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Guy,
<p>I just want to let you know that there are <i>some (</i>probably <i>many)</i>
who appreciate <u>both</u> your advice and what we pay for it.
<p>Just perhaps, your most recent thought :
<br>" <i>I'm going to bed ... Too easy to make a mistake."
</i>may be the most universally applicable and tried and true of any thought
we have read. Personally, I could often insert simply "tired" instead
of "pain" that afflicts you this time.
<p>Bob
<p>Guy Tann wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Remember this advice us worth what you paid for it.
I'm going to bed as I'm
<br>still in pain here, but had to double check Jimmy. Too easy to
make a
<br>mistake.
<p>Regards
<p>Guy</blockquote>
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From: "A.J. Maas" <anthmaas@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Downloader and Creating a New Security
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 01:52:59 +0200
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Converting without the proper header in the file, cannot be
guaranteed by Equis, to work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>That's true for ASCII files in particular, but also when using Excel for
Type:.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. Thus, here I presume that you have used a header in the file (in
the first place), when converting.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2. </FONT><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>The header is
INCORRECT for DLv6.0 and 6.5.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>3.The fields might be correct, but the fields in
the header are NOT.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>To my knowledge the examples given for ASCII as file type in
the Downloader manual (and that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>INCLUDES csv, when </FONT><FONT size=2>true commas are being
used) are examples given (from) older </FONT><FONT
size=2>Downloader</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>versions, eg the DL 2.0 or 3.0 (if they've ever
existed).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The proper header is: (eg convert a standard MetaStock
security-file to Asci for the proper example</FONT><FONT
size=2>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT
size=2><TICKER>,<NAME>,<PER>,<DTYYYYMMDD>,<OPEN>,<HIGH>,<LOW>,<CLOSE>,<VOL>,<OPENINT><BR><BR>1.-In
your instance (in NotePad) omit the <FONT size=2><TICKER> and
</FONT><NAME> and <PER> and <VOL> and
<OPENINT><BR> columns and for the <DATE>
column use the <DTYYMMDD> digital format (using a 2-digit year code
YY).<BR>2.-Note here too, that there is no comma at the end of the header, eg as
your data doesn't have<BR> one either (which it should not
have for an ASCII file's data/layout to also be correct).<BR>3.-Also ALWAYS make
sure not to have any blanc lines at the bottom of the file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,<BR>Ton Maas<BR><A
href="mailto:ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A><BR>Dismiss the
".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying and<BR>note the new address
change. Also for my Homepage<BR><A
href="http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas";>http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:kornberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
title=kornberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Kornberg Family</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"; title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Metastock
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> dinsdag 31 augustus 1999 9:22</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problem with Downloader and
Creating a New Security</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>I trade the
Australian market and have tried</SPAN> to create a "new" security - the
DOW! <SPAN class=150190407-31081999>I sourced historical data from
Yahoo and downloaded it into csv format.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>The fields were
correct in the file:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999>date,open,high,low,close (an example of the data
appears below)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>
<P align=left><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN>990827,11198.45,11295.33,11021.15,11090.17</FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial
size=2>990826,11326.04,11393.48,11133.86,11198.45</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial
size=2>990825,11282.38,11428.94,11106.31,11326.04</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial
size=2>990824,11297.54,11404.88,11135.76,11283.3</FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999></SPAN> </DIV><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>
<DIV><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>I then used the downloader to convert the
ascii data into Metastock format. As no ticker was listed in the file,
when prompted I put in DOW. The conversion went happily along. The
problem is that the following data appeared in the Metastock
File</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>Date Open High Low
Close Volume</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999>08/25/1999 11106.3 11282.4 11428.9 11106.3 11326 0<BR>08/26/1999 11133.9 11326.0 11393.5 11133.9 11198 0<BR>08/27/1999 11021.2 11198.5 11295.3 11021.2 11090 0<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>It appears that
somehow the downloader has transposed the column data and copies the data
to volume. My daily download data is in the same format with no
hitches!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=150190407-31081999>Any suggestions
would be gratefully accepted.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=150190407-31081999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=150190407-31081999><IMG
alt="Andrew :-)" border=0
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