>> >>I've
to move files eod from which they are located on my pc, to a new folder with a
new name. >>Copying "smart charts" with the Downloader is fine and
easy, but so doing I'll lose my "charts" because they are related to the name
of the old folder. >> >>Is there a way to let MetaStock
understand the new relationships and save my studies on "charts"?
Here
are some notes I made when I was having a similar problem. If you haven't
deleted the old directories, follow what Equis suggested, below. If you
have deleted your old directories, then read the rest, and you will see how
to overcome the problem. Sorry text is not
better organized.
Harry
******************************* Reconfiguring Charts when the "base"
security is moved from one directory to another. There is no direct way to
replace the base stock on a Chart.
Equis suggested: One thing that
might help you recreate your Charts would be to save the charts as
a template, then apply that template to the "base" data at the
new location and resave the charts.
This works fine, except :see
below.
I deleted the "old" folders (the ones which held the base
securities before I created the templates and applied them to the stocks at
the new data location), along with their Smart Chart sub
folders.
Now, when I go to open these Charts, I get two error messages
from Equis. The first ones says: "the folder containing this Smart Chart
data no longer exists, or is not accessible". It is then followed by:
"Insufficient data sources to fulfill price data request".
However,
if I click Cancel for both of these error messages, the Charts open and
plot all of the data (now only in the new folders) just
fine.
Obviously the program is for some reason still searching first
for the old data folders.
What I found was, the problem was not in
the data, but in the "text" that I had added to the "base" security (and
perhaps other data). I found this out by trying to copy/paste the text to a
new chart. When I got to the problem text, I would get the same messages as
above. The solution was simply to delete the text, and retype it. Much
easier than re-creating the complete
Chart!
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