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Wlater,
I don't get it!
I've sent you a couple of pieces of the beginning of an approach using
Excel and web queries just as you suggested. Its not the full solution
but it is a beginning, yet you seem to have not even tried any of the
things I've sent you.
Are you waiting for someone to just write this for you?
Dale
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walter Lake
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:39 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: parting the waters
>
>
> Hi Fred
>
> I'm jealous. I used to have a program that would download,
> covert to CSV or
> Metastock for easy access, but it died. Now I have to start
> all over and
> learn all the details that I never wanted to ever learn.
>
> I'll take primate, I'm not fussy.
>
> Best regards
>
> Walter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred J. <fred.j@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:20 PM
> Subject: RE: parting the waters
>
>
> >Hi Walter,
> >I have been reading Excel related posts with great
> interest. As far as
> >part "a" goes here is how I do it:
> >
> >I run this web query
> >http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=AMAT+AMGN+AOL+WMT&f=s
l1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.
>csv
>It will deposit quotes into my spreadsheet (text format). A simple
macro
>converts text into columns and re-arranges the columns the way I like
them.
>>From this point on I can transfer each quote to it's appropriate
historical
>file or whatever.
>It's crude, but dependable.
>
>Fred
>
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