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My MS65FORM.DTA is 438KB, Guy.
Perhaps someone else will weigh in on this or, since Ken is temporarily
away, an email to George might be in order.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Guy Tann
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 6:19 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Worked yesterday, not today
>
>
> 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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