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Bodo,
What you'll do:
1. Create a new directory from the new list
2. Go to "Tools/Convert"
3. In "Options/Destination" check "Replace matching dates",
uncheck "Create new files" and "Traverse destination folders"
4.In "Source": "File Type" - MetaStock
"Folder" - <your old directory>
"File name" - check all
In "Destination": "File Type" - MetaStock
"Folder" - <the new directory>
5. Hit "OK" and after that you may delete your old directory.
Hope it will help,
Zvi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bodo Brochterbeck" <Minotaurus007@xxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Procedure for using a text file to create a list of
stocks in a empty data directory
> Hi James,
>
> > Procedure for using a text file to create a list of stocks in a
empty data
> > directory in Downloader
>
> Excellent post, many newbies need it. I put it in my own archive,
too.
> Do you also have a solution for the following problem?
>
> I get a list of 400 symbols every week from valueline
(www.valueline.com) with the so called timeliness ranked stocks. This
list changes every week, some stocks are added to, some are dropped
from the list. In my MS directory there is the list and the historical
quotes (downloaded with the downloader in the meantime) of the
valueline list from last week:
>
> AA quotes
> BB quotes
> ...
> ZZ quotes
>
> In the new list there are some new stocks and I still have the
symbol list only
>
> AA (without quotes)
> AB (without quotes)
> BB (without quotes)
> ...
> ZY (without quotes)
>
> In this example AB has been added to, and ZZ has been withdrawn from
the list. What I could do is completely delete the old directory, set
up the latest list of symbols according to your procedure, and then
download all quotes including all historical quotes. This takes time.
Especially, if you have more lists to maintain.
>
> Is there a method to update the directory, keeping all historical
quotes that continue to be on the list and deleting those that are no
longer in the list and adding all the new ones? The new stocks of
course will need a complete historical download. But not the whole
list.
>
> Regards,
> Bodo
>
>
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