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Thanks for the reply Ton,
There is some useful ideas there but after many hours of trial and
error I think that the fault has been found. Apparently when I
upgraded from M/S 6.0 to 6.5 the original 6.0 formula.dta and others
were kept in the same directory as the new 6.5 files and for some
unknown reason the program started referencing the 6.0 files first.
After moving any *.dta files with 60 in the filename the problem
has not resurfaced.
Thanks for making the effort
Greg.
----- Original Message -----
From: A.J. Maas <anthmaas@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock-List <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Custom Indicators
: -Try using the below 3 methods combined, to check for the current
program STATUS of (any of)
: your custom indicators and if they are also (properly) installed
within program.
:
: When using the added number sequence for a custom indicator's unique
identification
: (f.i. for the Fml ("#number") Call-function), eg to have program
uniquely identify the indicator,
: make sure that this numer sequence is also "uniquely choosen for
that particular indicator
: alone", and that no other indicators have that same number sequence
!!!
: (used by any of the presently installed indicators).
:
: -----1------------------------------------------------
: Controlling which Indicators are in the QuickList (6.5Help/6.5Man.
p.139)
:
: By default, all available indicators (including custom indicators)
are displayed
: in the QuickList. However, you may want to shorten the list by
excluding those
: you seldom use. This can be done with the "QuickList
Properties"-dialog.
:
: The QuickList Properties dialog is displayed by choosing
: "Indicator QuickList" from the "Format"-menu, or by right-clicking
directly on
: the QuickList and choosing "QuickList Properties".
:
: -Check the indicators you want displayed in the QuickList.
: -Remove the check if you prefer not to have the indicator displayed.
: -You can check and uncheck all indicators by using the Check All and
Uncheck All buttons.
:
: ------2-------------------------------------------------
: Printing Custom Indicators (6.5Help/6.5Man. p.269)
:
: You can print the names and/or formulas of the selected custom
indicators
: to the default printer using the "Print"-dialog. The "Print"-dialog
is accessed by
: choosing "Print" from the "Indicator Builder"-dialog.
:
: Print What. Choose whether you want to print the Names Only or
the Names
: and Formulas for the selected custom
indicators.
: Copies. Choose the number of copies to print.
: Print Range. Choose whether you want to print the Selected Custom
Indicator(s)
: or All Custom Indicators.
:
: Printer. This displays a dialog from which you can select
the desired printer,
: orientation, and paper size.
:
: ------3-------------------------------------------------
: Referencing Existing Custom Indicators (6.5Help/6.5Man. p.208-209,
eg
:
create a test-version)
:
: You can reference other custom indicators using the fml() function.
: For example, the function "fml( "My MACD")" is the value of the
formula that contains the
: text "My MACD" in its name. The entire name is not required--only
enough of the name
: to make it unique. However, preference is given to the formula name
that exactly matches.
: So if another formula named "MyMACD2" existed, "MyMACD" would be
used since it
: matches exactly.
:
: ---snip---------
: --------------------------------------------------------
:
: Else, your "formula.dat" file is corrupted (most likely by the
program itself).
: A replacement of this file by the original file, and than later
adding your customs again,
: will be sufficiant enough:
:
: - Use text files (copy&paste) to export your customs first, than
: - Replace "formula.dat" by the original, and than
: - Add the customs from the text files(copy&paste), and
: - Make a backup from this new "formula.dat" file for unforseen
future use.
:
: Regards,
: Ton Maas
: ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying and
: note the new address change. Also for my Homepage
: http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas
:
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: Greg Harris <gregharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: woensdag 29 december 1999 23:30
: Subject: Custom Indicators
:
:
: > I would like to pick the brains of any of the more experienced
: > Metastock users if I could.
: > Every time I open up M/S I have to re-import my custom
indicators,
: > even though when importing it says that they are already there
they
: > just don't show up in the drop down list. All of the custom
indicators
: > are ticked to show in the list and the file locations are the
: > defaults.
: > This problem only surfaced a few weeks ago and no changes have
: > been made to my system.
: > Is there anybody with any ideas of what might be the causing
this.
: > Thanks in advance.
: > Greg Harris
: > Australia.
: >
: >
:
:
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