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Lynn,
I did close Metastock the first time I updated the symbol file. And the second
time I updated it that day.
Today I tried again, following these steps:
Delete SymbolDatabase70.dta from The DownLoader folder.
Open Metastock and choose "Update Symbol Database".
Close Metastock.
Open Metastock Professional.
Open eSignal folder.
Under "Options", select "View by name".
Type Standard & Poor's 500. Result is Standard & Poor's 500 with start time of
9:44 am and end time of 3:36 pm. (Times are Eastern.)
Under "Options", select "View by symbol".
Type L. (Lean Hogs). Result is Lean Hogs with a start time of 8:08.
Type NQ (NASDAQ E-Mini). Result is that there is no symbol NQ.
Type ES (S&P500 E-Mini). Result is EASCO (NYSE). There is no E-Mini.
Close Metastock.
Take a deep breath and mutter something unintelligible.
Delete SymbolDatabase70.dta from The DownLoader folder again.
Delete SymbolDatabase70.dta from the recycle bin.
Shut off computer for 30 seconds.
Reboot and open Metastock.
Select "Update Symbol database".
Close Metastock.
Reopen Metastock.
Same results as above.
Select File|New Security in last ditch effort for some good news.
Search for same securities and get same results for S&P500 and Lean Hogs. For
ES and NQ, I get the message "No securities match search criteria."
I am not going to spend anymore time on this. I have restored my modified
symbol database from my zip drive.
Regards,
Ken
Equis Support wrote:
> Ken,
>
> The newest Symbol database includes the E-Mini contracts and does have the
> correct times for the S&P contracts. I am very sorry if I did not this
> mention in the earlier post, that after deleting Symbol Database70.dta and
> updating it to the new one that MetaStock has to be closed and reopened to
> view the new symbol file. If the program is not closed and reopened, we will
> still view the old symbol file. The Start/End times for the Lean Hogs and
> Live Cattle contracts are correct, as well, in the new symbol database.
> Sorry for any confusion.
> Thank you,
> Lynn
> Equis Support
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> http://www.equis.com/customer/support/
>
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: iamken [mailto:iamken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 6:53 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: For S&P traders using MS Pro 7.0
>
> Lynn,
>
> If it has been corrected, then I'm obviously doing something wrong. I
> just did a complete uninstall/re-install of Metastock Professional 7.0.
> As soon as the install was complete, I deleted SymbolDatabase70.dta. I
> used "Update Symbol Database" to retrieve the latest file. What I found
> is that the S&P start/end time is still incorrect, as is the start time
> for Lean Hogs. Live Cattle might also be incorrect, I don't recall.
> Also, it would be kind of you to include symbols for the S&P 500 E-Mini
> and the NASDAQ E-Mini in the next update. I have manually
> corrected/created what I need.
>
> Regards,
> Ken
>
> Equis Support wrote:
>
> > List,In reference to Ed Montero's posting,
> > [snip]
> > There was a mistake in the past symbol database files, in which the
> > start and end times of the S&P contract were incorrect. In the newest
> > symbol database file that was posted on 3/2/00, the times were
> > corrected. However you may experience a problem updating the symbol
> > database. We have discovered a bug in the symbol database update
> > process. To ensure that you have the newest symbol database, you can
> > delete SymbolDatabase701.dta or SymbolDatabase70.dta (depending on the
> > version installed) from the folder in which the DownLoader is
> > installed (C:\Program Files\Equis\The DownLoader by default).Thanks
> > for your continued patience and input,Lynn
> > Equis Support
> >
> >
> >
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