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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of neo
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:03 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Need Help on If Function....
>
>
> Jim
>
> Do you have the address of Technifilter?
>
> neo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of wdjd
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:30 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Need Help on If Function....
>
>
> >
>
> 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.
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > 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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