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----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV 
>From: 
<A title=jcasavant@xxxx 
href="">Jayson 
To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxx 
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:45 
PM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker4.17.0 
beta released

<SPAN 
class=194334121-02102002>Bill,
haveyou looked 
at the new ray drawing tool in the new beta? If "Snap to price" is turnedoff 
then a trend line can be drawn any where (although I use it as you describe. 
The new Ray drawing tool seems to do the same thing. I am sure I am missing 
the point, but that in its self is not highly 
unusual......
<SPAN 
class=194334121-02102002> 
No, 
I'll look.
 
Jayson 

<FONT face=Tahoma 
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: wavemechanic 
[mailto:wd78@xxxx]Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:24 
PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker] 
AmiBroker 4.17.0 beta released
Jayson:
 
In my world, a trendline is relative to 
price/indicator data (H to H, L to L, H to L, etc.), whereas a ray is free as 
a bird and assumes values that you conjure up (e.g., Gann 1x1, etc.) or are 
related to some aspect of non-price data constructions (e.g., Gann 
box).
 
Bill
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----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV 
>From: 
<A title=jcasavant@xxxx 
href="">Jayson 
To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:08 
PM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker 
4.17.0 beta released

<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002>Tomasz,
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002> 
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002>Love the new drawing tools! It just keeps getting 
better and better.
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class=366055520-02102002> 
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002>Perhaps a foolish question but what is the 
difference between a trend line and a ray? they seem 
identical.
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002> 
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002>TIA and great job on the update
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002> 
<SPAN 
class=366055520-02102002> 
 
Jayson 

<FONT face=Tahoma 
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Tomasz Janeczko 
[mailto:amibroker@xxxx]Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 2:51 
PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] 
AmiBroker 4.17.0 beta released

Hello, A new beta version of 
AmiBroker (4.17.0) is available for download nowfrom the following 
locations: <A 
href=""><FONT face="Arial CE" 
size=2>http://www.amibroker.com/bin/ab4170beta.exe<A 
href=""><FONT face="Arial CE" 
size=2>http://www.amibroker.net/bin/ab4170beta.exe<A 
href=""><FONT face="ArialCE" 
size=2>ftp://ftp.amibroker.com/pub/ab4170beta.exe<A 
href=""><FONT face="ArialCE" 
size=2>ftp://ftp.amibroker.net/pub/ab4170beta.exe<FONT 
face="Arial CE" size=2> (411KB self-extracting 
archive) Please read the "Read Me" file for description of 
changes. Best regards,Tomasz 
Janeczkoamibroker.com
 

AmiBroker 4.17.0 Beta Read Me
October 2, 2002 20:45 

THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS. 
Backup your data files and entire AmiBrokerfolder 
first!
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install full 
version 4.00 first. 
Just run the installer and follow the instructions. 
Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 4.17.0 beta" written in the 
About box.
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.17.0 (as compared to 4.16.0)
added Gann Square and Gann Fan drawing tools with customisation 
dialogs (angle of line is displayed in the status bar) 
added parallel trend line tool 
studies can be dragged without "shrinking" effect beyond upper and 
lower chart border and beyond left and right border (but within available 
quotation range plus right margin) 
New toolbar buttons for ray (right-extend line) and extend (left and 
right) lines 
Format toolbar controls (color, thick, dotted) change selected drawing 
style & color 
snap to price was not accurate in v4.15-4.16 now it is accurate again 
snap to price now works in "magnet" mode - so it snaps only if cursor 
is within 5% distance to high/low price. Snap % threshold is definable in 
Preferences/Charting 
usability improvement: even when "return to select mode after drawing" 
is ON, you can draw mutliple studies one after another quickly if youhold 
down CTRL key while releasing the button. 
usability improvement: you can now draw objects with OR without 
holding left mouse button pressed while drawing. 
drawing object is now automatically selected when "return to select 
mode after drawing" is ON and "auto-select last drawn object" is alsoON. 
This makes it easier to delete/copy/cut or see its properties (Alt+Enter) 
immediatelly. 
#include can now be written also in upper case 
some UI clean-up: 
added "Format" menu just to conform with MS recommendations foruser 
interface, 
moved "snap to price" to Format menu and moved "Erase watch lists" 
to "Symbol" menu. 
"Snap to price" now available from toolbar. Right and left extend 
available from Format menu. 
Added "Properties" and "Delete all" to "Edit" for consistency 
"Quotations..." has been renamed to "Quote Editor" and toolbar icon 
has been changed 
certain rarely used toolbar icons from "main toolbar" were removed 
to save space (Add/Delete/Split Symbol - regular menu is more 
appropriate for that operations) 
X-coordinate display pane in status bar enlarged to accommodate time 
also 
added "Copy Image as Metafile" option to Edit menu. Metafile is a 
vector format so you can resize copied picture without distortion. (useful 
for creating documents that are printed later) 
Quote Editor (QE) improvements: 
you can now delete quotes in QE - select one or more quotes from the 
list (SHIFT/CTRL to multi-select) and press "Delete" button
QE made several times faster displaying 20'000 bars in "current" 
symbol mode takes about 2 seconds now. 
now tickers can be case-sensitive. This is useful if you want to 
treat. ABC and ABc as different symbols. Tools->Preferences 
"Miscellaneous" : "Case sensitive ticker symbols"USE WITH CARE AS 
CERTAIN PLUGINS (eSignal plugin for example) DO NOT HANDLE CASE 
SENSITIVITY 
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.16.0 (as compared to 4.15.1)
completely re-designed Fibonacci retracement tool allowing full 
customization and more flexibility. Just draw a Fib retracement and double 
click on it (or choose Edit->Properties). Customization dialog is 
available on "Fibonacci" tab. 
new setting in Tools->Preferences->Charting "Select quote only 
by CTRL+LMB" - if marked quote selection is accessible only via double 
click or single click WITH CTRL key depressed (v4.15 style).if 
unmarked quote selection is possible via single click (old style) 
trend line properties dialog moved to property sheet for consistency. 
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.15.1 (as compared to 4.15.0)
fixed bug with date axis display that appeared in 4.15.0 
fixed problem with moving/sizing objects when multiple windows were 
open 
removed "Move/Size" toolbar button:now editing/moving/sizing is 
enabled by default in regular "Select" mode (arrow cursor) the old 
functionality (pick quotation) is available if you hold down CTRL key 
while clicking once on the chart or by double click on a chart while not 
being over an object. Double click over object - shows properties. 
added "Return to select mode after drawing" option in 
Tools->Preferences->Charting- when it is switched ON (by 
default) - right after drawing any object it is available for 
moving/sizing/deletion. 
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.15.0 (as compared to 4.14.0)
moving and sizing of drawing objects (see new "Move/Size" button in 
draw tool bar) 
cut/copy/paste/delete of drawing objects (Edit menu and standard 
shortcuts, need to mark object first in Move/Size mode) 
blank space in the right-hand side of the chart for drawing future 
trend line projections 
moved charting related preferences setting to new tab "Charting" 
new setting for number of blank bars in right margin (Charting tab) 
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.14.0 (as compared to 4.13.1)
fixed problem with creating new databases that occurred on certain 
MSVCRT versions 
styleOwnScale adjusts Base level for histogram and area style back to 
minvalue or zero whichever is less
Plot, PlotOHLC and PlotForeign have 2 additional parameters for 
specifying fixed minimum and maximum values for Y-axisNote that new 
parameters work only when styleOwnScale is used:Plot( array, 
title, color,  min = {empty}, max = {empty} 
)PlotOHLC( open, high, low, close, title, color,  
min= {empty}, max = {empty} )PlotForeign( ticker, title, color,  min= {empty}, max = {empty} )New parameters make it 
easy to plot ribbons, for example: 
Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlue, styleCandle );Plot( 2, /* 
defines the height of the ribbon in percent of pane width 
*/"Ribbon",IIf( up, colorGreen, IIf( down, colorRed, 0 )), /* 
choose color */styleOwnScale|styleArea|styleNoLabel, -0.5, 100 
);
It also makes it easy to plot 2 or more "own scale" plots with thesame 
scaling:
minimum = LastValue( Lowest( Volume ) );maximum = LastValue( 
Highest( Volume ) );
Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlue, styleCandle );
/* two plots below use OwnScale but the scale is common because 
we set min and max values of Y axis */Plot( Volume, "Volume", 
colorGreen, styleHistogram | styleThick | styleOwnScale, minimum, maximum 
);Plot( MA( Volume, 15 ), "MA volume", colorRed, styleLine | 
styleOwnScale, minimum, maximum );
fixed date axis display for custom intraday intervals longer than60 
minutes 
"dirty" flag is set properly now during ASCII import in $OVERWRITE 1 
mode (solves import watch list problem) 
when switching layouts ticker bar selection is now synchronized with 
active window 
after AA->Scan Foreign symbol cache is flushed 
now styleLeftAxisScale really allows modification of built-in price 
chart to feature moving average of volume// Now plot volumeand 
its moving average using left-hand axis scalingPlot( Volume , 
"Volume", colorBlue, styleLeftAxisScale | styleHistogram | styleThick| 
styleNoLabel );Plot( MA( Volume,15), "MAV", colorLightBlue, 
styleLeftAxisScale | styleNoLabel ); 
ASCII importer and Import Wizard now allows to import negative prices 
(useful for spreads). New command is $ALLOWNEG 1 and new check box in 
Import Wizard is "allow negative prices". Please note that logarithmic 
scale can NOT be used to display negative prices because log() function is 
undefined for negative values. 
four new AFL functions: 
LinRegIntercept( ARRAY, periods )- calculates intercept of linear 
regression line the "a" coefficientin a + b*x (LinRegSlope 
calculates b) 
LinearReg( ARRAY, periods )- calculates linear regression line 
ending value according toa + b * x (where a and b are interceptand 
slope of linear regression line) 
StdErr( ARRAY, periods )- calculates standard error function 
(standard error of linear regression estimate) - the same as MS' STE 
function 
TSF( ARRAY, periods ) - calculates time series forecast indicator 
(similar to LinearReg but differs bythe value of lin reg 
slope)
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.13.1 (as compared to 4.13.0)
F4 key for Edit | GoToSymbol works again and can be redefined in the 
shortcut editor 
new style: styleLeftAxisScale = 65536 - allows to plot more than one 
graph using common scaling but different from regular (right axis) 
scale.Example: price plot plus volume and moving average plot: 
// Plot price plot and its moving averagePlot( Close, 
"Price", colorWhite, styleCandle );Plot( MA( Close, 20 ), "MAC", 
colorRed );
// Now plot volume and its moving average using left-hand axis 
scalingPlot( Volume , "Volume", colorBlue, styleLeftAxisScale | 
styleHistogram | styleThick );Plot( MA( Volume,15), "MAV", 
colorLightBlue, styleLeftAxisScale );
(in one of the future betas you will be able to display ruler for 
left-hand axis) 
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.13.0 (as compared to 4.12.0)
fixed bug with loading layouts for stocks that have spaces in the 
ticker symbol 
new pre-defined shortcut keys: Alt+Left = Next symbol, Alt+Right = 
Prev symbol,Ctrl+NumPadPLUS = Zoom In, Ctrl+NumPadMINUS = Zoom 
Out,Ctrl+PageUp = Prev Sheet, Ctrl+PageDown = Next Sheet 
new keyboard shortcut editor in Tools->Preferences->Keyboard 
allow user-definable keyboard shortcuts 
fixed display bug in Preferences->Intraday that caused rounding to 
full hours custom bar intervals of more than 60 minutes 
Layouts->Save As does not generate duplicate entries in the tree 
when already existing name is typed in (it was harmless but still not 
nice) 
A confirmation box is displayed when choosing Edit->Delete session 
fixed problem with incorrect interval shown in the settings section of 
the report when hourly periodicity was selected 
new style: styleOwnScale = 32768 allows plotting graphs with 
independent scalling (like volume graph on price plot) 
implemented PlotForeign("ticker", "title", color,  
| styleOwnScale ) 
implemented PlotOHLC( open, high, low, close, "title", color,  | styleOwnScale ) that allows plotting candlesticks/bars from 
other arrays without need to overwrite existing OHL arrays.
CHANGES FORVERSION 
4.12.0 (as compared to 4.10.3)
color coded and multi-line caption bars in indicatorscolors are 
selected automatically when using Plot() function or graphNcolor 
variable.If you use Title variable you have to specify colors in the 
string.Colors can be specified using \\cXX sequence where XX is 2 
digit number specifying color index \\c38 - defines violet, there is a 
special sequence \\c-1 that resets to default axis color. For example 
Title = "This is written in \\c38violet color \\c27and thisin 
green";You can also use new AFL function that makes it easier. 
Function is calledEncodeColor( colornumber ).And you can write the 
above example like this:Title = "This is written in " + 
EncodeColor( colorViolet ) + "violet color " + EncodeColor( colorGreen ) + 
"and this in green"; Multi-line caption is possible by simply 
embedding line break \n, for example:Title = "This is 1st line\nThis 
is second line";
new layout handling code: 
you can now have unlimited number of custom, multiple-window 
templates that can be switched between with just double click on layout 
name in the "Layouts" tab of the Workspace window 
you can open/save/delete layout by clicking on the Layout tree with 
right mouse button and choosing appropriate function. "Save As" option 
saves current layout under new name. 
Local layouts are per-database while Global layouts are visiblefrom 
all databases. 
information saved in layouts include: window sizes and postions, 
maximized/minimized state chart panes available on each sheet 
(independent for each window), selected bar interval, selected symbol, 
selected chart sheet 
Most recently used layout can be saved on exit and database switch 
automatically (see: Tools->Prefs->Miscellaneous "Save on exit: 
Layouts") 
CCIa( array, period ) function added - works like CCI but accepts 
input array instead of working on (C+H+L)/3 
implemented a *very* basic pre-processor with single command #include 
that allows to include external AFL files into your formula. 
Syntax:#include "path\to my file\name path.afl"Note 1: include 
statement need SINGLE backslashes in the path (this is quite the opposite 
to normal AFL stingparsing)Note 2: using #include command mayslow 
down formula execution evenconsidering the fact that AmiBroker tries 
to include only once and cache pre-processed textNote 3: that 
currently no error message is given if #include fails and this codeis 
experimental.Note 4: nesting #include commands is not supported 
balloon tooltips for status bar 
color-coded plugin status pane in the status bar, plus pop-up balloon 
notifications when connection state changes 
ability to link custom menu to the plugin status pane - new QT plugin 
(beta) provides Connect/Shutdown options thru such menu. 
data plugins receive UNLOAD notification correctly 
you can sort columns in Quotation Editor by click on column header 
layout of Quick Review window changed to allow smaller window size. 
Intraday settings dialog allows wider time shift -23..+23 hours 
HOW TO REPORT BUGS
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description of the problem (especially the steps needed to reproduce it) to 
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