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List,
Below is a simple routine to adjust your data. This example adds 3 hours to the
time of the tick. Useful when you receive data from a time zone different from
yours.
Basically, convert your data for a particular symbol to ASCII text using the
Downloader,
import it into Excell,
adjust the data,
Save it as ASCII text,
re-convert it back to Metastock format using the Downloader.
The instructions below are more detailed.
Sincerely,
Don LaBarre
Web developer
Visual Basic programmer
www.u2ecom.com
www.cedarcreektrading.com
dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Ken
>
> One simple, painless way coming up....
>
> Using the downloader, tools, convert, convert from metastock to ascii text.
>
> Open Excell, open file, select the ascii text file you created from the
> downloader,
> The text import wizard will come up, click next, click the comma box -
> unclick the tab box, text qualifier click {none}, click next, click finish
> Highlight and copy the time (D) column, paste to the L column (a blank
> column)
> Change the Time (D) column on Row 2 to the following formula =L2+30000,
> copy and paste this formula to all the other rows in the Time (D) column
> Highlight column A-J down to the last row (do not highlight the new time
> column (L) or any blank columns or rows)
> Click file, save as, Save as Type CSV (comma delimited), click yes to the
> message
> Close Excell
> Using Downloader, tools, convert, source ASCII text, browse to the file you
> created from Excell, Destination type Metastock, browse your folder where you
> want the security saved.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions. Call me 607-762-4227 before 4:00pm EST
> if you have any questions.
> If these instructions work, let me know and I'll post them to the List for
> others to use.
>
> Sincerely,
> Don
>
>
>
>
>
>
> iamken <iamken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 04/12/2000 12:55:49 PM
>
> To: Donald L. LaBarre@xxxxx
> cc:
> Subject: Re: add 3 hours to each Downloader line?
>
> Don,
>
> Thanks, for the help. Attached is a sample zipped version of the DownLoader
> file. I had trouble getting 2 of the .dta files to attach to Netscape and
don't
> have time to figure why right now. Hopefully they are in the zip. Also, I
have
> pasted in several lines of file directly from the Downloader. Please don't
> spend much time on this as it is really not that crucial. I was just hoping
> that someone would know a simple, painless way to do it.
>
> Ken
>
> 04/07/2000 12:55:000 4264.91 4264.91 4261.52 4261.52 4 0
> 04/07/2000 12:56:000 4261.58 4264.14 4260.64 4264.14 4 0
> 04/07/2000 12:57:000 4267.44 4270.96 4267.44 4270.96 3 0
> 04/07/2000 12:58:000 4271.48 4277.72 4271.48 4277.21 4 0
> 04/07/2000 12:59:000 4277.98 4283.79 4277.98 4283.79 4 0
> 04/07/2000 13:00:000 4285.89 4292.88 4285.89 4291.53 78 0
> 04/10/2000 6:31:000 4293.63 4307.90 4293.63 4307.90 2 0
> 04/10/2000 6:32:000 4307.45 4307.45 4307.45 4307.45 1 0
> 04/10/2000 6:33:000 4301.84 4301.84 4295.94 4295.94 4 0
> 04/10/2000 6:34:000 4297.22 4297.22 4290.04 4290.04 3 0
> 04/10/2000 6:35:000 4286.76 4286.76 4277.40 4277.40 2 0
> 04/10/2000 6:36:000 4273.01 4273.01 4265.82 4265.82 3 0
> 04/10/2000 6:37:000 4258.00 4263.62 4258.00 4263.62 3 0
> 04/10/2000 6:38:000 4263.10 4275.39 4263.10 4275.39 4 0
>
> dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Ken
> >
> > If you would send me a sample of the raw data I'd be glad to give it a shot.
> >
> > Don
> > Web Developer
> > Visual basic 6.0 Programmer
> > http://www.u2ecom.com
> > http://www.cedarcreektrading.com
> >
> > iamken <iamken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 04/12/2000 10:36:29 AM
> >
> > Please respond to metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > cc: (bcc: Donald L. LaBarre)
> > Subject: add 3 hours to each Downloader line?
> >
> > I have a intraday security in the Downloader and I want to add 3 hours
> > to each line. For instance a line currently reads 06:31:00 and the next
> > line is 06:32:00. I want it to read 09:31:00 and the next line to read
> > 09:32:00. There are thousands of lines. I can't find a way to do this
> > in either the Downloader or Excel. Any help is appreciated. If there
> > were a trade on each one minute interval (there isn't), I could copy the
> > times from another file that has the 09:31:00 times and paste them in in
> > place of the 06:31:00 times. Any ideas?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ken
>
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> Name: NDX.zip
> NDX.zip Type: Download File (application/zip)
> Encoding: base64
> Description: .ZIP File
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