Hi Angelo
Happy to be of assistance. I use the utility when I create
synthetic
data files or for the odd Yahoo data download. Not very
often.
To answer your question about the command syntax:
1. I would
copy asc2ms.exe to C:\ASCII.
2. "filename.csv" is the Ascii file in the
example.
3. "-r updateRecord" updates the record and not appends.
4.
"-t" is to transverse folders (your MetaStock data folder has more
than 255
securities). (NOTE - I have never had to use -t before so I
don't know what
it does. It is the correct option in terms of the
utility's readme
file.)
5. "-o" specifies the output directory.
6. I suggest a backup of
your data before you try the next step.
7. The full command is
below.
asc2ms.exe -f filename.csv -r updateRecord -t -o
c:\MSDATA
Hope this helps.
Stuart
--- In equismetastock@yahoogroups.com,
"Angelo" <angelo@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Stuart,
>
>
Thank you so much for your info. Have you use the utility.
> I have been
trying and it works on normal condition. But when I
wanted to convert using
asc2ms and the ascii file included historical
data of on symbol for
adjustment purposes, it created new symbols
merged with the historical
dates. The added symbols is kind of a mess.
>
> Can you help
me?
> Suppose below my condition:
>
> -Ascii file under
folder C:\ASCII
> -Ascii filename is asciidata.txt
> -MetaSTock
data folder is under c:\MSDATA
> -Ascii data field is SYMBOL DD/MM/YYYY
OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE VOLUME (so,
> no open interest)
> -Whenever
there is the same date I want the ascii to overwrite msdata
> at the
same symbol and date
> -Whenever there is a new security I want it to be
created
> automatically in the C:\MSDATA
> -MetaSTock data
folder consist more than 255 securities.
>
> I am using
MsCmdLineUtilsV1.8.4. Can you help my how should I type the
>
command?
>
>
> Thanks before.
>
>
>
Best regards,
> Angelo
>