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Version 7.02 is mainly a maintenance update. We wanted to focus on trying
to identify and fix as many problems in 7.01 and 7.0 as we could.
For future reference, we plan on numbering our products with a .01 change
for maintenance releases. Therefore 7.02 is a maintenance update for 7.01
and 7.0. Any release with planned enhancements to features will change by
.1 or higher.
With that said, we did throw in a few minor enhancements. We did manage to
significantly improve the speed of explorations over earlier versions. We
also made some minor changes with compression and templates with regard to
Data-On-Demand. Below is a copy of the readme.txt file that will accompany
the update to 7.02:
More Information About MetaStock Professional 7.02
June 23, 2000
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Please take the time to read the Getting Started manual.
It will be worth your time!
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For information on the new features in version 7.0,
choose MetaStock Help from MetaStock's Help menu,
click the Index tab, and type "new features" in the
search phrase box.
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Page # Description
116 When compressing data the number of periods loaded
is now maintained and not the date range. When a Daily
Chart is loaded with 100 periods of data and it
is compressed to Weekly, 100 periods of Weekly
data will be loaded. Previously the chart's date
range would be preserved.
N/A Explorations should now run much faster.
N/A Added the option to use a Template's periodicity or
the opened Chart's periodicity when applying a Template
to Online securities. When applying a Template the
Apply Template dialog now has the option:
"Use Template's Periodicity." When checked any Template
applied will use the periodicity of the Chart that
the Template was created with. When this option is
unchecked the Template will use the periodicity of the
Chart it is applied to. This option is only available with
Online securities.
N/A It is now possible to compress Online Securities from
Daily to Intraday and vice versa. Before if a Daily
Online security was opened it was not possible to
compress the Chart to a lower (Intraday) periodicity.
Now all periodicities are available when opening any
Online security.
Thank you.
Ken Hunt
Programming Manager
Equis International
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bolton [mailto:boltonjm@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:36 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Waht are the New Features in 7.02
Ken,
What are the new features or enhancements in version 7.02?
John Bolton
PD Manager wrote:
> The final release build of 7.02 for MetaStock was completed on June 28th.
> The final release build of 7.02 for MetaStock Professional was completed
on
> July 3rd.
>
> The master CDs for both of these programs have been given to our order
> fulfillment department and they are currently undergoing duplication. I
> would expect the CDs to be available within 2-3 weeks.
>
> I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience
> while waiting for this release.
>
> I would also like to address the quality issue with some of our most
recent
> releases of MetaStock. After the release of 6.52 and subsequent versions,
> we recognized that we had a quality problem with our software. The long
> delay for version 7.02 was a direct result of our focus on trying to
improve
> the overall quality of MetaStock.
>
> Does this mean that we have fixed everything or that users will not
> encounter problems with 7.02? Not likely. With software of the magnitude
> of MetaStock, it is impossible to promise that all problems have been
fixed
> or even identified. I can promise that we fixed numerous problems with
> MetaStock. Most of these were reported by customers. Many of them were
> identified and fixed through an increased effort of internal testing. All
> of this increased focus on quality has taken additional time. We delayed
> the release of 7.02 many times over the last several weeks because we
wanted
> to make sure we felt good about it. No, it won't be perfect but I can
> promise that it will be better.
>
> Although this is my first posting to the list, I have been lurking on this
> list for many months. I want everyone to know that I do read your
postings
> and I do feel and understand your frustrations. I am in awe of the
passion
> that our users have for the analysis they are doing. With that passion
> comes the frustration that MetaStock doesn't always do exactly what an
> individual user requires. It may be caused by a design issue or it may be
> caused by an outright bug. I have also come to realize that the passion
of
> our users makes it even more impossible to make everyone happy. We are
> trying to develop and maintain software that works well for everyone.
This
> means that it most likely will not be perfect for everyone. There is no
> shortage of analysis techniques and methods among the users of MetaStock.
> Each user is very passionate and convinced about their own methods. If
you
> don't believe that, just look at the contents of this list over the last
> several months. We constantly agonize over how we can make MetaStock a
> good, solid, overall solution for everyone, from the novice investor to
the
> professional. It is an ongoing work in progress. It is also no easy task
> but we are trying to meet the challenge head on.
>
> I will continue to monitor this list, and I will make an occasional
> contribution. In return, all I ask is that the members of this list
> continue to be patient with us. We do not enjoy frustrating our users any
> more than they enjoy being frustrated. Hopefully, those times are rare
and
> isolated. I admit that MetaStock is not perfect software and my
development
> team and I have made mistakes in design and implementation. We will
almost
> certainly make mistakes in the future that will frustrate our users. We
do
> not find this acceptable, but if we admit to ourselves that we are not
> perfect, we are better able to always improve.
>
> If in the future we are delayed with releases of our products, please be
> patient. I will promise to end some of the overwhelming silence to the
> question of "where is the next release you promised". Please be prepared
to
> get answers similar to "It just isn't ready yet" or "We are having
problems
> and you wouldn't want it in it's current condition."
>
> In closing I would like to clarify my purpose for monitoring and posting
to
> this list. I monitor it to keep in touch with our users and how they use
> our software. I also monitor it to keep in touch with the problems they
are
> having with our software. I will admit that it isn't always easy to read
> the criticism of the software that my team and I have helped develop. My
> team and I, however, are not above taking criticism and we DO take it
> seriously.
>
> Recently, I have decided to make occasional postings when I can clear up
> some misunderstandings or when I can contribute some meaningful
information.
> I do not plan on using this as a forum to defend Equis against criticism.
>
> Please be aware that I cannot provide technical support for our products.
> The Equis Product Support team is much more capable of providing quality
> support and troubleshooting than I. I am also not a good person to
contact
> to campaign for a feature addition or a design change. No single person
> within Equis decides the feature set of our software or it's overall
design.
> The Product Development team is responsible for the creation and
maintenance
> of the product as designed by the design group within Equis. I am not a
> good person to ask for information regarding upgrade policy or pricing.
>
> This does NOT mean that I am not willing to contribute meaningful
> information where I can.
>
> Thank you again for your patience and understanding.
>
> Ken Hunt
> Programming Manager
> Equis International
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Kormanik [mailto:nkormanik@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:07 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Where in blazes is 7.02 ????
>
> This is getting ridiculous!
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