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Nature's Pulse upgrade details
VERSION 4.1 UPDATES/ENHANCEMENTS
Listed below are the changes, enhancements and fixes for version 4.1 of
Nature's Pulse:
 | Runtime error 200 on 200Mhz machines or faster was eliminated
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| Year 2000 compatibility added for data formats
 | ASCII dates can now accept the following new formats:
MMDDYYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, DDMMYYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYYMMDD, YYYY/MM/DD
Old format files with a 2-digit year can still be used and should
now work properly for date calculations like F4, or jumping to
specific date (F9)
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| METASTOCK format up to version 6.52 can be read for Y2K format including
XMASTER extension for up to 2000 data files, not the old 255 limit
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| CSI format updated for year 2000 format
Also changed to reflect new extensions in data format which caused some
indexes to display incorrectly |
| WORDEN/TC2000 format supported (up to Version 3 format)
Version 4 data must be exported to Version 3 to work properly
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| AIQ format supported with Trading Expert v5.0
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| ENSIGN format supported for Versions 5 & 6, and Ensign Windows
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| FUTURE SOURCE format supported
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| PRO format supported
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| DOW JONES format supported
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| TECHTOOLS works, but ongoing data availability unknown at this time
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| GENERAL DATE LOGIC FIXES:
| Fixed data display when displaying different time format (F3), it did
not show years back to 1900 correctly
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| All input date prompts and output dates on reports have been changed to
show a four digit year
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| F4 date difference calculation has been fixed to show proper elapsed time
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| F9 Goto date has been corrected to jump to proper date
Requires four digit year input now instead of two digits
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| Now assumes default DOP file for Metastock V6.x data if none are present
Assumes 7 field Daily format(Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Vol,OI)
Assumes 8 field Intraday format(Date,Time,Open,High,Low,Close,Vol,OI)
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| Logic error messages for Invalid High, Low, Close added to output report
during check for missing holiday dates:
(Close must be between high and low price,
High must be greater than low, etc.)
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| Total hits and percentage for each date on AUTOSCAN report added
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| File directory list is now sorted when selecting new file path
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| Open File window now starts at beginning of the file list
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| Directory search has been fixed to show readonly directories
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| When doing Studies and selecting "Clear Screen", it now defaults to stay
where you are located and not jump to the end of the data file
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| Maximum bars you can see on a forecast going forward has been increased
from 500 to 750 |
| Corrected error when over 64000 records are present for Future Source file
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| Price status line now displays 7 characters, not 6 on data line,
meaning 2 decimals places now show on S&P charts
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| Added missing date index number on time cluster reports for cycle A,B,D
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| When selecting F9-Go to date, the cursor is positioned at the center date
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| Nature's Pulse version number has been added to header line
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| Screen display error and occasional system lockup corrected
during selecting ERRORS.PRN Overwrite/Append option
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| Font style changed to more modern look to allow better readability
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| Metastock Version 7 data format can be read directly up to the 2000 file limit
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| Holiday file updated with dates from 1968-2002
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| Fixed minor spacing display error for AIQ, CSI, Metastock, ASCII, and APEX
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| Re-activated function to compute summary volume on non-daily charts
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| Volume display added back to non-daily status line
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| Corrected error on Metastock files without a DOP file
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| Added two new options to export date and time clusters to disk file
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| Added YYYY/MM/DD as additional ASCII date format
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| Minor fix to Metastock 5 field format
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OPERATING SYSTEMS
Nature's Pulse will run in the following environments:
DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME & SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
