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Neal, Buck, Leo,
I download about 2000 stocks daily from TC2000
and then export them to MS using the datacon
utility. They support a batch feature that allows you
to update multiple MS directories at once. I keep
it in the TC2000 directory and run it every evening
after the download. Works like magic. I set up my
directories with an earlier version of MS (256 max),
so I just duplicated the directory structure from TC2000.
When I group stocks into specific directories, I have to remember
to edit the update batch file to also update into those
directories.
The update feature is a bit different than the original export,
as it only updates those stocks that happen to be in that
MS directory and only updates when the TC2000 data is more
current than the MS data. You have to do a clean 1:1 export
when there is a stock split that you handle in TC2000,
because the update doesn't fix the back data in the push to
MS.
D:/TC2000/upd.bat
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DATACON -u \Equis\Data\Mutuals
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\NovHighs
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\NovLows
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\indices
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\A
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\B
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\C
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\D
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\E
DATACON -u \Equis\Data\TCStocks\F
... you get the idea...
James
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Also, there is a file called datacon.ini which holds the
information about where your Metastock data is stored.
If you have multiple directories, you should have
multiple versions of that file and then use a batch file
to run Datacon several times each day.
-Neal.
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At 11:30 AM 11/19/97 -0700, Leo Karl wrote:
>Jack,
>I use tc2000 with MS and have found the Worden program "Datacon.exe" (in
>the tc2000 directory) is the fastest and easiest way to do the
>conversion. The program is a bit of an old DOS clunker, but it does the
>job. There is also a file in the same directory called "Datacon.doc"
>which tells you how to use it.
>
>Let me know if you'd like any more info.
>
>Leo
>
>
>BuckJ33@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Sean,
>> Thanks for asking. Since I am a novice on the pc after spending 30
years on
>> the floor of the Stock Exchange screaming my brains out, I am trying to
grasp
>> what is happening (the flow ) and then maybe I can figure out the details.
>> When I download with tc2000, do I need to export the data into ascii or
>> asciport files or can metastock go directly to my tc2000 files and convert
>> them?
>> Jack
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