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Strategies & Market Trends : Metastock 6.0 for Window -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Quarne who wrote (2571)	1/1/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4056

FYI.... There are some other changes.... read the dlwin.wri and mswin.wri files for details. Overall a pretty minor upgrade. I would probably avoid it until equis addresses some initial concerns. more than a few folks having some problems with it.... Sean Here are the notes.... More Information About MetaStock for Windows 6.52 for December 28, 1998 ________________________________________________________ This document contains important modifications to the printed documentation. Note that these changes are already reflected in MetaStock's on-line help. _______________________________________________________ Please take the time to read the 10 Steps to Productivity manual It will be worth your time! ________________________________________________________ Using WordPad to View This Document To make this document easier to read, you can enlarge the WordPad window to its maximum size. To do so, click the Maximize button in the upper-right corner of the window. To move through the document, press the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys. To print the document, choose Print from the File menu. For Help on using WordPad, press F1. ________________________________________________________ For information on the new features in version 6.5 (as compared to 6.0), choose MetaStock Help from MetaStock's Help menu, click the Index tab, and type "new features" in the search phrase box. Page # Description____________________________________ N/A MetaStock is Y2K compliant. 246 The Random Walk Index High and Random Walk Index Low functions now accept two parameters rather than just one: MINIMUM PERIODS AND MAXIMUM PERIODS (e.g., rwih(6,39)). N/A Added - Ability to create New Security in MetaStock. This can be accessed via File\|New Security. N/A Added - Enter/Exit different prices in System Tester. User can now specify to enter or exit trades on either the Open, High, Low or Close. N/A Added - Exit at stop price in System Tester. User can now set stops to exit at the stop price. This option is available in the Stops dialog of System Tester. When checked the stop will trigger at the level specified and not just at the close. N/A Added - Edit data from MetaStock. By right-clicking on a price plot a user can now choose Edit Data. This command will open security's datasheet in The DownLoader. More Information About The DownLoader 6.52 for Windows 95 & NT December 28, 1998 ______________________________________________________ This document contains important modifications to the printed documentation. Note that these changes are already reflected in The DownLoader's on-line help. ______________________________________________________ Using WordPad to View This Document To make this document easier to read, you can enlarge the WordPad window to its maximum size. To do so, click the Maximize button in the upper-right corner of the window. To move through the document, press the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys. To print the document, choose Print from the File menu. For Help on using WordPad, press F1. ______________________________________________________ For information on the new features in version 6.5, choose The DownLoader Help from the The DownLoader's Help menu, click the Index tab, and type "new features" in the search phrase box. Page # Description____________________________________ N/A The DownLoader is Y2K compliant. N/A Support for the Marketscan data service was removed from The DownLoader. Marketscan has discontinued service. 115 & 128 Dial/Data index ticker symbols no longer require the "@" sign or the "_I" conversion factor. For example, the symbol for the S&P 100 is now OEX rather than @OEX_I. N/A Support for the Dow Jones data service was removed from The DownLoader. Dow Jones has discontinued service. (Effective March 31, 1999) N/A Added - Express download. You can now launch The DownLoader from a command line to preform an express download by using the /express command line option. The syntax is: dlwin.exe /express N/A Added - Adjust Data for Multiple Securites. You can now adjust data for securities without opening the datasheet for each security. This feature is accessed by choosing "Adjust Data for Multiple Securities" from the Tools menu