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Thanks, Chuck.
<p>I happen to have Ron's check list....so here it is.
<p>Claud
<p><b><i>I have done further analysis and found 107 formulas did not convert
when</i></b>
<br><b><i>moving</i></b>
<br><b><i>from 6.52a to 7.02.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>I took the following action:</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>1. I exported the 107 formulas using mswin6.52a organizer.</i></b>
<br><b><i>2. I imported the 107 formulas using mswin 7.02 organizer.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>During this process 2 formulas were flagged as referencing formulas
that do</i></b>
<br><b><i>not exit</i></b>
<br><b><i>and I believe this is true. So I did the easy way out and
commented the</i></b>
<br><b><i>formulas</i></b>
<br><b><i>so that the process would complete.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Now what happened is real interesting. Many of the formulas
now have a (2)</i></b>
<br><b><i>appended to the end of the description. This suggests that
MS thinks the</i></b>
<br><b><i>formulas</i></b>
<br><b><i>may already exist but were not detected due to a software bug.
I am in the</i></b>
<br><b><i>process of removing the (2) appendages on the names and will
continue to</i></b>
<br><b><i>work towards getting MS 7.02 ready to go to work. The editor
does allow you</i></b>
<br><b><i>to remove the (2) and does not squawk about the formula already
existing.</i></b>
<br><b><i>Strange!</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>I have included a bitmap for your enjoyment.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Next, I will tackle getting the templates to work. The templates
are still</i></b>
<br><b><i>giving me errors</i></b>
<br><b><i>that functions are not being calculated correctly. Of course,
these</i></b>
<br><b><i>functions were not</i></b>
<br><b><i>even on the template suggesting an indexing into the formulas
problem. Wish</i></b>
<br><b><i>me luck!</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Thanks,</i></b>
<br><b><i></i></b> <b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Ron Stockstill</i></b>
<br><b><i></i></b> <b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>As you know, I have encountered several problems when using the
upgrade</i></b>
<br><b><i>from 6.52 to 7.02. It appears one should test all the formulas
to be sure</i></b>
<br><b><i>they</i></b>
<br><b><i>are still working before proceeding.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>I now have got all the formulas converted.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>I finally had to reinstall the upgrade for the third time to get
the</i></b>
<br><b><i>Metastock experts</i></b>
<br><b><i>to work that come with 7.02. My custom experts except for
one worked now as</i></b>
<br><b><i>well. So I deleted the one in 7.02 that was not working.
I switched back</i></b>
<br><b><i>to 6.52a</i></b>
<br><b><i>and exported the expert and re-imported using the 7.02 version.
This still</i></b>
<br><b><i>did not</i></b>
<br><b><i>resolve the binary header corruption problem. Finally,
I edited each little</i></b>
<br><b><i>piece of</i></b>
<br><b><i>the expert in 7.02 and this seemed to fix the data corruption
problem. So</i></b>
<br><b><i>now all the</i></b>
<br><b><i>experts seem to have been converted.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Next, I am turning my attention to the system tests. I noticed
several of</i></b>
<br><b><i>the</i></b>
<br><b><i>system tests were not converted. Same goes for explorations.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>I would recommend that anyone upgrading do the following before</i></b>
<br><b><i>installation:</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>1. check all formulas to see they still work.</i></b>
<br><b><i>2. check all system tests to see they still work</i></b>
<br><b><i>3. check all explorations to see they still work</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>After upgrading:</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>1. Verify all formulas were converted (recall I had 107
formulas that</i></b>
<br><b><i>failed to convert).</i></b>
<br><b><i>2. Verify all system tests were converted</i></b>
<br><b><i>3. Verify all explorations were converted.</i></b>
<br><b><i>4. Verify all templates were converted. (I noticed that
some templates were</i></b>
<br><b><i>not copied as well).</i></b>
<br><b><i>5. Test before/after upgrade that you get the same values
for calculations.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>This implies that you are installing the new version 7.02 in the
program</i></b>
<br><b><i>file subdirectories and the old version</i></b>
<br><b><i>was under the Equis subdirectory. This was my case and
I did have</i></b>
<br><b><i>additional backup</i></b>
<br><b><i>just in case.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Once this is completed, I will start testing the bugs I reported
to see if</i></b>
<br><b><i>fixes have been applied.</i></b><b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Thanks,</i></b>
<br><b><i></i></b> <b><i></i></b>
<p><b><i>Ron Stockstill</i></b>
<br>
<br>
<p>Chuck Engstrom wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>At 03:44 PM 08/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
<br>>I just installed V 7.02. Notwithstanding the assurances of the sales
<br>>department that almost all of the bugs in V7.01 had been fixed, I
find that
<br>>it is indeed buggy.
<br>>
<br>>Non of my personally created indicators, systems , and wizards were
<br>>transferred by the "organizer". Most if not all of them are
simple (no
<br>>convoluted mathematical operations). For example one indicator
is as simple
<br>>as OBV, another is a price oscillator. The personal wizards had all
been
<br>>posted to this listserver and worked quite well with V 6.52.
<br>>
<br>>It will be a tedious chore to copy them manually into V 7.02.
<br>>
<br>>1. is there a fix for this?
<br>>
<br>>2. should I return V 7.02 for refund until this problem is fixed?
<br>>
<br>>If something as simple as transferring and converting files is beyond
the
<br>>scope of V7.02, how many more difficulties am I faced with.
I have neither
<br>>the time nor the patience to spend much time or effort on this.
<br>>
<br>>Intuit and Microsoft seem to be able to manage file conversions.
The
<br>>program should have been checked more thoroughly before shipping.
<br>>
<br>>
<br>>Lionel Issen
<br>>lissen@xxxxxxxxx
<br>>
<br>>
<br>Lionel, Claude, Paula, others upgrading --
<p>Ron Stockstill posted an excellent checklist for upgrading about two
weeks
<br>ago. Unfortunately, I no longer have it, but perhaps he could post
it
<br>again. I followed it pretty carefully and don't seem to have had the
<br>problems some have had with upgrading of formulas, etc.
<p>I would add these comments to his:
<p>When you check your formulas, explorations, etc, do so by both running
them
<br>and by opening them with their respective EDIT functions. I found that
some
<br>of my 6.52 items would in fact run -- or maybe I should say, appear
to run
<br>-- even though they were not properly constructed. But if you open
a
<br>defective formula, etc in EDIT and then click OK, you'll get some sort
of
<br>warning about its defect. That's your chance to correct or delete it.
If
<br>you click CANCEL after the warning, the defect will be retained.
<p>Install your 7.0x in a new directory, not over the old one. That way
you
<br>can go back and use 6.52 until you're sure everything is OK. But be
aware
<br>that opening a security in 7 makes it no longer usable in 6.5 -- so
you
<br>might also want to make a duplicate set of 6.52 data files, which I
failed
<br>to think of.
<p>I didn't let 7.0x convert my stuff en masse during installation. I just
<br>said no to its offer, and let the installation go to completion. Then
I
<br>opened 6.52 and exported some formulas to an empty directory. Next,
I
<br>closed 6.52, opened 7.02, and imported them. I've now done this several
<br>times, a few items at a time, and so far, so good, but I still have
a lot
<br>of stuff not yet done. This is undeniably a lot slower than mass import
<br>during installation but on the other hand, a lot faster than retyping
one
<br>by one. And it helps you to clean house since you'll want to import
your
<br>best stuff first.
<p>Good luck!!
<p>Chuck Engstrom</blockquote>
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