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Good idea. We have a newsgroup for the 4dtv digital satellite receiver
built by General Instrument. In the past, people hated GI, or tolerated
them.
There are 3 different GI employees that monitor the newsgroup and reply with
workarounds, reasons why they took the approach they did in hardware design
or software, and communicating suggestions to the tech people. Some of our
suggestions are even getting implemented in the next software (they call it
firmware) download in September. I have to say that this is the absolute
best support I've ever received from a vendor, bar none. There's no reason
why Equis doesn't have a rep or two responding to comments, suggestions
and/or questions about the product that other members of the list can't
answer.
I've still never received a reason why my calculations work in DOS but not
in 'Windows, for example.
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Walton
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 1998 11:04 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?
You know, I've had some harsh words about Equis regarding some of their
large GAPS in program usability (can't system test more than one
security at a time for a big one), and I flat out asked them one time if
they listen to this group. "Oh yes, we get lots of comments from the
list." was the response.
Well, wouldn't it be nice if we had an Equis representative on the list
to at least say something like, "Well, shit fellas, you've got 'yerself
a real hum-dinger of an idea there! Sheeyutt, I'm just gonna hafta
mozey on over to that thar' programmin' department and tell 'em to get
busy on it.." You know what I'm saying, right?
C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N Let us know what's coming and what ideas from
the list will make it into v7.0!! (pretty basic stuff, eh?)
----Original Message Follows----
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:26:46 -0700
From: Vitaly Larichev <vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Is MetaStock for Real Traders?
Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
There is a trick not to see slopes of indicators beyond the last day,
though
pretty clumsy. Type a vertical line symbol "|" on a chart as a text.
Make it big
choosing font size as large as 40-50. Then steer it (it's a hard part)
to the
edge of the chart so that it covers the space you don't want to see. In
Text
Property box unselect Anchor to Date. Save it as a template.
It may not hold if you resize the window. So not an ideal solution, but
for me it
worked. Certainly, the best way to go would be one-click operation to
advance 1
day in Data Loading. Are you with us on it, Equis?
Cheers, Vitaly
Martin Haesler wrote:
> .....
>
> However, because any indicator that is plotted is displayed right to
the edge
> of the chart, ie beyond the last day to the edge of the chart, the
> indicator's slope (as it moves towards the next day) can be seen.
Hence the
> position of the next bar can be anticipated, making a realistic and
unbiassed
> walk-through the data impossible. eg when using just a simple moving
average,
> the slope at the far right hand side of the chart will show whether
the next
> day's bar is high or low.
>
> Regards ... Martin
>
> longtermtrader@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I have been a Windows user for many years ....
>
> > As far as:
> > >>* How about a useful and efficient Paper Trade Mode that advances
the
> > chart one day at a time WITHOUT plotting the indicator beyond the
> > current day. Common sense right! You can accomplish this by
advancing
> > the Last Date Loaded value in the x-Axis Properties dialog box but
that
> > requires way too many mouse clicks.<<
> >
> > Hold the shift key down when you click on the chart scroll bar and
it
> > will scroll just one day at a time and show you the indicator only
> > through the current day.
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