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Chuck:
Is there ANY way to edit it? If so, I could always rename it (like a user created file) so it doesn't get overwritten.
Harry
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chuck Rademacher" <chuck_rademacher@x> wrote:
> There's no good way to edit it. Plus... you would lose your edits the next
> time you download a new version of the database.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bex1210 [mailto:hmw3@x...]
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:47 AM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Downloader Problem?
>
>
> Chuck:
>
> Great Suggestion! I had looked in the Metastock manual first, and
> finding nothing there, went to the Downloader manual, which described
> how to Delete securities. So of course I assumed that was the only way
> to do it. That will teach me to believe the manual!
>
> Anyway, I opened Metastock, went to File->Open, sorted on last date,
> selected the stocks I wanted to delete, and clicked on the Delete
> icon. Nothing could be simpler!
>
> Thanks for the help. Now if you just know how I can open the
> Symbolsdatabase80.dta file, so I can edit out all the stocks that no
> longer trade.
>
> Harry
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chuck Rademacher"
> <chuck_rademacher@x> wrote:
> > I think you will find it much easier to delete stocks using
> MetaStock rather
> > than the downloader. MetaStock allows you to sort by either the
> start or
> > end date.
> >
> > I'll let someone else address your other points.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bex1210 [mailto:hmw3@x...]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:10 PM
> > To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Downloader Problem?
> >
> >
> > I have Metastock 8.01, EOD version. I am new to Metastock; 8.0 was
> my
> > first version of the program. I am having a problem with the
> Downloader, and
> > perhaps someone can provide assistance.
> >
> > I am trying to delete a large number of securities from my
> database which
> > no longer trade. So I open the Downloader (direct, not through the
> Metastock
> > program), and go to Tools->Delete->Securities. There I find a list
> of all
> > securities in a particular directory. But I cannot "sort" on any of
> the
> > column headings; especially Last Date, which is what I want. The
> list is
> > "presorted" by security name. I checked, and none of the other
> options in
> > the Tools list have the ability to sort either.
> >
> > But if I go to File->Open, I can sort on any of the columns
> (including
> > Last Date) just fine.
> >
> > I also notice that moving from feature to feature in the
> Downloader seems
> > very sluggish. For example, when I select Close from the
> > Tools->Delete->Securites window, I often get a "white" rectangular
> screen in
> > the middle of the Downloader window. It takes about 15 seconds for
> it to go
> > away. Sometimes I get the same white window when I close other of
> the Tools,
> > or even closing the File->Open window. Even when I do not get the
> white
> > window, I am unable to select any of the other drop down menus for
> about 15
> > seconds. It appears that the Downloader must be searching for
> something, but
> > I haven't performed any operations--just opened and closed windows.
> Strange.
> >
> > Is it possible that I have something wrong with my Downloader, or
> do they
> > all work this way? If this is the way the program works, does anyone
> have a
> > workaround to the inability for Tools->Delete->Securities to sort
> securites
> > by Last Date? Going through several thousand securities one by one
> to find
> > those that have stopped trading is not how I would like to spend an
> > afternoon!
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
> >
> > Harry
> >
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