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Bob,

My MS70FORM.DTA is currently 1.50MB.  Don't know if that's big or not.  I
have, in the past, deleted a bunch of stuff and with all of my testing, have
added and deleted tons of indicators recently.

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 Bob Jagow
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 2:48 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Worked yesterday, not today

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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