GIFs and GS Symbol Lists

[Wayne Mathews <wayne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Clyde:

You can get all of your gif to show on the monitor screen without the
scroll bar if your capture it at the next lower screen resolution. E.g.,
I run at 800x600 and go to 640x480 to capture the screen. Then I go back
to 800x600 and the gif is 20% smaller with no loss of clarity. It is
easy to switch monitor resolutions from the icon in the tray or the
control panel.

Another tip concerning obtaining hard copies of ACTIVE (those in the GS
Portfolio) symbols in the GS Symbol Lists (new in sp4 or sp3) and ACTIVE
EOD symbols  marked for downloading in TS 4 and my TS100 as I kept
DialData for EOD. That directory has 12000 symbols and I wanted to find
the ones I marked for downloading. What follows should work for the
directory that History.com downloads in to.

1.)  Create a workspace by adding one symbol (one chart) from a GS
Symbol Lists or the directory USStock. Add a ShowMe (or indicator) to
the chart such as,

 if D=1000105 then alert=true; 
 plot1(c,""); {if needed as in TS 4} 	

 Enable the alert. This will trigger an alert if the last day updated is
Jan. 5, 2000. Inactive symbols will not show up here.

2.)  Run ChartScanner (or Workspace Assistant which takes 6 to 10
minutes) and only symbols that have be updated and therefore active will
show up.

3.a)  In TS 4 save the report to a file (no more than 8 character in the
file name. TS 4 will create the file you name.). Open the file in a text
editor, such as MS Notepad or Worpad. The arrangement is alphabetical.
Select and copy into a word processor, such as MS Word. Format into
columns (which retains the vertical alphabetical order that tables
convert into a horizontal order) and save. Number each symbol with the
text editor.

3.b) In TS100 open the Workspace Assistant Report and arrange symbols
alphabetical. Now select ONLY the symbol column using the small vertical
arrow that appears at the top of the column when the pointer is placed
there and then Copy. Do NOT use Select All. Paste from the clipboard
into a text editor, such as MS Notepad or Worpad. Format into columns
(which retains the vertical alphabetical order that tables convert into
a horizontal order) and save. Number each symbol with the text editor.

These last files can be compared to later copies or a custom data list
by using the Revisions feature in the word processor.

Wayne Mathews

P.S. It looks as if OR may have TS100 about debugged. Sp4b is looking
good. 

Some things need to be added. E.g., saving the Workspace Assistant
Report so as to easly create a Custom Data List which then can be
scanned again more quickly with other indicators.