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Honoustly, wait for 7.0 to come out, as the "extra's" are not 'screemingly'
required or needed at the moment.
Also when upgrading from 6.5 to 7.0, this will from-now-till-then(Oct99 ?)
give you plenty of time to make one(1) proper spare "copy(backup)" of all
of your valuables assets in the 65 program(program settings, indicators,
experts, systests, explorer scans & all other formulas/charts/layouts/templates)
and now also in text files(formulas etc) and not to forget also your currently used
but very valuable MS folder files(the DATs etc.).
The fact that MS+subs are so slow 'under Windows' is that the program(s) write
to disk far more then is required.
And if this is indeed done per ticker/functions(+variables) then this explains,
in Windows, why the MS programs are in a bath-tub-race while other 'normal'
programs are speed-boat-racing.
Thus this is not due to Windows or your "power(hardware)", but to the in the
programs programmed commands' consequences, like the superflously writing
to disk, eg the way the MS program(s) were factory build and were code written
to perform.
Wish you all the best and luck transfering your MS/Dos formulas into MS/Windows
formulas and to give you some mental support on this, think basicaly that formulas
that worked in Dos OUGHT to work in Windows as well. (In this the OS's did not
change as Dos is Windows underlay).
(But in this, I am also not familiar to MS versions prior to 6.0).
Changing subjects, one of my systems for the intermediate term went negative
on Jan 21th. (This is on our AEX index though). Its short-term equivelant
went negative on Jan 7th and still is. Also the DowUTILS went 'for sale' early last week.
Calculating this for the DJ EURO STOXX 50, DAX, DowINDU, DowTRANS, S&P500
then results remain still positive for the intermediate term.(Haven't got around to make
one for the short term for this group as yet).
Regards,
Ton Maas
ms-irb@xxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Tann <grtann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: woensdag 20 januari 1999 23:31
Subject: RE: Yet another patch problem
>Ton
>
>Well, now it comes down to the important question. Do you think the patch
>is solid enough for me to download and install?
>
>You're right about the 6.0 to 6.5 upgrade. I, too, lost all of my charts,
>etc.
>
>I'm going to take a day out and see if I can get my DOS calculations working
>properly in Windows. The move to 6.0 didn't work and I gave up trying to
>get the 6.5 version to work. Maybe if I just bypass all of Equis' wizards
>and just rekey everything, it might work well enough that I can drop the DOS
>version. The 6.0 conversion scrambled everything and threw all of my
>calculations out to the hard drive which it used as a scratch work area. It
>sounded like a coffee grinder.
>
>It took 30 or 40 times longer to run my calcs under Windows as opposed to
>the DOS version. I'm going to try one last time to see if I can get it to
>run under Windows before I take the effort to finalize it in Visual Basic
>(already got it running under Excel using OLE to tie it to the Downloader
>data).
>
>Regards
>
>Guy
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of A.J. Maas
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 12:53 PM
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Yet another patch problem
>>
>>
>> Hello Guy,
>>
>> I don't mind being a front runner on and in this and
>> ----------also if it is worth it doing so--------------
>> and (by) the 'new' looks and advantages of the new 652 version
>> it was definitely worth the 'run'.
>>
>> Though these 'new look+advantages' didn't stop me from running
>> into software trouble again, the moment when I installed it and later on
>> using the "second", but now succesfully applied "Congratulations
>> Patch-run".
>> Note that having this message added to the Patch was, for users, quite
>> effective.
>>
>> Also seeing that other fellow-listers were running into these same
>> type of problems, does help all users(others and Equis) to come up
>> and find solutions, suggestions, fixes and support(ive) replies quickly.
>>
>> Same 'having irritating software problems again' happened when previously
>> upgrading from 60 to 65, and at that time, any indicators(+formulas) that
>> where converted during the upgrade process by the then "new" Import Tool,
>> were somehow "renumbered/named" or otherwise -in the formula field-
>> syntax mutulated, so badly that previous used layouts/charts/templates
>> that would be calling on them on opening, simply returned totaly different
>> indicators, names and/or formula values, and were not the same indicators
>> names/formulas from the previous version. The old ones just disappeared,
>> and were replaced by other -already excisting- indicators/formulas.
>>
>> Reg. Ton.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Guy Tann <grtann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: woensdag 20 januari 1999 2:13
>> Subject: RE: Yet another patch problem
>>
>>
>> >Ton
>> >
>> >Sometimes, us procrastinators luck out. :)
>> >
>> >Guy
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of A.J. Maas
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 3:49 PM
>> >> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: Re: Yet another patch problem
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Gila,
>> >> If you don't mind the language "Stay the Hell away from the Patch"
>> >> and this is true if you're not close to being an Equis' employer.
>> >> All other souls left over, that have had problems with the Patch, where
>> >> best advised to completely un-install EVERYTHING also after making
>> >> back-ups from this very BAD version, and then re-install "good ol' 6.5"
>> >> from the CdRom again in an attempt to get back to the previous
>> >> normal status. This is badly needed, until Equis does provide its users
>> >> with proper software.
>> >>
>> >> I have not been able to use the program for >50% from last Dec
>> 30th !!!!
>> >> and it is nearly February soon.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ton Maas
>> >> ms-irb@xxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: brock <brock@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: dinsdag 19 januari 1999 20:50
>> >> Subject: Yet another patch problem
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >Okay, so I was a little slow downloading the patch for MS6.5. But I
>> >> >finally did. I tried to upgrade the MS6.5 in my home computer
>> and office
>> >> >computer, with the same results: the patch never successfully
>> completed
>> >> >the process, i.e. I did not get one of those wonderful
>> "congratulations"
>> >> >messages in either place (and both computers are configured very
>> >> >differently -- one on a network, and lots of other
>> differences). When I
>> >> >tried to open the program, I got an error message saying the the file
>> >> >MS65SYNTX.DTA either does not exist or is the wrong version.
>> >> Now, I can't
>> >> >use The Explorer, the System Tester, custom indicators, and a
>> few other
>> >> >things!
>> >> >
>> >> >I finally reached tech support after being on hold for half
>> an hour (and
>> >> >I'm not in the U.S.), only to be told to reboot and try
>> again. Needless
>> >> >to say, it didn't help.
>> >> >
>> >> >Did any of you have this problem? More to the point, do any
>> of you have
>> >> >the solution?
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks,
>> >> >Gila
>> >> >
>> >> >"When you're online, do you become emoral?"
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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