----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:05
AM
Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] importing
Data from Excel into Metastock
I used to get into a tangle when trying this in the initial stages. As
the Help says -
To convert from Excel file to Metastock you need to do the following-
- The data must be in columns.
- Each column must have a heading that describes
what data is in the column. The
only required columns are DATE and CLOSE. Optional columns are TICKER, PER,
OPEN, HIGH, LOW, VOLUME, and O/I.
The column names must be spelled as shown here. The column headings must all be on
the same row.
- The dates must be in the mm/dd/yy style and
must be formatted as text labels
to add to the above
1) My source Excel files have the following
TICKER |
DATE |
OPEN |
HIGH |
LOW |
CLOSE |
VOLUME |
O/I |
2) Make sure the DATE is in TEXT format.
3) The TICKER cell is also in
TEXT format in my source file.
4) Different TICKER or SYMBOL
needs to be a separate Excel source file
5) The TICKER or SYMBOL should match your destination
file
6) My set of Excel files are in one folder and the destination or
Metastock files are in another folder
7) In the downloader choose TOOLs choose CONVERT
8) In source file type choose EXCEL, specify the folder, Click on Browse.
9) Highlight the source files then click OPEN.
10) Now go to the
Destination section choose Metastock, then indicate the folder. Click BROWSE .
all the files in the folder will be shown, click SAVE.
11) You come back to the
CONVERT screen. Go to the OPTIONS
and make the appropriate entries.(You could increase the max error msgs
to 10,000 since the data conversion stops when the Max amount is reached the
data after conversion seems fine in spite of error msgs ! ) Click the OK
button for the conversion to take place.
I download my EOD as a Excel file. Using a macro each symbol is saved
in a different Excel file, I update the MS data through the above process.
Hope this helps !
PS - the source file is used for charting by MS
Guss <nasdaq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
I have some Data in excel format (open,high, Low,close) columns, that I would like
to import into Metastock as a chart.
Is that possible? if yes, how can I do
that
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Guss
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