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To: Webb B Blackman Jr who wrote (5820)	8/6/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 11149

Webb, In The Metastock data setup help dialog. Mine works fine without Interpret Metastock Data, I have .DOP Files created. I beleive without dop files this should be checked. read below from GET help... Sean Menu Description: The Metastock/Computrac Data Properties dialog box controls what types of issues GET should look for, what data directory to search for data, weather or not to use the alternate name field for displaying the contract name and symbol, whether or not GET should attempt to guess at the base and the number of decimals in the data, and indicates if you want to see just the currently trading futures. Please note that the Alternate Metastock Name and Interpret Metastock options are only available for the Metastock and Computrac data formats. Menu Functions: Under Path, you will indicate the directory where your Metastock or Computrac data is located. If your data is located in several different subdirectories, enter in the highest common directory where your data is located. For example, if you have data stored in C:\MS-DATA\AD and C:\MS-DATA\BP and C:\MS-DATA\SP you would want to put C:\MS-DATA\ into the path. MS-DATA is the highest common directory of all three subdirectories. If your data is located in many different directories off the root directory, you would want to put C:\ as your path. If you are not sure which directory your data is stored in but you know what drive it is on, enter just the drive letter and GET will search that drive and attempt to locate your data. If you have data stored on more than one drive, you will have to specify one of the drives now, and then go back to the data property sheet and add in another data format and path. You can add in multiple drives and paths for the same data format. If you check the Futures check box, then GET will search for futures data in the directory and format indicated. GET attempts to differentiate stocks from futures by looking for a recognized contract symbol, expiration year, and expiration month. If you check the Stocks check box, then GET will search for stocks in the data directory and format indicated. If GET is not detecting your futures, they may be named in a way that leads GET to believe they are stocks. Try checking this box if some of your futures are not showing up in GET. Check the Indices check box to have GET search for your Indices and display them in the symbol list. If you check the Current Only check box, then GET will not show any of your historical, expired contracts in the symbol list. If you want to go back at a later time and look at expired contracts, simply un-check this box and the expired contracts will appear in the symbol list. Under Name Alternatives: Check the Normal radio button for the Metastock name that complies with the standard disclosed Metastock format. Check the Alternate Metastock Name 1 radio button if your Metastock data is not displaying the name and symbol correctly in the Issue List. If your Metastock data as an alternate name field, and this box is checked, GET will use the alternate name field to identify the issue in the Issue List. If your data does not contain an alternate name field, GET will use only the contract symbol in the Issue List. Check the Alternate Metastock Name 2 radio button if the Alternate Metastock Name 1 selection does not give you the desired name. By using this selection, GET will assume that all of your issues are stocks, and handle the name of the issue just like it is a stock. One important note is that GET will not only treat the name of all of your issues like stocks, but it will also treat the data as if it were a stock. This is important with Elliott Waves, since GET does not allow any overlap of Wave 4 over Wave 1 for stocks, you may see a difference in the Elliott Wave count depending upon what Alternate Metastock Name you are using. To correct this, you should change the Wave 4 to 1 overlap to 17% (the standard that GET uses for futures). Check the Interpret Metastock check box to have GET attempt to guess at the correct base and decimal place of your data. When this box is unchecked, GET determines the base and number of decimal places to display from the corresponding Metastock DOP file. When this box is checked, GET will ignore the base and decimal place settings in the Metastock DOP file and will examine the data and 'guess' at the correct base and decimal place to display on the chart. For more information on DOP files, and their settings, please contact your data vendor.