MetaFix 1.4 application note:

MetaFix lets you view, navigate and edit financial data stored in MetaStock / CompuTrac data format.

MetaFix was created for Windows 3.1.

MetaFix is shareware - it is not free. There is a 30 trial evaluation period.

FILES

ctl.zip		A zipped version of ctl3dv2.dll.
grid.zip		A zipped version of grid.vbx.
license.txt	All the important legal things you should know.
metafix.exe	The application.
metafix.hlp	The application's Help file.
readme.txt	This file.
sample.zip	A zipped version of a sample 
		data series - Coke, BUD and Intel.

INSTALLATION

Simply copy all files to a new directory of your choice. The license.txt should be read before use. The application is metafix.exe. It works by searching your drive for all occurences of a file named "master" (no extension). All CompuTrac and MetaStock data are indexed via files of the name master.

This application requires that ctl3dv2.dll be in your Windows\System directory. If you already have it then delete ctl.zip. If you do not, then unzip ctl.zip, move (not copy) ctl3dv2.dll to Windows\System then delete ctl.zip. DO NOT leave ctl3dv2.dll in the directory from which metafix.exe will be launched.

This application requires that grid.vbx be in your Windows\System directory. If you already have it then delete grid.zip. If you do not, then unzip grid.zip, move (not copy) grid.vbx to Windows\System then delete grid.zip. DO NOT leave grid.vbx in the directory from which metafix.exe will be launched.

sample.zip is a sample of three stocks in CompuTrac/MetaStock format for those who do not have data in that format yet but wish to give MetaFix a test drive. Suggested use is to create a new directory anywhere, move sample.zip to it, unzip and delete sample.zip. The result will be files: f1.dat, f1.dop, f2.dat, f2.dop, f3.dat, f3.dop and master. That's it!

Comments should be sent to pgerhart@voicenet.com

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