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Thanks for clarifying this for me, I had thought that this was a spreadsheet
format.
Lionel Issen
lissen@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "EJK" <ejk@xxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: The Downloader
> > I think the data needs to be in spreadsheet format. the Downloader
doesn't read text.
> > Lionel Issen
> > lissen@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Sorry Lionel, but it does! Best way to import data is when it follows the
> following format, also know as Metastock ".prn"-format:
>
>
> <ticker>,<date>,<open>,<high>,<low>,<close>,<volume>
> NDX,05/07/01,1924.6800,1948.0200,1889.8000,1895.4100,0
> DJI,05/07/01,10952.3000,10995.3000,10893.6000,10935.2000,0
> SP500,05/01/01,1249.4600,1266.4700,1243.5500,1266.4400,0
>
>
> To Peter:
>
> Try to import the quotes above. Does it still crash ?
>
> Regards, Erwin
>
>
>
> > My copy of the downloader willnot convert txt data to metastock. When I
attempt this I get the message "Dlwin has caused
> > an error in KERNEL32.DLL. Dlwin will now shut down. If you continue to
have problems try restarting your computer. I am
> > running v7 on Windows Me.
> > Restqrting the computer has no effect and neither does reinstalling the
Downloader.
> >
> > Any suggestions please
> >
> > Peter
>
>
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