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Method 1:
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Use the File/Open command.
Select "Smart Charts"
Select a stock.
Click in the "Security" Edit box.
Try to type "Ctrl-C" to copy the info in the edit box to the clipboard.
The instant you press "Ctrl", the edit box clears for no reason.
Method 2:
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Use the File/Open command.
Select "Smart Charts"
Select a stock.
Right-Click in the "Security" Edit box.
The resulting popup menu incorrectly has "Cut" and "Copy" disabled.
This is using MetaStock 6.5 under Win95.
Chip
---Equis Support <support@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Here is a very easy to create an ASCII file for symbols.
>
> Use The DownLoader for Windows, select Print and then Print names from
> the print dialog. This will give you a list of the folder contents.
>
> You need to setup a "Generic Text Printer" in Windows that "prints to
> file". That will get you an ASCII file.
>
> It is very easy to cut and paste with the edit boxes. I am not sure
> what you mean by difficult. Please tell me step by step what you do
to
> paste. Once I know exactly which edit boxes I may be able to be of
more
> help in this area.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> George
> Equis Support
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chip Anderson [SMTP:chipamy@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 11:58 AM
> > To: cma; MSPRO mailing list
> > Cc: support@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Symbol List
> >
> > (Equis Support - see crash report and question below.)
> >
> > Here's a "hacky" way to do it:
> >
> > 1. Use MS's "File/Open..." command
> > 2. Select "Smart Charts" in the "Type of Files" dropdown
> > 3. Select "By Symbols"
> > 4. Navigate to the directory you want
> > 5. Click on the first stock symbol
> > 6. Scroll right until the last stock you want is visible
> > 7. Hold down "Shift" and click on the last stock
> >
> > IMPORTANT NOTE! Don't select more than 255 stocks in step #7 or MS
> > will display a ton of message boxes and then CRASH!!!
> >
> > 8. There is now a list of security symbols in the "Security" edit
box.
> > Getting these into the clipboard is tricky! Here are the steps:
> > a.) Right click anywhere over the "Security" edit box.
> > b.) Choose "Select All" from the popup menu
> > c.) Right click on the "Security" edit box again.
> > d.) Now choose "Copy" from the popup menu
> >
> > EQUIS: Why is it so hard to cut-and-paste from your edit boxes?
> >
> > 9. Run Notepad (Hit the Windows key, press "R", type "notepad")
> > 10. Press Ctrl-V to paste in the symbols
> > 11. Manually press enter between each symbol.
> >
> > Yeah - it's very hacky! ;-) Hopefully you only need to do this
once!
> > There may be other/better techniques, but I'm unaware of them.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Chip
> > http://coolhistory.com/ChipsCharts
> >
> > ---cma <cma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a procedure for creating a symbol list of the
> > > securities in one of the MSPRO data subdirectories? I need an
ASCII
> > file
> > > with one symbol/line. (Need it to use with a program called
> > NetQuote).
> > > Tried using Downloader 6's Convert (p. 65 of manual) but that
seems
> > to
> > > convert the securities files, which I don't want to do.
> > > Thanks,
CMA
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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