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They can hardly compared today (TAS hasn't be updated for years and was
never ported to Windows). At that time (years ago) I tested both and
decided for TAS, both tools were available in Dos versions only.
TAS is a real programming language offering a TA library. It's that and
just that. Who cannot program cannot use TAS, so simple. Hence the learning
curve and... the outstanding power.
TFP on the other hand offered more prebuilt functions. It was the efficient
scanner of my club's TA labs. The reason it never passed my own selection
process is my brain showed a severe allergy to the formula language below :
((V/VX19)*(((H+L+2*C)>=TY1)+((H+L+2*C)<TY1)/(.375*((H+L+2*C)+TY1)/((M2-LN2)X
19))*((H+L+2*C)Y1-(H+L+2*C))/(H+L+2*C))U10))X19
Therefore, I would argue that TFP wasn't and ins't a good alternative to
TAS. The closest (offer) IMHO is a real programming language (like VB/VBA)
+ a TA programming library.
Alain
At 12:06 25/08/99 +0007, bspark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I second Craigs suggestion Technifilter is an outstanding program
>with much power in the system testing, and reporting facilities
>
>Regards
>
>Benzie
>
>> Tas was (is?) a dos-based program that would run rings around MetaStock in
>> System testing (it actually tested across multiple stocks) and
>> explorations at the time. Martin Moore of Dublin, CA was the software
>> writer and owner. Used to have a website www.flexsoft.com. Don't know if
>> it's still there. Warning - it did take some learning to get to know to
>> use the language. These days a better choice is likely TechniFilter Plus.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Daniel Martinez
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: Off-topic C++
>>
>>
>> Guy,
>> not sure what you are referencing when you mention +/- 10 or 8
>> indicator. Do you mean 10 or 8 digits of accuracy? Looked in
>> MicroSoft's BookShelf 99 for "TAS" and searched the Net but couldn't
>> find any reference. It sound like you have been programming stock
>> database routines for some time. If you don't mind my asking, have you
>> made profits using this type of programming? It seems like it would
>> take a long time to set up.
>>
>> Just for your info, that EBAY page you gave is also for the Academic
>> version. As for me, I'm not sure I want to go beyond the
>> MetaStock/Excel combo. Maybe later I'll get VC++ or Builder, after I
>> become an expert at TA. More likely I'll build a tradestation (no pun
>> intended) here with 4 monitors, perhaps L2, and trade short-term moves.
>> Have already decided on the hardware to use.
>>
>> Daniel.
>>
>>
>>
>> Guy Tann wrote:
>>
>> My problem is that MetaStock, while now able to perform all of my
>> calculations, does it with less precision than other languages. For
>> the most part, everything looks fine until we get to a +/- 10
>> indicator in our original calculations. MS only calculated a value of
>> + or - 8 (two out of the last three occurrences), which has a material
>> impact on our system. Because of some of MS' limited computational
>> capabilities, some of us are evaluating other programming
>> languages.I'm looking at buying Visual Studio 6.0 Professional over
>> eBay which will provide me with VB 6.0 Professional as well as Visual
>> FoxPro as well as a bunch of other languages (C++ being one of them)
>> that I won't use. Since system currently runs under TAS, MetaStock,
>> Clipper, and Excel, I have to convert it over to a Y2K compliant
>> environment. I had hoped that MS for Windows would have been able to
>> handle my requirements.My old Clipper and TAS programs are not Y2K
>> compliant and MetaStock doesn't provide me with accurate calculations.
>> That leaves me with Excel and other languages. I have everything
>> currently programmed in Excel except the MS File Library link. With
>> regards to Borland Builder Pro v4, you need to make sure that you can
>> use it with the MS Library DLL that provides you access to Equis'
>> database. Walter and I were discussing VB and VBA which does support
>> the MS DLL. Walter has done a lot of work with Excel and VBA and has
>> posted a ton of information here in that regard. I, unfortunately,
>> haven't had time to look at it, but will as soon as the kid starts
>> back to school. Right now, I've settled on VB, Excel using VBA or
>> Visual FoxPro(since our Clipper is a xBase system). I'm trying to
>> figure out how to use Excel with VBA because that will minimize any
>> coding I have to do. On the other hand, this will limit systems
>> testing as I won't have all of my intermediate calculations readily
>> available in the database.
>>
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