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In Metastock:
-click File|Open
-go to the folder where your data files are stored
-in the Open dialog window at the bottom halve:
choose the right "File Type" eg either
-Smart Chart
-Chart
-Layout
Charts and Layout are physical stand alone files, eg registered file types
in Windows95+ .
Smart Charts are securities only, eg virtual files using the F*.DTA
Downloader files, that are stored in your data base folder.
My guess is that your Open dialog window constantly uses the last file type
used, and for that you are shown the Chart or Layout as File Type where
Smart Chart should have been applied. Just click the small square arrow box
on the right, the give the File Type Options, and choose Smart Chart.
Regards,
Ton Maas
ms-irb@xxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: <lorenab@xxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: donderdag 1 april 1999 16:43
Subject: Re: ASCII to charts
> At 03:38 AM 01/04/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >What format are your data files in, e.g. ticker,date,open,high,low,close.vol?
> >The import facility is under Tools|Convert... but you need to make sure
> >your data is correctly formatted before importing.
>
> It's very strange...I've tried the Convert function setting the source as
> ASCII, destination as MetaStock; I get a conversion report and I can see
> the the chart icon for the security when I open it in the Downloader (in
> fact I can open it in the Downloader as a spreadsheet) but I don't get the
> chart icon in Meta. Am I missing another step after the conversion? The
> format of my data files are .txt using ticker,date,high,low,close,volume.
>
> thx
> Lorena
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 lorenab@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to convert ASCII files into Metastock charts using the
> >> Downloader. I know that it's possible but can't figure out how it's done.
> >> Any advice would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Lorena Beccari
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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