Open Source Project for MetaStock

I'm working on an open source project to do data collection, from Yahoo and a BSE Data source for Metastock.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/meta-all/

The source is in VB.

I thought maybe some of the Developers here may be interested in the application, source or contributing to the project.......

Cheers,



icecubetray

hi icecubetray,
welcome to the forum.

cheers,
jdm.

hai
I downloaded ur tool
i am not able to use it.
what add path means
do u have any help
how to use it

Thanks
S.Prem

S.Prem,

I am working on a User guide, I posted what I have on sourceforge where you downloaded the application.

The Add Path function adds an existing directory containing a MASTER and EMASTER file. The Path will not be added to Meta-All unless a MASTER or EMASTER is in the directory. When a Path is added a DataSource must be selected, in order for Meta-All to determine where to search for Data.

The MASTER and EMASTER will be created when you use the MetaStock Downloader to create a new security.......which will/may create a new path. In the path where you create this Security will be a MASTER and EMASTER file which will contain the list of securities you have added to the directory with the downloader.

Once you have this then, you will be able to use Meta-All. If this sounds a little confusing you might want to look at the MetaStock Manual for more information on how to use the MetaStock Downloader.

I hope this helps.....good luck!

Regards.

Hi!

Is there any way to add multiple securities to Meta-All in one go. I tried using the Metastock Downloader and creating a folder with E-master And MAster files of the multiple securities alongwith the respective dat files. But when I try to add this path to meta-all, meta-all creates an error.

Has this something to do with the .mwd files being created on conversion as I have found that .mdw files are not created when a single security is converted to create e-master & master files in a new folder? Such a folder where .mdw file is not present works fine with Meta-all but has the inherent limitation of adding nly one security at a time.

Thanks & Best Regards,
--Ashish

aca_trader,

I'm not sure exactly where you are running into problems.

In downloader you should be able to add multiple securities all in one go.

Select File - > New - > security

then click on the "Look-up" button

then select as many symbols as you want.

Does Meta-All Display and Error? Could you send me a screenshot?

I just tried this and I get and " Overflow error".......So I will investigate.

if you can zip up your metastock directory you can email it to me at [email protected]
as long as it isn't to big.

I will see if I can fix the problem

Regards,

icecubetray

aca_trader,

Ok, I think I see where you are running into problems.

MASTER and EMASTER only support 255 symbols.......

I guess this is where XMASTER comes into play and the mwd files.......

Sorry Meta-All doesn't support 255+ symbols yet......I never came across this scenario, so I will try to fix this in another build.

for now you would have to seperate all the securities across multiple directories, with each having 255.....

Regards,

icecubetray

Ice Cube,

I have seen your project. It's a good start approach. Before that you need to make sure what are the basic requirements to run it

1st People Neet MicroSoft Dot Net FrameWork 2.0 ( i believe)

The project is developed in VB Dot Net using Visual Studio 2005.

If you plan and design your code properly, you can give competition to www.trading-tools.com


Regards
Satya

Satya,

You are correct.......I think what I really need is to create a website on Source Forge to point out those exact things that you have mentioned.

Meta-All has turned out to be way more than I wanted or needed it to be......but if I can help others as well.....thats great

But I thought I would post it on SourceForge for any other developers that might want to take advantage of it.

And ultimately I was hoping to get a few developers to help me further the project. Its all very time consuming......and I would love to see this project continue to progress......though I will continue forging forward on it by myself....it would be nice to get some help.

I have no intentions of ever selling this......I want it to be free.

Regards,

icecubetray

Hi Trevor!

I did try with 230 sumbols but it still overflowed.
However you were right about X Master and mwd files, those were not generated. Looks like the problem lies elsewhere.

Thanks & Best Regards,
--Ashish