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<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Wrong,
Lionel.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>You
originally responded to CMA's question about editing lists --
t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>ough to hit a moving target ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2>Only kludge for saving hits involves printing to a
file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>Bob</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2>-----</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2>
<P>>Original Message-----</P>
<P>>From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</P>
<P>>[</FONT><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On</U></FONT><FONT size=2> Behalf Of
Lionel Issen</P>
<P>>Sent: Sunday, August 09, 1998 8:02 AM</P>
<P>>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; CMA</P>
<P>>Subject: Re: Explorations</P>
<P>>Equis support has told me NO! This is a shortcoming in Metastock.</P>
<P>>Lionel</P>
<P>>-----Original Message-----</P>
<P>>From: CMA <cma6@xxxxxxxxx></P>
<P>>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx></P>
<P>>Date: Saturday, August 08, 1998 5:23 P</P>
<P>>Subject: Explorations</P>
<P>>>I run an Exploration on 2 MSPRO data subdirectories. Is is possible
in</P>
<P>>>ver. 4.5 or 6.0 to run it on only a select subgroup of stocks in
those</P>
<P>>>subdirectories? (I realized that I could move those stocks to a</P>
<P>>>separate subdirectory but that is a workaround which has too
many<SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>
</FONT></SPAN>negatives.)</P>
<P>>> Thanks, CMA</P>
<P><SPAN class=359154918-14081998><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial
size=2>-----------------------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Lionel
Issen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 14, 1998 9:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Explorations<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Maas:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This I know and use. I thought that we were talking
about exporting the results of an exploration and running a second exploration
on the subset. You, and the manual, are talking about something
else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Lionel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>A.J. Maas <<A
href="mailto:anthmaas@xxxxxx";>anthmaas@xxxxxx</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Metastock-List <<A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Friday, August 14, 1998 9:31 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re:
Explorations<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<FONT color=#800080>See also p. 351-354 MS65
manual </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>See
also p. 326-328 MS60 manual</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<TD align=left vAlign=center><B><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial>Selecting Securities to Explore</B><BR><FONT
size=2>MetaStock <FONT color=#ff0000 face="" size=4>can <FONT
color=#000000 face="" size=2>explore virtually <FONT color=#ff0000
face="" size=4>unlimited</FONT> securities across multiple
folders</FONT></FONT>. The folders and <BR>the securities within
those folders can be chosen with the Select Securities dialog. This
<BR>dialog is accessed by choosing Securities from the Exploration
Editor dialog. If the Always <BR>Prompt for Securities option is
checked (see <U><FONT color=#008000>Explorer Options</U><FONT
color=#000000>), the Select Securities dialog <BR>appears each time
you start an exploration.<BR>If no securities have been specified
for an exploration, The Explorer displays the Select <BR>Securities
dialog automatically, prompting you to make your selections.<BR>The
Select Securities dialog is divided into two sections. The list on
the left is a tree that you <BR>use to select the data folders to
explore. The list on the right shows the folders/securities that
<BR>have been <I>selected.</I><BR><B>Add</B>. You use this button to
move the selected folder from the tree to the Folders list. All
<BR>securities and folders appearing in the Selected list will
remain with the exploration until they <BR>are removed from the
list.<BR>If there is a prolonged delay after clicking the Add
button, it probably means that the folder <BR>you are adding
contains a large number of securities (1,000 or more). You may want
to <BR>reduce the number of securities in the folder. Although a
folder can hold up to 2,000 <BR>securities, anything over 1,000 may
result in poor performance.<BR><B>Remove</B>.<I><B> </B></I>You use
the Remove button to remove the selected folders from the Folders
list. <BR>This button is disabled if you've selected the Securities
tab.<BR>You can switch between showing folders or securities in the
list by clicking on the tabs at the <BR>top of the list.<BR>By
default, every security in a newly added folder is selected. Click
on checkbox next to the <BR>security's name to toggle between
selecting and deselecting the security. A checkmark next to <BR>the
security shows that it is selected.<BR>You can toggle between
selecting and deselecting <I>all</I> securities in the selected
folder by <BR>clicking on the check box next to the folder's name at
the top of the list.<BR>You can also select and deselect a subset of
the securities in the list by selecting the securities <BR>and then
right-clicking on the selection. Hold the <FONT size=1>SHIFT<FONT
size=2> or <FONT size=1>CTRL<FONT size=2> keys down while clicking
to <BR>select multiple securities. You can display a shortcut menu
by right-clicking in the Securities <BR>window. Choose Check
Highlighted Entries or Uncheck Highlighted Entries from the shortcut
<BR>menu.<BR>Once you have selected the securities to update, click
the OK button.<BR><B><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#0000ff>More:</B><BR><U><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#008000>Maintaining Lists of Securities</U>
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><I><B><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Maintaining Lists of
Securities</B></I><BR><FONT size=2>The Security Lists dialog lets you load and
save predefined lists of securities to perform <BR>explorations on. To display
the Security Lists dialog, click the Lists button in the Select <BR>Securities
dialog.<BR>Perhaps you want to divide your securities into specific categories.
To do this, you could <BR>create a list that includes only computer stocks,
another that contains only commodities, <BR>another that contains only
automobile stocks. Instead of having to select these individually <BR>each time
for different explorations, you can group them into easily accessible
lists.<BR>The same lists that you create with The Explorer can also be used in
The DownLoader when <BR>selecting the securities for which to collect data. The
DownLoader is aware of lists created in <BR>MetaStock and vice
versa.<BR><B>Open</B>. Use this button to load the currently selected list into
the Select Securities dialog. <BR>The existing folders will be replaced with the
newly loaded folders.<BR><B>Save As</B>. Use this button to assign a name to the
current list of securities in the Select <BR>Securities dialog. You can create
up to 104 named security lists.<BR><B>Delete</B>. Use this button to delete the
selected security list.<BR><B>Print</B>. Use this button to print the selected
security list.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Has anyone figured out how to
1) get free end-of-day data from the net;
2) import that ASCII file into Excel;
3) manipulate the data in Excel to produce a file,
4) which Downloader can use to update MSPRO?
1) and 2) should be quite easy; but 3) and 4) could be tough.
CMA
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