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thank you Lionell..it's disappointing to here there is no easy way...you
would think equis would just do it properly...
At 12:03 PM 1/20/99 , you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>There is no easy way that I know of.
>
>Periodically I'll scan my folders. Open the Downloader, on the tools menu
>click on delete, browse to the folder you want to scan and open it. Scan
>down the list for dates. You can catch the discontinued symbol if its more
>than a few days old: like if it stopped updating on the 9th and its now the
>14th. You dont have to check each folder every day, nor check them all at
>once. For stocks that you are actively following you'll probably notice
>right away that it is not updating.
>
>Quotes Plus downloading-converting system usually notifies me that a
>"symbol is not in the database" or some such message.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Lionel
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim <anncora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 9:29 AM
>Subject: sp500 update...not done
>
>
>>i wrote the bottom msg to equis as i was upset at going through the
>process
>>and getting nowhere..
>>
>>
>>does anyone update there own symbol list...
>>
>>
>>what is the easiest way...
>>
>>msg to equis====>well i went through the procedure to update the sp400 and
>>500 and there were no updates to the symbol file...don't you realize that
>i
>>must spend 3 or 4 hours to delete all me data..create new files..then
>>gather all the data..all for nothing..as well..sp100..400..500..and dow
>>jones could be off by 100 symbols...a big percentage...
>>
>>
>>updating these myself would take a few days to do it 100 %..why do you
>>commit on something like this and never keep it up to date..
>>
>>
>>
>>*********************************************
>> Have a nice day
>> Jim Kerwin
>> Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A.
>>*********************************************
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Have a nice day
Jim Kerwin
Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A.
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