FW: Expert Commentary printing into .txt file?

["Dave Nadeau" <dave_nadeau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here's an example of a docked Expert Commentary.  (As an example, I just
picked a random prepackaged Expert--I don't use DiNapoli's work in my
trading).

Dave Nadeau
Fort Collins, CO

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Nadeau [mailto:dave_nadeau@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:00 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Expert Commentary printing into .txt file?
>
>
> I don't know why, but this works when you "dock" the commentary
> (just drag the commentary window to one side of your chart or the
> other and release).  Then you can use the pulldown menus in
> Metastock.  Open the commentary for the bar that you are looking
> for, select all of the text that you want to copy, then use the
> Edit....Copy pulldown command.
>
> I just did this and pasted the text into notepad. (MS Pro V7.03).
>
> Dave Nadeau
> Fort Collins, CO
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Sellers
> > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 1:56 AM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: Expert Commentary printing into .txt file?
> >
> >
> > If the Expert Commentary is in graphic format, to the best of my
> > knowledge,
> > it can not be translated directly to a ".txt" file.
> >
> > I have done this only once or twice. Copy text graphics to a paint file
> > "bmp" file, print it out and then scan and convert to a "txt"
> file. I have
> > found this to be time consuming.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Yarroll
> > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 11:25 AM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Expert Commentary printing into .txt file?
> >
> >
> > Hello List,
> >
> > This could be a more general Windows-related question, maybe not;
> > but: is there any way at all to copy Expert Commentary {output}
> into .txt
> > file? Copied into clipboard? Maybe some Windows trick to do that?
> >
> > For all I know, the commentary can only be printed (on paper) :-(( Or,
> > "print-screened" :-(( Is there really no way to get the E.C. output into
> > word-processor other than by scanning it back?
> >
> > All the best,
> > Yarroll
> >
> >
> >

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