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To: Webb B Blackman Jr who wrote (7720)	11/9/1998 11:11:00 PM
From: Jan Robert Wolansky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

Webb, I don't understand Gary's response to Ken if he is referring to the beta. Since I got the beta last week, I have been outputting tickers to a watch virtual directory each night using the "output to metastock, output 1 symbol to directory" function, and they have all updated automatically each night thereafter. Perhaps his response is only for the old version of virtual, and not the new beta that he recently sent out. I also await his answer to clarify. Jan

To: Webb B Blackman Jr who wrote (7720)	11/9/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

Gary, The question that was asked by Jan Robert Wolamsky is exactly what I want to do as well. Lets say that I run a scan for stocks to watch and not necessary to buy at this time. I would like to keep a list of these stocks in a virtual directory and then use say GET to look at the directory and watch for say a given condition to exist. That is why I need to say only add a few stocks to the list each day, but to let the list grow over time. I know how to create the profile the first time with a list of stocks, but how to I add to the list after the first day? I have asked this question many times but have never received an answer that I understood. Am I asking QP2 to do something that it can not do? --- webb blackman --- Webb, There are least three ways to do this.... 1. Edit the list file add symbols. run qpv profiler. delete existing list and add the list back again. Lease preferred method. 2. Edit the list file add symbols. run qp_lc to refresh the contents of the virtual directory(s). 3. Edit the list and add symbols. run a scan that takes the input and list and just prints each symbol to output list and then use the processMS command from the scan to update the contents of the QPV profile. In addition to any of these using a scripts you can merge/sort/unquify and keep queue's of lists and then use qp_lc to update their existance in QPV profiles. with 5 lines of perl or winbatch you can create an icon on your desktop and drag a list file onto the icon and have it pop up the editor and make changes and then automatically update everything when you save. Can't do this with dosbatch since you can parse the full pathname on the list file though. There are always many ways to skin a cat... Hope this helps... Sean

To: Webb B Blackman Jr who wrote (7720)	11/9/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: Richard Estes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

I am sure there are a many ways to get there. I will talk slow so you understand a few of them. You can set up a metastock (non-virtual) dir and use the add one symbol under output to metastock. you should be able to get 250-255 stocks per directory. in charting under lists create a new list, manually load the stocks you want in say "watchlist.lst" When you add stocks, run a scan using it as output and input. in the scan put following statement: ProcessMS = "C:\META\watchlist\",VMS; When you use ProcessMS statements, you never have to worry about profiles.

To: Webb B Blackman Jr who wrote (7720)	11/10/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

Webb, I'm sorry you're having so much trouble getting the virtual files you want. I'd like to tackle your problem again, hoping I can get you going. Lets say that I run a scan for stocks to watch and not necessary to buy at this time. I would like to keep a list of these stocks in a virtual directory Sounds like you have the beginning of this need taken care of. If you run a scan to populate that virtual profile in the first place, any new scan you run will add to that same profile, if you use that profile's name as the output file in your "ProcessMS VMS" command in the scan. The problem with doing it that way is that you can get duplicate symbols in the target profile. If you go in to the list that the scan produces, you can edit out the dupes that show up night after night. Now save that list and use the drag and drop method I've mentioned in several earlier posts. This will let your original scan grow each day and you won't have dupe entries. Golly, I hope this helps. It can be so frustrating. I can't believe I've gotten to the point where I might be able to actually help someone else with this. I needed so much hand holding when I came on line here, I don't know why the "regulars" here put up with me... but they sure did. Thank you all, BTW! Ken