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Why bother creating the file?
If you have them in electronic form, simply
cut-and-paste them into a radarscreen and click on (i
believe) format-custom Symbol list-create
Then give it a name and you are done
If you don't have them in electronic form then just
type them in radar screen and do the same as above
H
--- "Bengtsson, Mats" <mats.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> This sounds as an interesting approach, and it may
> not be tough, but I have
> not yet gotten it to work.
>
> Placed the directory in "d:\Program files\Omega
> Research" since my
> installation is towards that directory. Cut out your
> example and placed in a
> file ending with ".csl". Went into Ts100, and
> brought up the symbol
> settings. Could not find the list anywhere, neither
> under custom symbol list
> or 3rd party, ...
>
> I am using SP2, is this a feature introduced later?
>
> I agreee that exchange seems as uneccessary
> information, but what metastock
> directory the files are in must be specified
> somewhere?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Slaybaugh
> [mailto:c.slaybaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 7:31 PM
> > To: Omega List; Bengtsson, Mats
> > Subject: Re: anyone know how to create own custom
> lists?
> >
> >
> > It's not too tough, Mats--strange that there is
> nothing in
> > the help files
> > about it.
> >
> > Get your symbols into a text file in this format:
> >
> > HA, AMEX
> > TWA, AMEX
> > AAIR, NASDAQ
> > ACAI, NASDAQ
> > ACNAF, NASDAQ
> > AMTR, NASDAQ
> >
> >
> > A couple of notes
> > 1.) The exchange is optional (and I don't see
> much benefit
> > in it--am I
> > missing something?)
> > 2.) You can put comments in the file. Just
> precede each
> > comment line with
> > a semi-colon.
> >
> > Name the file whatever you want, giving it a "csl"
> extension.
> > Example:
> > "Airline.csl" (without quotes.)
> >
> > Place it in this directory:
> > C:\program Files\Omega Research\Custom Symbol
> Lists\
> > Naturally, that path may vary a bit if you
> installed TS
> > somewhere other than
> > the default location.
> >
> > A really easy way is to copy your list of
> properly-formatted
> > symbols into
> > the clipboard, go through the regular routine of
> creating a
> > list with the
> > name you want, putting only one symbol in it, and
> edit it in Wordpad.
> > Delete that one symbol and paste in your real
> symbol list.
> > Takes about a
> > minute.
> >
> > --Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > An example of one from Omega:
> >
> >
> > ; Custom symbol lists may be created manually by
> following a
> > strict format.
> > ; The file must be pure text format. Only one
> symbol may be
> > listed per line.
> > ; The exchange may be optionally listed following
> the symbol
> > separated by a
> > ; comma. All text following a ';' will be ignored.
> > ;
> >
> > HA, AMEX
> > TWA, AMEX
> > AAIR, NASDAQ
> > ACAI, NASDAQ
> > ACNAF, NASDAQ
> > AMTR, NASDAQ
> > COMR, NASDAQ
> > FRNT, NASDAQ
> > MAIR, NASDAQ
> > MDWY, NASDAQ
> > MESA, NASDAQ
> > NWAC, NASDAQ
> > SKYW, NASDAQ
> > TOWR, NASDAQ
> > VIRGY, NASDAQ
> > GLUX, NASDSC
> > JAPNY, NASDSC
> > VNGD, NASDSC
> > ALK, NYSE
> > AMR, NYSE
> > AWA, NYSE
> > BAB, NYSE
> > CAL, NYSE
> > CEA, NYSE
> > DAL, NYSE
> > KLM, NYSE
> > LFL, NYSE
> > LUV, NYSE
> > MEH, NYSE
> > U, NYSE
> > UAL, NYSE
> > ZNH, NYSE
> >
>
>
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