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At 09:06 AM 8/12/97 -0600, Equis Support wrote:
>Sometimes the links created by OLE II do not update. Right click on the
>chart and select update links. If you are referring to a chart being
>opened and not having the latest data in it, it is probably because the
>data vendor is not following the file requirements when writing to the
>MetaStock data files. If you have MetaStock for Windows, or The
>DownLoader for Windows open when this zip file update is occurring, then
>that is why the data isn't available as they are not using our file
>library and therefore the information is not being written to the Master
>and Emaster files as our library has them locked.
>
I do not see "select update links" when I right click on the chart as you
suggested. I made sure that MetaStock is closed when I initiate action to
update the database.
>As far as "read only" Master and Emaster files, that usually happens
>when you exit MetaStock for Windows abnormally. Are there files in the
>data folder that begin with a ~? Those are what is left when an
>abnormal termination occurs. If you start MetaStock of The DownLoader,
>it will tell you that you are still using the files and when you OK you
>will have access to the data.
>
>Equis Support
>
There are some files in the data folder that begin with a ~, however they
could not be deleted (deletion denied). These files are: ~msfl.inx,
~msfl.lck and ~msfl.sec. There was one ~msfl.usr that could be deleted away.
In the Downloader, I could see the latest date available, but it did not
appear in the corresponding chart. I did a Tools, Test of the whole data
folder, and the error message for each counter was Error #1087: "Last date
differs from MASTER".
When I close and open again MetaStock or The DownLoader, it did not tell me
that I am still using the files and ask me to click OK to have access to
the data.
Hope the above details will help you to diagnose the problem.
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