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Hi Robyn,
>BTW - if you switch over to the new Y2K ok Downloader - there's a small
problem
>in using it with Omega programs. The ".dop" files are missing (at least
they're
>missing in the Reuters version).
This is simple it is an Option under Application Options to maintain f*.dop
files in the New DownLoader.
I loved Version 2 myself - it let me cut code like TradeStation until I
foolishly upgraded to version 3 and it ate my disks up!!
David Hunt
http://www.adest.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: greene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <greene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: David Hunt <adest@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Omega Announces Prices for Products
>I don't know whether it's for real (like I said - I got conflicting answers
from
>Omega). And - although I'm sure Omega could make its products work with
any
>data format - the problem is it seems that more and more software vendors
are
>getting the idea that they want to make money off the data sources too
(give
>away the razor - make you buy the blades idea). Omega is apparently
starting
>its own data service - and I guess it doesn't want to give users the choice
to
>go elsewhere (or to go elsewhere easily).
>
>> Seems to me that Omega SC & TS had a big advantage over the competition
in
>> that you could use almost any data format except Techtools (politics I
>> guess). Data causes more drama than software for traders - so can we
assume
>> that Omega do not want us to buy their product anymore as the vast
majority
>> of EOD users use MetaStock format. If so you can still use your SC 4 on
>> metastock data it just comes up with display as the Year 2000 being "100"
>> after 99. No big deal no need for upgrade.
>
>Actually - I use SuperCharts 2.1. And judging from my fiddling with the
program
>- it works fine until about March 2000. Then it works fine with data after
>March 2000. But it won't read a data file spanning that period. Some of m
y
>systems need a year or two of data to "warm" up - so I'd have to muddle
through
>in the interim.
>
>BTW - if you switch over to the new Y2K ok Downloader - there's a small
problem
>in using it with Omega programs. The ".dop" files are missing (at least
they're
>missing in the Reuters version). It's easy to recreate them - just takes a
bit
>of time. If anyone needs to know how to create the .dop files - let me
know.
>FWIW - Metastock doesn't need the .dop files - but other charting programs
do.
>So I guess Equis is being about as cooperative as Omega in this whole
thing.
>Robyn
>
>
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