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Further to my message, I have moved my Downloader version 6.52 to another
directory (Dlwin652) and restored the previous version (6.5) from my backup
tape.
I then tested the speed of converting data and can report the results of
updating 224 items from an ASCII file as follows:
1. Downloader Version 6.5 - approx 25 seconds
2. Downloader Version 6.52 - approx 500 (yes, FIVE HUNDRED) seconds!
I then remembered the advice from Equis about opening any ticker code when
running the Explorer to make it run quicker and lo and behold!
3. Downloader Version 6.52 (with a ticker code already opened - not one
being updated) - approx 20 (yes, TWENTY) seconds!!!. Version 6.5 takes about
the same time with a ticker code already opened.
It seems to me that the same programming error that was introduced in going
to version 5.0 of MetaStock has now been introduced into the Downloader
program. I suspect that the Downloader 6.52 is opening and closing the
MASTER and/or EMASTER files for every ticker code that is being updated
whereas the earlier versions opened them once and kept them open until the
conversion completed.
I will continue to use the Downloader version 6.5 until a more efficient
version is available.
Ian Rawnsley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Rawnsley
> Sent: Saturday, 2 January 1999 17:10
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: More on 6.52....Downloader
>
>
> I have updated my system under Win95 to version 6.52 and the only
> thing that
> I have noticed so far is that the Downloader runs like a dog.
>
> Using Downloader Version 6.52 to Convert the ASCII data to update the
> MetaStock database, the program takes about 2 to 3 times longer to update
> than version 6.5.
>
> I have sent a separate message to Equis support about this.
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