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Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] MetaStock Computrack Data Conversion Utiliti



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If you have or upgrade to MS RealTime and insert your converted data
into the folders designated as 'real time folders' wouldn't it be
automatically updated/refreshed... i am in the middle of trying this
so i found you post interesting...

cj

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--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Illyas Mansoor <mimansoor@xxxx>
wrote:
> 
> Hello Preston,
> 
>     Firstly I'm Sorry, I forgot to post to the group
> regarding my new release of Metastock CommandLine Data
> Conversion Utility version 1.3.3. This is a minor bug
> fix release to the earlier version 1.3.2 release.
> 
>     I have also posted my utilities on freshmeat.net
> the url is
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/metastockcommandlineutils/
> 
> 
>     I wrote these utility programs, since I needed a
> command line ascii to metastock data conversion
> program. Which I searched a lot on the net but could
> not find a free utility for the same.
> 
>     Basically I needed some program which I could
> embed in a script file which could download near real
> time data from the web and instantly convert it to
> metastock format and I could use it for my trading
> purposes.
> 
>      These utility programs are a result of my pursuit
> for the above mentioned need. Now I have a decent
> program which can convert a comma seperated ascii data
> file into metastock binary data format. My ulitimate
> goal for these programs is to nearly emulate all the
> features offered in MetaStock downloader program in
> command line mode.
> 
>      At present I have two command line utility
> programs, one called asc2ms which can convert a given
> ascii comma seperated program into metastock
> computrack binary data format and the other ms2asc
> which can extract an ascii data file from given
> Metastock binary data files.
> 
>      For details please download the utilities and try
> it out for yourself, and let me know if these utility
> programs have any need at all, or is it a waste. Also
> I would appreciate if you could suggest some things
> which you would like to see incorporated in these
> programs.
> 
>      Also I would like to know from the group members
> is there a way to automatically refresh the data files
> in Metastock. I'm able to update the binary data files
> while Metastock has opened it, but unable to make
> Metastock referesh the data files automatically, I
> have to manually do this everytime?
> 
>      I wish you all profitable trading days.
> 
> Regards,
> Mansoor.
> --- pumrysh <no_reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > mimansoor,
> > 
> > You posted a file in the files section called
> > 
> > 
> > MetaStock Computrack Binary Data to/from MetaStock
> > ASCII Data 
> > Conversion Utilities. 
> > 
> > 
> > Can you tell us a little about what it does and how
> > it works?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Preston
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >








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