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Thanks for the suggestion, but I hope there are simpler solutions. Your idea
would probably work, but it is a very complicated solution for doing
something that should be a very common task for anyone scanning stocks, or
buying stocks.
Like you say, the problem is very often that the design is thought with the
human person as an "information feeder" to Tradestation, when the more
natural approach would be the cut and paste solution, for example from Excel
OR Notepad.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 7:36 PM
> To: Bengtsson, Mats; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: anyone know how to create own custom lists?
>
>
> On Jan 8, 5:04pm, Bengtsson, Mats wrote:
> > Subject: anyone know how to create own custom lists?
> > Not creating them using the ordinary user interface I mean,
> but using a
> > program or an editor or something. The reson behind my need
> is that I would
> > like to create a selection list from another program, which
> I then would
> > like to run through in TS100.
> >
> > As a side benefit, I would maybe found the solution to why
> workspaces using
> > custom lists does not transfer to other computers. Whenever I switch
> > computer or reinstall or anything like that, the custom
> lists are not used
> > properly by the workspaces. Using the "next" button, or the
> workspace
> > assistant, does not switch to the next stock in the list.
> Seems they are not
> > identified by their name, but by something else.
>
> I don't know why transferring the custom lists doesn't work
>
> Here is an idea on creating a custom list: write a DLL that reads an
> ASCII file of symbol names, one per line. The DLL has a true/false
> function that accepts a symbol name passed in from an EL
> indicator that
> you write that looks something like this:
>
> if filelookupdll(symbol, "filenmae.dat") then alert = true;
>
> then run chartscanner or whatever it is called in TS2K and ask it
> to create a custom list based upon this new indicator.
> Straightfoward? No. But this approach may at least bridge the gap.
>
> In my opinion, the lack of the ability to drive the downloader,
> potfolio manger, and charting programs off a simple list of
> ASCII symbols
> is one of both TS4's and (apparently) TS2K's most significant
> limitations. The philosophy behind Tradestation is generally ad hoc,
> one-thing-at-time, point-and-click-only, and is anti-automation.
>
> I suppose historybank.com will be claimed as the 'solution' to the
> massive amount of time it takes to maintain reliable data, but it may
> end up as the 'final straw' marketing factor that drives away the last
> remaining Tradestation advocate. [disclaimer: still using TS4, and
> holding.] The appeal of Tradestation, and data gathered locally,
> is in theory of control over the data and how it is processed.
> Given Omega's spotty record of delivering reliable service
> (I consider the product itself to be a service in this context)
> would make me leery of using an Omega-provided data delivery
> service, without first seeing at least a 6 month "burn in" period
> where users on this list claim it to be (1) useful and (2) worth
> the price. And of course, historybank.com will likely offer
> no solution to the simple problem of chartscanning, and/or
> driving the selection of symbols from another source.
>
> If you have had a positive experiences with historybank.com or
> Radarscan, or if the newer Radarscan offers the ability to be driven
> from an ASCII file, or possibly a DDE link to Excel, please share your
> experience.
>
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