Metastock directory and sub-directory explore

Metastock directory and sub-directory explore

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Salvatore Gaziano
2016-10-13 07:06:57

Hi Quantshare,
i've just tested your new features and they are very useful: i appraise the correlation calc for the combined trading systems.
I've a suggest for you: when i load an external Metastock database, i must add all sub-directory manually. I've a primary directory that's called "CDB" and n subdirectorys. Each subdricetorys can have m subdirectorys.
If i add "C:\CDB", i show me "CDB" and its subdirectory, for example "CDB\ALL", "CDB\BCK", "CDB\ETF", but doesn't show me the subdirectorys of each subdirectorys, for example "CDB\BCK\MSCI" ecc..
This is a problem because my data provider sometimes update the names or positions of directorys and it update directory tree, then i must delete and re-add all folder in the external Metastock database import and re-add each one.
Can you implement a sub-directory research that adds all subdirectory finded when i add the root directory?

I've attached two images of the situation: the first image shows all foleder that i added manually. I added "C:\CDB" and Quantshare added automatically the first child node sub-directory such as "C:\CDB\ETF", "C:\CDB\BCK", "C:\CDB\ALL" etc..
I added manually the directory child of ALL, ETF, BCK etc..
The second image shows what is happen when you add only the root directory ("C:\CDB"): it adds only the first childs directory of C:\CDB.
I think that is useful and helpful if it adds automatically all childs of childs at all level of CDB directory like Multicharts Quote Manager works when you add the primary (parent) directory C:\CDB.

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QuantShare
2016-10-14 05:01:49

Hi Enrico,

I understand what you mean. In few days, we will create a new blog post that explains how to add multiple sub-directories automatically using the URL-Script of the downloader tool.

ymlee
2016-10-18 14:53:30

Hi QS,

What Enrico mentioned is it related to Metastock EOD Data Package?
http://www.metastock.com/products/data/#RTD/exchanges

I want to subscribe this data package but I not sure whether can use it instantly.

QuantShare
2016-10-19 04:06:57

He was referring to the ability to import Metastock historical data into QuantShare.

We never tried that package but it would probably work.

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