Aremos Eviews confusion

[paues]

I am trying to import two series from Macrobond and save them in an Aremos databank using the code below.

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Close @All DbOpen(type=macrobond) xx as mb WfCreate(wf=c:\temp\tmp.wf1) d7 1/1/2008 2/29/2012 Fetch(d=mb) jpbank0714 sebank0106 Close mb Shell If Exist c:\temp\test.bnk Del c:\temp\test.bnk DbCreate(type=aremos) c:\temp\test.bnk For %1 jpbank0714 sebank0106 Copy tmp::Untitled\{%1} ::test::{%1} Next WfSave tmp Close @All

This works just fine. When I open the databank in Eviews the series are as they should. However, when I open it in Aremos the series which should start|end at 1/10/2010|2/29/2012 and 1/7/2008|2/29/2012 respectively instead start|end at 11/17/1978|5/27/1980 and 6/10/1977|5/27/1980. Some help to discern what is wrong would be greatly appreciated. (I have attached both the workfile and the databank.)

[paues]

I failed attaching the databank. Trying again with it renamed to test.txt (instead of test.bnk)...

[EViews Gareth]

Looks like this was a bug in EViews. We'll release a patch shortly that should fix it for you.

[EViews Chris]

Just to clarify: the problem we found was with the handling of the seven day daily frequency within Aremos databanks.

The five day ('business day') daily frequency and weird custom daily frequencies (eg. Monday to Wednesday only) should not have had any problems.

Update should now be available. Let us know if you're still seeing anything strange.

[paues]

After installing the patch it works splendidly. Thank you for addressing the issue so swiftly!

On a side note, the command DbCreate seems to disregard the letter case specified for the file name, creating files with all lower-case letter irrespective of the case provided by the user. Is this something that could be fixed? Or am I just doing something wrong?

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DbCreate(type=aremos) C:\temp\TeMp.bNk