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I believe that, at least in some previous incarnations, deleted formulas
never died; they just continued to clog MSXXFORM.DTA.
There was in those versions an upper limit on its size.
I'd bet yours is pretty big by now :>)
Bob
<<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)>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Guy Tann
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 1:43 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Worked yesterday, not today
>
>
> 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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