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And if you then include it in a custom list and open it from there, you get
rid of the extra prompts you get every time you use ascii-files, which makes
it more convenient to use.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JeRRyWar [mailto:drwar@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: den 16 juli 2000 22:56
> To: 'Bob Fulks'
> Cc: 'Omega-List (E-mail)'; 'RogueTraderList (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: FW: Globalserver format converter???
>
>
> This works for me Bob - Thanks. ALthough it does not get the
> data into my
> global server, It does allow me to use it for backtesting. I
> did not want to
> have to collect it for a month before I could do any testing.
>
> Regards
> Jerry W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Fulks [mailto:bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:36 PM
> To: drwar@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Omega-List (E-mail); RogueTraderList (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: FW: Globalserver format converter???
>
>
> At 4:13 PM -0400 7/16/00, JeRRyWar wrote:
>
> >If someone has one I wish they would share it. I need it
> myself. I have got
> >intraday data in Ascii format I cannot use in TS.
>
> I have no trouble creating a chart with intraday data in
> TS2000i SP5. I used
> the following process to load a chart with 5 minute S&P
> futures data from a
> file called "SPC_ALL.CSV".
>
>
> Create a new Workspace.
>
> Create a new TradeStation Chart
>
> In the Create Chart Window, select Third Party Directory
>
> In the top white box select the directory where your file is.
> You may have
> to add a new directory to the list. The file SPC_ALL.CSV
> should show up.
> Select it. Make sure Prompt for format it checked and then
> and click on
> Plot.
>
> In the left window select the second one down:
> Date-Time-Open-High-Low-Close-Vol-OpenInt
> and in the right window select the top one
> "Month Day Year"
> and click OK.
>
> It should bring up the Settings Ascii SPC dialog box. (If, at
> that point,
> you get an error dialog box showing data you did something
> wrong - start
> over)
>
> Set Data Type to Futures, Exchange to All Exchanges. Search for to SP
> (It will say SPC - delete the C to get SP.)
>
> Click on Find. It should find it and display the correct data
> - 250 Value,
> etc.
>
> Click OK and you should get a Format Symbol Dialog.
>
> Set the date range and compression you want in any multiple
> of 5 minutes and
> click on Intraday. Click on OK and it should display the chart.
>
> I just did it to generate these instructions and it worked perfectly.
>
> Bob Fulks
>
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