Re: TS200i Metastock directory Limit

["DB" <dynastore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen and others,

I should apologize for misdirection. The format of Metastock file library
DOES allow more than 255 securities per folder - my mistake. Here is the
part of the structure that clearly states that theoretically it can be sky
high:

typedef struct tagMSFLDirectoryStatus_struct
{
................ <skipped> ..............................
  DWORD dwNumOfSecurities;                       // Number of securities
}
 MSFLDirectoryStatus_struct;

So the filed is of DWORD type, i.e. four bytes - not one - my mistake and
apologies!

Regards,
DB


----- Original Message -----
From: "DB" <dynastore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: TS200i Metastock directory Limit


> Stephen,
>
> It's not some specific limit of TS2000i - it's just a file format of
> Metastock data that does not allow to use a number larger than 255 for a
> total number of securities per the folder. Metastock file format uses one
> byte (i.e. the number in a range of 0-255) for this field. The similar
thing
> is for the maximum number of records per one symbol (65500) - they use 2
> bytes for this field.
>
> The incoming Metastock 8 will introduce format of the files that will
allow
> more than 255 securities per the folder.
>
> Kind regards,
> DB
> Toronto, Canada :)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Whiteside" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 11:09 PM
> Subject: TS200i Metastock directory Limit
>
>
> > Does anyone know a way around the 255 securities limit per Metastock
data
> > directory for TS 2000i.
> >
> > Reward offered for solution.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Stephen Whiteside
> > Toronto, Canada
> >
> > (Using another data source is not an option.)
> >
> >
>