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What is the date of this latest V 6.52 patch?
Lionel Issen
-----Original Message-----
From: Equis Support <support@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: Still blowing up with patch 6.52
>Yes we would like more details but we would also like you to try a new
>video driver for your video card and also make sure you are using the
>correct monitor driver for your specific monitor. In most cases, when
>layouts work for a period of time and then a page fault occurs, it is
>due to video problems, or video memory. Usually the driver is the
>culprit, assuming you have used all the available patches to date. The
>first two patches had layout problems but they didn't work at all in
>most cases. The patch dated 1/22/99 fixed all those. There is a new
>patch as of yesterday that fixes the remaining known issue which
>involved compression to weekly from a daily chart.
>
>The 6.52 version is a newly compiled version. The fact it was released
>as a patch before the CD-ROMS were available was only to get it to you
>sooner. It is a new version. That is why you can't go backwards with
>layouts and Smart Charts. It uses a different format because of Y2K
>issues. Newly compiled versions almost always have video problems due
>to MFC changes (the libraries from Microsoft used to make things
>happen).
>
>Please try the video and monitor drivers.
>
>Equis Support
>http://www.equis.com/
>http://www.equis.com/customer/support/
>Please include previous email answers and questions in your response.
>
>Equis and MetaStock and MetaStock Professional are registered trademarks
>of Equis International. Achelis Binary Wave, The DownLoader, Expert
>Advisor, OptionScope, Quotecenter, and Smart Charts are trademarks of
>Equis International.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aongus Flood [mailto:aflood@xxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:02 AM
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Still blowing up with patch 6.52
>
>
>I have installed every recommended patch from Equis to date. Yet when I
>use
>layouts, eventually the program will generate an unhandled exception and
>go
>down in flames. The older version on the CDROM (6.5) did not do this.
>
>The OS is NT4 (SP4). Is there some magic that needs to be applied for
>this
>to be fixed. Does anyone else have the same problem? It seems to me
>the
>best course forward is to re-install the 6.5 from the CDROM, at least
>this
>is stable and TESTED. I am aware that layouts in 6.52 trash the format
>of
>the 6.5 layout, something they don't tell you with the patch, making
>going
>back and forth time consuming.
>
>If Equis would like any further details on this issue, I would happily
>oblige.
>
>My regards
>Aongus Flood
>
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