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Michael,
Tried it and it didn't work. I re-keyed the variable and used the MS browse
function to select the appropriate variables to include. Bottom line, this
variable just sums 6 other variables. Not brain surgery, to say the least.
I'm just starting to get tired. I delete these indicators, reenter them and
they might work or might not. All I can figure is that I've managed to mess
up MS, even though I only have 147 indicators and only a few with more than
2 or 3 variables (substantially less then the limits listed in the manual).
I'm going to try this once more. I will delete these last two indicators
completely. I will then reenter them from scratch. I will then run a
series of tests. The first test will be a test of the last two indicators,
each with 9 variables, that worked the last several times I tested them. If
this test works, I will then enter one of the new variables into a separate
indicator and see if it works. I plan on using MS to enter the variable
names unless you feel this might be one of my problems. If that function
doesn't work, I will key these in from scratch as well. If any of this
actually works, I'll try to input the next indicator. If I get through
these last 8 and if the program runs, I'll go out to celebrate.
If that doesn't work, I'm going to drag out my VB and VBA manuals, send an
email to Walter to get a recommendation on sample programs and get my butt
in gear using VB. I own all of the software and books already, and I have
our basic system already running in Excel, so the only thing I need to do is
write the interface to grab the daily data.
Guy
" If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of michael
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:19 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Worked yesterday, not today
>From you many posts of problems, I wonder if you are getting "invisable
characters" in your formulas. You have all of the symtoms. When frequently
using the copy and paste features of windows, sometimes invisable characters
get into your formulas and screw them up.
Try deleting all of the text in you formula and keep deleting until you are
certain that all characters, even the invisible ones are gone. Then retype
the formula by hand. If it works, then invisable characters were the most
likely culprat.
Hope this Helps,
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Guy Tann
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:22 AM
To: Metastock User Group
Subject: Worked yesterday, not today
List,
Well, I've fought my way through all of my indicators, right down to the
final 8. Number 7 and 8 worked yesterday, albeit slowly. Today I tried
moving indicator 8 in with 7 (via cutting and pasting) and then ran another
test, just to see if they continued to work. Just my paranoia about MS
working overtime and growing day-by-day. :)
Anyway, they didn't work. Surprise! Well, I thought I'd take another step
back and cut and paste them back into their own indicators again and see
what happened. That didn't work either. They both worked on Tuesday in
their individual indicators and don't work anymore as of Wednesday. I've
done everything I could think of. I made sure all of the extra parens were
there. I made sure that I didn't split any lines of any function name
within the variable. I had no references to any plots, just the two
variables.
Anyway, I'm too tired to play with them tonight, so I'll start again
tomorrow after taking the prodigal son to the school bus at 7AM and the
Tibetan Terriers to the groomers at 8AM.
Darn, but all of this work makes me wonder whether this MS conversion is
really worth it. I can add this to my Excel spreadsheet in a day or two as
opposed to the two months I've wasted so far. I'm really starting to get
frustrated and discouraged, which means I need a little sleep, so it's off
to bed as it's 12:30AM and I have to be up at 6.
Guy
" If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."
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