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Try that
again, CS.
<<<FONT
color=#000000 size=2>the name of the formula is clearly listed in the OPEN/SAVE
AS dialog boxes>. Not how it works for me -- See
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<<While I
agree that it would be nice if AB would automatically load the name of the open
formula from the Indicator Name list into the File Name part of the OPEN/SAVE AS
dialog box, I have no problems keeping my 400+ formulas straight.<SPAN
class=945221419-08032003>>> You might not even be in the right
directory -- AB just saves the last used Dir.
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Regards,
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Message-----From: CS [mailto:csaxe@xxxxxxx]Sent: Saturday,
March 08, 2003 1:29 AMTo:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker] Indicator
Maintenance
Please, please,
No more " Are you really,
really, really sure? " windows or BS boxes.
Tell me how a professional IT developer loads/saves the
wrong formula when the name of the formula is clearly listed in the OPEN/SAVE
AS dialog boxes.
While I agree that it would be nice if AB would
automatically load the name of the open formula from the Indicator Name list
into the File Name part of the OPEN/SAVE AS dialog box, I have no problems
keeping my 400+ formulas straight.
-CS
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John
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:28
PM
Subject: [amibroker] Indicator
Maintenance
Having just corrupted some of my indicators yet again I
thought I would postsome personal observations and suggested
improvements on AB indicatormaintenance. I am posting here rather than
direct to the AB suggestions boxto get the POV of other users. Hopefully
others may be able to offer sometips on best practice or point out the
error of my ways and also if enoughusers chime in we can then compile a
list of agreed suggestions for TJ toconsider.OK here are my
observations:-It is *far* too easy to corrupt indicators without
even realising it. I betnearly everyone has done this. For those who
think you have never done ittry checking thru the code of all your
custom and builtin indicators and seeif they contain what you expect
;-)In the early days of AB when we only had slots for a few custom
indicators(20 was it?) maintenance was not a problem. But with large and
increasingnumbers of indicators I find accurate maintenance a real
problem. Inaddition we have systems, explorations, scans, filters and
those which docombinations. Over time I have tried various methods of
file suffixes,prefixes, directories etc. to try and keep things under
control but neverbeen entirely happy with it. My feeling is there must
be a better moreorganised solution with maybe separate directories for
these specified viaPreferences.One of the big problems I have is
indicators getting out of sync with thecorresponding .afl file on disk.
For example it is very easy to make anamendment to an indicator while
testing visually via charts/guru commentaryand forget to save to the
correct afl file on disk. Later when I come tosystem test and copy/paste
the code into test afl from disk I get unexpectedresults. BTW I am sure
the endless copy/edit/paste operations will eventallydrive me to
complete baldness - my background is in commericial IT
systemsdevelopment so it goes very much against the grain when you
cannot define aformula/module just once and then just refrence it
wherever required. TJhas said he will add this facility but will I have
any hair left by then ;^)Suggested improvements:-In IB
add a Copy button to enable a new version of an indictaor to becreated
quickly. Default new name = old name with numeric suffice
e.g.HolyGrail[2]In indicator browse list add columns for date
and time last modified. Allowsorting on name column or date and time. At
present you cannot check datesor easily determine which indciators you
were last working on.In indicator browse list add columns for In
quick list, Uses builtin code,Use formula only. At present you must
laboriously click down thru every listitem to determine
these.Provide some protection or warning to prevent unintentional
overwriting whenusing Load.IMO indicators should be directly
related by filename to the correspondingdisk file. For example the
indicator HolyGrail7 is defined via the disk fileHolyGrail7.afl Ideally
AB preferences would specify the directory name(s)for custom and
standard indicators. This would prevent many maintenanceproblems that
the current architecture invites and would also facilitatemany other
maintance operations (see below).Facility to bulk load indicators
from disk files into AB. i.e. browse andselect multiple .afl disk files
which are then loaded into correspondingcustom or builtin indicator
names.Facility to bulk copy indicators from AB to disk files
i.e. browse andselect multiple AB indictors which are then copied to
selected windowsdirectory.Allow the default directories for
custom and bulitin indicators to bespecified via Preferences. Maybe also
systems, explorations, scans....?All POVs
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