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Rowena,
The option that is creating all of the A-Z folders, is the Traverse Destination folders option. If you are converting less than 2000 securities, you do not need this option selected.
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Joe
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:02:39
rowena larkins wrote:
>
>>
>>Rowena:
>>I think you can do this using Data On Demand, but only if your data feed is
>>from Reuters.
>
>No, I am from Australia and am interested in the local market not the US
>market. Reuters does not supply data for the Australian market I believe. I
>get a data feed from a local company here in Australia.
>>
>>If you use Quotes Plus or TC2000 as your data source, both of these
>>programs/data feeds have charting capability so that all you have to do is
>>input your ticker and a chart comes up. Both of these companies have 30 day
>>trial periods.
>>
>>In the past 2 weeks there has been discussions of several automating
>>programs that could be used with Metastock. Perhaps you could use one of
>>these automating programs to reduce your chore work.
>
>I have only just joined the list. I requested a archive of the last few
>months data a couple of days ago and it has not yet turned up. How long does
>it usually take to recieve an archive once it has been requested?
>
>>Conceptually it would
>>be something like specify a ticker symbol and the macro goes up to \data
>>then goes down to the folder with the same letter as the first one in the
>>ticker, then selects the ticker, and opens the chart.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Thanks for your assistance Lionel.
>
>>
>>Lionel Issen
>>lissen@xxxxxxxxx
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "rowena larkins" <rowena_larkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 4:38 AM
>>Subject: folder hierarchy names
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am new to metastock.
>> >
>> > (I am in Australia.)
>> >
>> > All the files in a metastock database are stored under alphabetical
>>folders,
>> > ie all the securities starting with A in a folder under A, those
>>starting
>> > with B in a folder called B.
>> >
>> > When I want to look at a security chart I have to go up a
>> > directory and then down to the folder starting with the right letter. Is
>> > there some way of getting metastock to open a security without
>>navigating
>>a
>> > folder structure.
>> >
>> > Also when selecting a security metastock assumes that you enter the
>>ticker
>> > value. Is there a way of getting it to open a security by entering the
>> > company name.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Rowena
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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