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if is any consolation this has happened to me in the past, when I cut and
pasted a formula and it didn't work, but retyping it did work. Of course my
application was much simpler than yours.
Lionel Issen
lissen@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Tann" <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: Worked yesterday, not today
> Michael,
>
> I'll try anything. I have done this in the past with other indicators,
but
> didn't try this yesterday. I guess I was too frustrated, to say the
least.
> I'm at a loss as to how copying and pasting can add invisible characters,
> but I'll retype the variables. I hope you're right because that would be
an
> easy fix.
>
> Regards,
>
> 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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