13
Jun
MasterDATAlink Version Released - Cleanup!
So far the new release seems to be going smoothly for everyone. No issues reported to date. A bug fix or two are now in place to the recent MasterDATAlink version 2.20 released a few days ago (see below or click here) as follows:
- Actually, this issue existed prior to version 2.20, but I just found it as a result of recent work. When a historical datafile is found to be out of sync, the entire datafile is automatically downloaded from the MasterDATA servers. All other files such as MetaStock price files and the new single statistic .csv files are generated from the full .csv format datafile maintained on the user’s computer. What happened in the past was that while this full download occurred properly, subsequent files generated from this full datafile did not get generated properly until the next download. In other words, two downloads occurred before corrections to new files showed up. This issue has been addressed and fixed in version 2.21
- Occasionally, the “base” historical data held on the user’s computer becomes inaccurate for one reason or another. I have seen this happen both in eSignal historical data as well as Reuters. MasterDATAlink now includes a function to force a complete download of all historical data fully replacing any previous historical data on the user’s computer. In addition to other issues, if you find your data is missing days of data, use this function to fully replace your historical datafiles. Go to the “Download File Settings” tab and look in the lower right portion of the window. Put a check mark next to “Force a full download of all datafiles on the next download“. This new version 2.21 setting applies to the very next download only.
- For MetaStock Composite Plug-in users, a file access error occurred when downloading if a MetaStock chart or function was open using a MasterDATAlink created price file. This issue is now fixed. It is suggested, however, that downloads be run occasionally with all such MetaStock charts and functions closed. This allows MasterDATAlink to do some file maintenance that otherwise cannot be done.
- Finally, a small, new addition. Date format can now be selected when generating the new single statistic historical datafiles. Users can choose between YYYYMMDD or MM/DD/YYYY formats.
To download this latest 2.21 version, go to the following URLs:
- MasterDATACSV subscribers: http://www.masterdatacsv.com/Content/MasterDATAlink.htm
- MasterDATA Composite Plug-in subscribers: http://www.masterdatacompositeplugin.com/Content/DownloadAndInstall.htm
If you do run into problems, certainly let us help right away.  Thank you for your support.
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