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opti999
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Metastock XMASTER

June 13th, 2008, 1:43 pm

trying to find the structure/format of Metastock's XMASTER (have MASTER & EMASTER)closest I can get is:XMASTER:record length 150 bytesStart Byte End Byte Length Description Type0 0 1 Unknown1 15 15 Stock symbol: ends with a byte 0 String16 61 46 Stock name: ends with a byte 0 String62 62 1 ’D’maybe update type Char65 66 2 the number n in Fn.MWD Short67 79 13 Unknown80 83 4 End Date e.g. 19981125 Integer84 103 20 Unknown104 107 4 Start Date Integer108 111 4 Start Date Integer112 115 4 Unknown116 119 4 End Date Integer120 149 30 Unknowncan anyone help?
 
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dirtydroog
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Metastock XMASTER

June 13th, 2008, 7:46 pm

throw up a hex dump. the first byte is probably version information, there might be a checksum in there too