A better writer might make this clearer but here it is. First you have a dir called meta setup. Now you can run your filter scan which produces a list (your 400) don't sent it anywhere. Now use it as an input for XXX scan output:
ouput="xxx.lst";
input="my400.lst";
ProcessMS="c:\meta\xxx\",VMS;
xxx.scan
Now when you run the scan it will clear that sub dir and put in new information each time you run it. Wow will read the results.
Now remember under C:\meta\; you can have an all, dir which sents all stocks or indices to it. Think of a tree with the branches off the meta root. I have about 10 sub-directories off Meta. Each produced by a scan, most with a filter input.
Now GET handles data the best way, it will find all metastock or other data files on a drive and make them available. you aren't held to 255 or even 2000 for directory. Equis and their sweetheart deals restrict The good data vendors to 255. but explorer (mswin scan) can go across dirs, so scans are possible there. Wow will read 255 directories in virtual or metastock, but present QP version doesn't change the date, to do so you have to rerun scan each day. The new beta fixes this and brings corrections to metastock files automatically.
It is a simple process. I haven't opened virtual setup since April, if I have all scans go to its dir. I have never seen a reason to save scans from the past, as you seem to want to do by "appending". You want the stocks that meet your scan today not last week. The idea is you buy next day after trigger, you don't wait a week and think it is still viable.
While some try to backtest in qp, I think you should use a MSWIN or WOW type program to do a full system test. So if I am checking for a MACD trigger, I don't care what it was yesterday or 15 days ago.
Yes you can have more profiles, but just use one and tree off it for each scan. I have never understood the problems with virtual and its use. Now you have a main directory with sub directories with one containing all data, others the results of other scans. I think Sean addressed the "append" method before, I just can't figure why anyone wants it.
GET will read QP directly shortly. Other charting programs are getting on board.
now someone else explain what I said.
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