB: I suppose you should be able to write in AFL a simple script to export this info as defined in the MS db to a csv.

2009/12/14 furinkazaan <furinkazaan@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi everybody,
Old issue - new angle.

Is it possible to first "create" a AB database from a MS database using the "Metastock Importer", and having created it to satisfaction, change the database settings to use the MS plugin to update it seamlesly?

The reason I ask is The MS database is configured into folders (each with a Master/ Emaster file) that classify different market segments, indices etc, separately. This is a good structure to have. And when this database is read on Equis Metastock, I can actually browse the folder and get into that market segement I want.

But when I use MS plugin to CREATE a AB database, all the tickers get clubbed under one market/ group. The seperation offered in the original MS database is lost. I then have to use the "organise Assignments" tool to separate this into groups and watchlists.

And when the original MS database comes with non standard 8-digit numbers as ticker symbols, using the "organise assignment" tool is impossible, because this tool only reads tickers and not full names.

"...so you see I have come to doubt, all that I once held as true......." Paul Simon

thanks in advance for any help to get me out of this vicious cycle.

2009/2/17 edwol53 <edwol@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thankyou to all that suggested remedies.

In the end I deleted the database in the AB directory C:\Program
Files\AmiBroker\MSData, then recreated the database (same name and
destination) with MS plugin and all is working as it should (or as I
expect it to).

I am not sure as to that being the correct and how that affects AB
in how it stores its information, but I could not find any tool or
procedure to remove the database.

It seems that data MS Import & MS plugin - may have been the issue.

Cheers
Still learning
Ed

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "CS" <cesaxe@xxx> wrote:
>
> What program are you using to do the daily update of the MetaStock
files?
>
> The Quotetracker files should be in separate folders from the MS
files.
> Deleting them should have no effect on the MS files.
>
> The MS plugin supplies the data directly to AB from the MS data
files.
> No need to put data in AB data folders.
>
> For diagnostics, I suggest that you contact Equis support and get
a copy (free) of Downloader.
> It can look at (TEST function) the data files and see if they are
correct.
>
> -CS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: edwol53
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:05 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Metastock external EOD update &
Amibroker MS plugin
>
>
> CS thanks for the response.
>
> The answer is yes to your questions below.
>
> Each MS directory has a Master & Emaster & are accessed by both
> Metastock & Tradestation on this machine (done so for many
years),
> it would not have "Imported Metsatock Data" manually otherwise,
and
> the paths are correct.
>
> as for the MS Plugin I have the Configure Paths to Metastock
folders
> set for all the folders I use for both MS and TS.
>
> Your comment about a "crippled" MS Plugin intrigues me even
though
> the ticker names are there in the data AB has stored/or reads.
>
> I will try to set up another machine tomorrow - and see if that
> presents a different result.
>
> BTW how do I delete the MSData data base only and leave the
> QuoteTracker database in tact - is it a manual process by
deleting
> the folder eg C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\MSData? Is there any
effect
> on the registry settings?
>