RE: Running Workspace Assistant on ASCII files

["Lance Fisher" <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Try going to "View" - "Chart Options" - "Symbol" tab. Look down at the
"Default days back" box and in the "compression" scroll menu change the
default days back for daily bars to whatever you want.

>From a chart window you can individually format the look back of your
symbol, but the instant you click on the "Load next symbol" button (or
run WA) to start scrolling through your symbol list 2000i automatically
loads the default # of days back. 

Hope this helps,

-Lance Fisher











-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McMurry [mailto:chrismcmurry@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 4:59 PM
To: Omega Research Mailing List
Subject: Re: Running Workspace Assistant on ASCII files

Thanks for the reply, Craig.  I'm not applying anything to the chart but
a
simple strategy.  No complicated MaxBarsBack issues.  I'm thinking that
what's
happening is the same thing that happens when you first pull up an ASCII
chart
and the Format Symbol dialog box comes up:  the default first date is
about a
year back from the end date.

BTW, I'm talking EOD data.

Chris

Craig wrote:

> This could be the reason why some symbol candidates fail to show up
> following a WA scan.  Perhaps it has nothing to do with the WA, but a
> problem with certain EL code commands when you apply symbols to a
chart in
> sequence, and the chart holds a large number of bars.  This is tedious
but
> try this:  Manually apply your symbols to the chart and see if the
problem
> persists.  Also, play with the MaxBarsBack setting.  Finally, I assume
you
> are only applying one symbol and one data compression to the chart.
>
> At 03:50 PM 1/27/2002 -0800, Chris McMurry wrote:
> >I am attempting to use the Workspace Assistant (WA) in TS2000 to scan
a
> >directory of ASCII price files.  The problem I'm having is with the
> >start dates.  It seems that even though when I initially set up a
chart
> >I load the first date as being the first date in the ASCII file,
> >subsequent automatic loads by the WA only go back about a year or a
year
> >and half from the current date.  I want to be able to run tests on
data
> >stretching farther back than that.
> >
> >Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Chris