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Posted earlier, but may be useful again:
For those interested in using the scripting capabilities of Amibroker, but
do not know how scripting works, there are a series of 12 free lessons.
Lesson 1 is at the following website:
Part 1:
http://www.winscriptingsolutions.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=16355
Lessons 2-12 can also be reached by clicking on the related articles link on
the web page above.
Regards,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "spxer" <t.willett@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 9:27 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: opt this
| Hey, Lou and Herman. I appreciate your help. It has gotten way over
| my capabilities. I read the help files on VBscripting, 2 times, and
| didn't understand a word of it. If anyone figures it out, please e-
| mail me as I don't watch this site reglarly. Thanks, Terry
|
|
| --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Lou Howard" <loul@xxxx> wrote:
| > Hi Herman, thanks for trying. What Terry is trying to do is
| actually append a section of code containing AFL functions to a prior
| line of code. The code to be appended is:
| > Min(Ref(L,-3) +3* LinRegSlope(L, 5)
| > and as you can see, this would be easier done in AFL but I don't
| know how to call the LinRegSlope() function from VBScript. Also,
| the "3" in "Min(ref(L,3) etc" needs to be incremented. In earlier e-
| mails there was a "work-around" for loops done in AFL but I cannot
| find them (tried searching Yahoo and got every e-mail ever written).
| So, it boils down to being able to do a loop in AFL or coding the AFL
| function in VBScript but again, I don't know the formula for
| LinRegSlope so am stopped both ways. If I remember correctly, AFL
| functions can be called from "objects" in VBScript but that will take
| some more reading to verify and learn how to do it. Kind of an
| interesting problem and an important 'next step' for me. Let us know
| if you have any further thoughts on it.
| >
| > Best Regards - loul
| > ---------------------
| >
| > >>...Perhaps some kind soul will take pity on a couple of
| floundering
| > mud-fish with advice on "for next loops" and or function calls
| from
| > VBscript...>>
| >
| > In it's simplest form:
| >
| > // example in VBScript
| > <%
| > myArray = AFL("close")
| > sum = 0for i = 0 to UBound( myArray )
| > sum = sum + myArray( i )
| > next
| > %>
| >
| > There is a nice section in the AB help on this, it will show you
| how to do
| > basic looping in several examples. Search for: AFL Scripting Host
| >
| > It may look complicated at first. The best way to get started is
| to copy an
| > example, test it out and then change ONE small line at a time.
| Testing
| > whether everything still works as you go along. It is just
| amazing what you
| > can "program" without knowing how to program :-) all it takes is
| some
| > patience.
| >
| > Looping IS THE THING to know and the sooner you learn it the
| better. It will
| > remove many of the stumbling blocks that are repeatedly discussed
| on this
| > list.
| >
| > Take care and good luck,
| > Herman.
| >
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Lou Howard [mailto:loul@x...]
| > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:40 PM
| > To: amibroker@xxxx
| > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: opt this
| >
| >
| > Terry, have you heard the expression "Open mouth and insert
| foot"? Well, I
| > just did it. I thought I'd write you a short code and solve all
| your
| > problems but the problem is, it is not practicable. The lines of
| code you
| > have use AFL functions which I haven't learned to handle from
| VBscript yet
| > (I understand that they can if one knows how). The alternative
| is to do
| > 'for next loops' in AFL. There is a work-around that was in the
| e-mails but
| > when I searched Yahoo, I got every e-mail that has been written.
| > (apparently a lot of "for's" and "next's"). Also found nothing
| on the
| > subject at AmiBroker. Perhaps some kind soul will take pity on a
| couple of
| > floundering mud-fish with advice on "for next loops" and or
| function calls
| > from VBscript. If I recall correctly, the function calls must
| come from or
| > to an "object" but I haven't gotten to that yet. I was just
| thinking, there
| > are some pretty bright people on this forum, how does TJ stay
| ahead of all
| > of them? Will work on it as soon as I get a little more time.
| >
| > loul
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------------------
| >
| >
| >
| > Lou, I don't know anything about VBscript. Thanks, Terry
| >
| > --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Lou Howard" <loul@xxxx> wrote:
| > > Hi Terry -
| > > Well, I'm just starting out in this stuff but it seems that
| > the 'lines of code' in incremented by the 'input variable', i.e.,
| > 2,3,4, etc. This sounds like a loop that can be executed from
| > VBscript using the variable as both a counter and insertion into
| the
| > formula. Does this sound right?
| >
| >
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| Service.
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