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Ron
There are no stupid questions, mate (g).
In converter, do you have a backslash after your file "stocks", as in
c:\equis\data\stocks\
May sound too simple, but this could bug it.
Michael
Ron Schuck wrote:
>
> I know for the majority, this is a stupid question, but I just can't
> figure it out as to what I am doing wrong. I have just started to use a
> program which gets my stock quotes from the Internet. It exports a file
> in a format that MetaStock would be able to import.
>
> And now the fun begins, I am running MetaStock 6.0 with the downloader
> 6.0. I have tried to update my files, but I have to be doing something
> wrong. I just don't know what I am missing.
>
> I am using the Convert portion of Downloader, For the Source, I have the
> name of the ASCII file, for the destination, I have listed MetaStock as
> the file type, and for the folder I have "C:\EQUIS\DATA\STOCKS ( my
> folders I created are under the Stocks sub-directory, called Dj-30, and
> Magic-25 ). Under options, for the destination, I have checked
> TRANSVERSE and APPEND DATA to end of file.
>
> The result is all data in the ASCII file does not convert. It shows as
> total errors, under details, the message is " Unable to create
> destination file. "
>
> If I check off the option create new files, then under the sub-directory
> of STOCKS, I will see folders created from A to X with the data files in
> each one.
>
> After several hours of frustration I could use any help from the group,
> once again I apologize for the stupid question, but I am out of ideas.
>
> Thanks In Advance
>
> Ron
>
> e-mail nite_owl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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