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Re: UPDATE on DTN Fix - your gonna luv this



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I apologise in advance if this double-posts: does this
apply to TS 2000i or TS6 as well?

Thanks, Alex

--- Shadowover BillCruz
<trad_delist_payback@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Guys: 
> 
> I received this message from a very responsive
> gentleman (so far) at Omega support. Note the hoops
> we
> have to jump through to save our DTN historical
> data.
> 
> Check out the ". . . change Base to Decimal and
> change
> the Value data to 500."  What the heck does this do
> ? 
> 
> Sounds to me like if I don't jump on this right now
> for my own system, DTN is planning to "render
> useless"
> all our historical data over the weekend ? 
> 
> What's your take on it ?
> 
> 
> The file (DTN fix) will be posted soon it will only
> allow the server to accept the new data that DTN
> will
> be sending out. Windows NT and 2000 are more rebust
> than 98 but for now i need you to do the following:
>  
> Close all programs runing. 
> Click on Start / Run. 
> Type in Regedit and then press enter. 
> in the registry go to the following location:
>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OMEGARESEARCH\TRADESTATION
> BY OMEGA RESEARCH\CHART 
> Now when you have Chart Highlighted in the Right
> side
> highlight and double click on RequestTimeOut. 
> Now change the Base to Decimal and change the Value
> data to 500.  
> Now click on OK. 
> Now do the following:
> Close all Applications 
> Click on Start | Run. 
> In the Open: window, type the name 'msconfig'
> without
> the quotes. 
> Click on OK. 
> Select the General tab in the System Configuration
> Utility. 
> Select the option Selective Startup. 
> Uncheck the box next to Load startup group items. 
> Click OK. 
> Select Yes to restart the computer.
> Now do the following during the weekend to reduce
> and
> rebuild the data file:
> Note: Only the data you export will be kept. Any
> data
> you do not export will be lost. If you are already
> running low on disk space the export process may not
> complete. Try to free up as much space as possible
> prior to performing these procedures.
> 
> How To:
> 
> Use the following steps to export the data:
> 
> Click the Symbol Portfolio tab in the GlobalServer. 
> Use the Filter drop-down box list to view specific
> categories of symbols (e.g., Select All to view all
> symbols in your symbol portfolio). 
> Select all symbols by using the Edit | Select All
> menu
> sequence. 
> Use the File | Export Data | GlobalServer format
> menu
> sequence. 
> Under From, use the Date drop-down menu to select
> the
> date corresponding to the first date of data you
> want
> to export. 
> Under From, enter the beginning time for which you
> want to export data in the Time box. 
> Under To, use the Date drop-down menu to select the
> date corresponding to the last date of data you want
> to export. 
> Under From, enter the ending time for which you want
> to export data in the Time box. 
> In the Time Expressed in drop-down menu, select the
> time zone in which to display the exported data. 
> Click Next. 
> Select the fields and their corresponding
> resolutions
> you want to export. 
> Click Next. 
> Enter a path and file name for the exported data in
> the Save Exported file as box. Exported data files
> have an extension of .xpo. Click Browse if you want
> to
> locate a specific directory. 
> Click Finish. 
> Click OK to confirm the data was exported
> successfully. 
> To rename the old data files, complete the
> following:
> 
> Close all 2000i applications. 
> Click the Start | Find | Files or Folders menu. 
> In the Named: box, enter the name 'pds' without the
> quotes. 
> Click the Browse button. 
> Double-click on the drive letter where the program
> was
> installed, usually C:. 
> If you installed to the default directory,
> double-click the Program Files folder, then the
> Omega
> Research folder, and finally the Server folder. If
> you
> installed to an alternate directory, locate the
> Server
> folder under Omega Research. 
> Click the OK button. 
> Click Find Now. 
> Once the pds folder has been located, make sure that
> it is highlighted. If not, click the name of the
> folder with your mouse. Use the File | Rename menu,
> and then type the name 'oldpds' on your keyboard
> without the quotes. Press the Enter key on your
> keyboard to save the change. 
> Use the File | Close menu to exit the Find Files
> dialog. 
> Use these steps to import the GlobalServer data
> exported in Part 1:
> 
> Start the GlobalServer in Offline mode 
> Click the Symbol Portfolio tab in the GlobalServer. 
> Use the File | Import Data | GlobalServer format
> menu
> sequence. 
> Click Browse to navigate to the directory where your
> file is located, or click Scan and then select a
> drive
> to scan. If you scan your drive, all GlobalServer
> data
> (.xpo) files are listed in the Choose Files for
> Import
> box when you close the Scan Drive for Import File
> dialog box. 
> Select the file that you exported in Part 1 of this
> document. 
> Click Next. 
> All available symbols are displayed. Use the Select
> All button to highlight all symbols, and verify that
> the All Symbols selection is 
> Click Next. 
> Select the fields and their associated resolutions
> that you want to import for the selected symbols. 
> Select the Automatically Rebuild all History
> Settings
> of the Same Field check box to build new bars from
> old
> data. For instance, in previous Data Servers, you
> could collect tick data or daily data. If the symbol
> you are importing now collects tick, 1-minute, and
> 5-minute bars, you can select this check box to use
> the tick data to build 1-minute and 5-minute bars
> for
> all the imported data. 
> Select the Automatically Add Selected
> Field/Resolution
> to Symbol History Settings check box to add the
> history-to-save settings associated with the data
> imported to your current symbol portfolio. 
> Click Next. 
> Under From, use the Date drop-down menu to select
> the
> date corresponding to the first date of data you
> want
> to import. 
> Under From, enter the beginning time for which you
> want to import data in the Time box. 
> Under To, use the Date drop-down menu to select the
> date corresponding to the last date of data you want
> to import. 
> Under From, enter the ending time for which you want
> to import data in the Time box. 
> In the Time Expressed in drop-down menu, select the
> time zone in which to display the exported data. 
> Click Finish. 
> Click OK to confirm the data was imported
> successfully. 
> After you have verified the new data file is intact
> (by creating a few charts). After the integrity of
> the
> new data file has been verified, delete the oldpds
> folder from the hard drive.
> 
> Finally, use the File | Work Offline menu sequence
> to
> clear the check mark; this switches the GlobalServer
> 
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