RE: "Not all records in date range were read."

["Chip Anderson" <chipa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Ken.  I received a similar response from Equis.  None of those
suggestions solved the problem which is why I thought I'd ask this group for
suggestions.

Here's what some more experimentation has revealed:

1.) The chart in question is the NYSE A-D line.  It is constructed from a
"Composite Security" created in The Downloader.  The composite is created by
subtracting NYSE Advancers from NYSE Decliners.

2.) I'm getting the exact same problems with the NASDAQ A-D composite and
the AMEX A-D composite as well as my NH-NL series of charts.

3.) Adjusting the start and end dates along the X-Axis causes the problem to
appear/disappear.  There is some kind of relationship between the start date
and today's date that cause one of three things to occur: a.) Everything
works great.  b.) I get the "Not all records in date range were read"
message. or c.) I get an "End of File" message.  Despite a couple of hours
of experimentation, I haven't been able to determine what the relationship
between the start dates and these results is.

4.) This morning, I converted the Composite Security into a "real"  Security
file (using a painful process involving the Downloader, the Clipboard, and
Excel) and tried again.  This time everything worked fine.  Hooray!  The
problem, of course, is that there is no easy way of automatically updating
this converted data.  I'll probably have to write another WinBatch file to
automate things.

BTW, in the course of my investigation, I noticed another scary problem when
using "Composite Securities" - simple moving averages of the A-D Line were
wrong and (get this) deleting one of the MAs caused the other one to change
it's location!  And, no, I made sure that I didn't accidentally have a
moving average of a moving average.  Bizarre.

So I'm concluding that the "Composite Security" feature is not working
correctly in MetaStock 6.52 and I'm advising people to double-check any
charts they have that use this feature.

Chip
http://coolhistory.com/ChipsCharts


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of wander@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 8:45 AM
To: Metastock List
Subject: Re: "Not all records in date range were read."


Chip, I had this problem in MSPRO...sorry but I don't remember what fixed
it.  -Ken

mailto:wander@xxxxxxxx


Equis Support wrote:

> 1.  If this only happens with one or a few charts it could be a damaged
> Smart Chart. If so replace the Smart Chart as follows:
>
> Start MetaStock.
>
> Click File|New|Chart.
>
> Highlight the chart that does this and click OK.
>
> Now use the file as you normally do.  If this works it means your
> original chart is damaged.  Continue as follows:
>
> Click File|Save As.
>
> Click Save As Smart Chart, to place an X this box, and click OK.  A
> message will ask you want to replace your existing Smart Chart.  Answer
> yes.
>
> Click File|Close to close this chart.
>
> Repeat this procedure for any other chart that does this.
>
> It could also mean the data file for this security is damaged. If so use
> the Tools|Test feature in The DownLoader to test the data file.
>
> If the test does not locate any errors in the file use the Tools|Copy
> feature in The DownLoader to copy the file into a new folder.  Then use
> the file in the new folder to see if this helps.  If you still receive
> this message in the new folder it means the data file is damaged. If so
> delete the file and create it again to eliminate this message.
>