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Neo
> they continue to leave the program static and not make some substantial
> changes, it will go the way of the dinosaur.
I don't think "it will go the way of the dinosaur", but I have to think their
customer base will shrink.
Equis is not near the company it was before Reuters took over.
I now use Technifilter is my primary software and MS strictly for charting. As
far as future upgrades to MS...for me, why bother.
Jim
> If one looks at Vector Vest,
> its data handling and inclusion of fundamental data is far ahead of MS. MS
> is still a much better charting program, for now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lionel Issen
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:03 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Need Help on If Function....
>
> Neo:
> Metastock would be a very powerful program if they had either a programming
> language or a subset of a programming language that could interface with
> Metastock.
>
> Such a programming language exists, its part of the TAS program. Because of
> past disagreements Equis wont deal with Flexsoft(the owner of TAS) and wont
> consider anything else. TAS I not a Windows program so that it would have to
> be rewritten for the windows environment. this would be much simpler than
> using power basic and MSK with the attendant learning curves and licensing
> costs.
> Lionel Issen
> lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neo" <neo1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 5:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Need Help on If Function....
>
> > This is from MetaStock support:
> >
> >
> > Your email was responded to by:
> > William
> > Equis Customer Support
> > http://www.equis.com
> >
> >
> > William's response is below the following line.
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > I can relay your suggestion, but till it is implemented your best option
> > is using the MetaStock Developer's Tool kit and writing a custom DLL.
> >
> > The MetaStock Formula language is a mathematical expression to be
> > calculated and plotted for each bar of data loaded. The calculation of
> > gravity does not have an condition under which it does not exist. It
> > may be very small, but it does exist. By the same token, if you were
> > given a formula and some data and instructed to calculate the formula
> > for every data point, you might be distressed to find the formula
> > incomplete. That is the effect of an If-Then without the else.
> >
> > Call it a failing if you wish, but our formula language is not designed
> > to have a plot start and stop. It must have a continuous string of
> > values which it plots in an unbroken line. That is why the If-Then
> > capability is not currently implemented. Perhaps a future version of
> > the program will allow this flexibility. Until then, a custom DLL may
> > be closest to the result you are seeking.
> >
> > This is from MetaStock support:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > There seems to be a simple formula missing. MetaStock has an If
> > function that is really an If Then Else function. The problem is that
> there
> > is no
> > If Then function. The problem arises if one does not wish anything to be
> > plotted under the else condition. If one places a 0 for the third
> > parameter then a point is plotted at 0.
> >
> > Is there a null parameter that can be used as the 3rd parameter? Would
> > you suggest to the programmers that a plain If Then function be added?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
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