RE: Automating Metastock backtesting using explorations

["Laurent GITTLER" <lgittler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Thank you for your answer.

I tried and thought I missed something, but unfortunately I see the same
problem using TAB or whichever keyborad key, you can select the Radio button
"Load Records", but from this radio biutton, you cannot access the Edit zone
with the keyboard, you must click on it with the mouse. So I think I will
switch to Autoit, unless Metastock has some ActiveX or some OLE automation
capabilities to make remote actions on it (it would be great, because using
any macro language, the system is very touchy).

Laurent


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce K. Anderson
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 7:50 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Automating Metastock backtesting using explorations


Laurent:

Once the Explorer window is being displayed, use the TAB key to cycle to the
Options button.  On my computer I need 10 TAB keystrokes to get to the
Option button, then use the Enter keystroke to get to the Explorer Options
Dialog box.  Use the TAB key again to get to the Data Loading Frame.  On my
computer I am at the "Load Minimum Data option button, therefore, I just
need to use the UP ARROW key to make the Load Records dialog available.
Then input the number of record count, use the ENTER to close the dialog
window.

----- Original Message -----
> I would like
> to define the number of periods loaded for exploration in a different way
> for each exploration I want to start. And I cannot do this using Metastock
:
> change the number of periods for explorations (Options button generic to
any
> explorer). I suppose there is a bug in Metastock, because in the Explorer
> Options window, I found no way using the keyboard to go into the control
> setting the number of days to explore (the control is Spin1) in the
window,
> other programs authorize the right key to go from a radio button to the
spin
> control, but metastock uses this keystroke to select the other radio
button.
>

> Laurent Gittler