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David,
Unless I misinterpreted your question, it is not possible to ''load'' ASCII
data into the Global server the way it is set up.
However, you can easily have TS2000 create charts from ASCII data, much like
MetaStock, by simply pointing to which folder your data is stored in. I use
MetaStock format data every day with TradeStation without any additional
prompts/changes.
Carlos
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Jennings" <davidjennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 5:44 AM
Subject: Impost of daily data into TS2000
> Dear All,
>
> I would dearly like some help.
>
> I have written numerous e-mail to Development and Tech Support at
> Omega -with no worthwhile response. I am currently weighing up whether I
> should write or explain in person explicitly where I think they should
poke
> both their package and their support! If it were not a 10,000 mile round
> trip, the decision would be easy.
>
> All of my UK data e.g. stocks, softs, options etc. is currently held in
> MetaStock which seems to miss the point! In all, there is about 1GB of
> data. I'm seeking to load UK market data into Global server on a daily
> basis from ASCII file(s)
> An excerpt of a typical file is shown below:
>
> UKX2,FTSE-100 index,D,001127,6335.7,6397.5,6335.7,6374.7,0,0.
> MCX,FTSE-250 index,D,001127,6565.8,6588.4,6565.8,6587.2,0,0.
> DOWJ,Dow Jones,D,001127,10546,10546,10546,10546,0,0.
> GBUS,Stg-US$,D,001127,1.4177,1.4177,1.4177,1.4177,0,0.
> GBDM,Stg-DM,D,001127,3.2501,3.2501,3.2501,3.2501,0,0.
> GBY,Stg-Yen,D,001127,156.7,156.7,156.7,156.7,0,0.
>
> In principle these files can be constructed in any format, as I like to
> think that I'm an able programmer. The response from tech support was that
I
> needed at least two records in each file. To update on a daily basis, it
> will require some 11,000 individual files. Secondly, should one presume
that
> the loader can pick up the 11,000
> files in one go. (The documentation does not make it obvious that it
can.)
>
> Whilst I can generate two days of data, one for yesterday, and one for the
> day before yesterday, how do I inform the loader which exchange the data
> belongs too e.g. LSE, LIFFE, LCE etc, is this just another other field?
> When loading the custom symbol list, the documentation states that
anything
> beyond a ";" will be ignored, to quote the example in the
> text- ABDR, NASDAQ; Abacus Direct Corp Thus, if this is literally
correct,
> how do we load the symbol description?
>
> I hope I'm missing the point, because I can't help but feel that there
must
> be another way - MetaStock and other packages achieve this with consummate
> ease.
>
> I have looked through the SDK, and it is not explicit as to whether one
can
> use the server object to update the data base or not.
>
> In TS4 documentation, there was hint of a .h file which explained how one
> might construct one's own loader - but I can't see anything in TS2000
which
> helps.
>
> I have posed these questions to development support and had no response -
> despite reminders.
>
> Grateful for any assistance.
>
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