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Tomasz,
thank you for your kind words.
We shall continue in a good spirit, do not worry.
Keep up the great work, we trust your criteria, that's why we are 
here.
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Dimitris,
> 
> First let me say that I greatly appreciate all your submissions and 
valuable code
> that you post (almost) daily.
> 
> At the same time I would like to ask you not to use offending tone,
> because some may receive it not the way you intended. (I assume 
good intentions).
> 
> Uenal just presented the method using his plugin. He had full right 
to do so,
> especially considering the fact that 'by-the-way' he provided a 
code sample
> showing how to use his valuable plugin.
> 
> You may or may not use 3rd party plugins but you should accept the 
fact
> that the others may appreciate Uenal's work, and may just need such 
code samples.
> 
> You may treat Uenal's code just an example of using his plugin.
> And I treat it just like that. And I want to thank Uenal for 
providing his 
> very useful plugin and coding samples.
> 
> Let us continue with good spirit of this list and let us appreciate 
other's work
> submitted freely for everyone's use.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DIMITRIS TSOKAKIS" <TSOKAKIS@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 6:24 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: converting amibroker quotes into ascii 
format
> 
> 
> > Dear UM,
> > What are you talking about ?
> > You are a programmer and you create a little monster to export 
data 
> > into a *.txt or a *.csv file.
> > You should read first the users's guide, see what is readily 
> > available and then contribute with your programming knowledge and 
> > experience to solve what is NOT AVAILABLE for the present time 
for 
> > the benefit of amibroker users.
> > You simply sacrifice the ultimate simplicity principle, in order 
to 
> > answer ANY question through your sophisticated tool.
> > As for my codes, I did not see ANY question from you.
> > Many users asked a lot of things and they have had a prompt 
reply, no 
> > matter if it was EXACTLY what they asked or it was a simple and 
> > honest "I don't know".
> > If you don't understand my codes then you don't study AFL, 
because 
> > ANYTHING I HAVE POSTED is nothing but AFL.
> > Sometimes my codes were not the shortest possible. The most 
creative 
> > in this open forum is the  criticism : Tomasz, Peter, Herman, 
Ken, 
> > Bill (the Wavemechanic) to name a few criticised my 
methods/codes. 
> > The result was always creative for the benefit of the average 
user. 
> > We changed a lot of messages and, finally, we found the best way 
to 
> > Rome, far from personal opinions. These dialogues often gave an 
> > opportunity for new AFL requirements, which, thanks to Tomasz 
> > sensitive ears, are now available to the average user at a VERY 
> > REASONABLE COST.
> > As for this "...aimed mainly for programmers only...", can you 
PLEASE 
> > be more specific ? Are you a programmer, do you have any studies 
or 
> > titles or MSc or even PhD and what school provided such a 
certificate 
> > to a person who writes 40 lines in order to EXPORT data to a 
> > *csv/*txt file?[Do not hesitate, please, to give schools, names, 
> > dates, e-mail addresses of your tutors, WE ARE IN THE SAME 
MARKET, WE 
> > KNOW EACH OTHER FOR YEARS and I would like to communicate to your 
> > teachers right now, they know Dimitris, they send a lot of mails 
to 
> > Dimitris for general OR detailed questions, and have a nice talk 
> > about the present and the future of the various programmers they 
gave 
> > a PASS sometime ago, let us speak the language of the market, at 
> > least once, dear !!!]
> > Your teachers should give you the No 1 scientific postulate : 
Accept 
> > the criticism, whereever it comes, good will or not and try TO 
PROOVE 
> > your position.
> > As for your "you even don't have tried yet", of course I haven't 
and 
> > I will not try an unknown proprietary code to solve what 
> > the "creator" thinks as unsolved [you are very far, my friend, to 
> > judge what is unsolved or not for a very simple reason : You 
don't 
> > even know AFL, one of the most powerful T/A languages I am so 
lucky 
> > to meet]. 
> > It would be the most miserable moment of my life if I believe 
that 
> > the only solution to all these AFL unsolved questions is your 
> > experimental ABtool. 
> > I am glad to follow the evolution of amibroker the last 2 years, 
I 
> > think Tomasz is probably the best person to meet, he is always 
here, 
> > there, everywhere, day and night, 24h on line and I am more than 
sure 
> > he will give us, for many years, a great part of his genious 
spirit.
> > I will be happy, 10 years later, to say : I was there, feeling 
this 
> > fresh air of ideas [the only comparison is before jumping with 
the 
> > parachute, if you ever have this marvellous experience] and I 
added 
> > my contribution to this great event.
> > Since many readers are interested for your work, you should be 
more 
> > serious and, at least, accept that you reinvent the already 
existing 
> > wheel.
> > BTW, I would be more than glad to answer ANY of your questions 
for my 
> > AFL examples and, much more, I would accept your creative 
criticism 
> > for any improvements/shorter expressions/better syntax or more 
> > profitable trading ideas, if the programmers are also care for 
> > trading their masterpieces.
> > Let's do a better start, I don't like this style of communication 
and 
> > I will not continue it.
> > If it is OK for you, I may put my signature that you are the 
best, 
> > your ABtool is unique, what would we do without you etc. Just 
prepare 
> > the papers...
> > Dimitris Tsokakis
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, uenal.mutlu@xxxx wrote:
> > > Hi Dimitris,
> > > as you might know there are many roads to rome :-)
> > > 
> > > BTW speaking of simplicity. I myself must admit
> > > that over 95% of your code presented has been very 
> > > hard to understand for me. No comments, no indendation etc.
> > > 
> > > And: I would like to remind you that ABtool is still in the 
beta 
> > phase.
> > > I'm sure that there are many other problems which can be
> > > solved only by the use of ABtool (or another such tool).
> > > It is of course your own choice and freedom not to use ABtool,
> > > and I doubt you would understand its power, because it
> > > is at the moment aimed mainly for programmers only, as
> > > was also written some msgs before (see my reply to IVA GmbH).
> > > 
> > > > Is this the tool you want to certify, as I read somewhere 
else ?
> > > > Will you also certify this kind of "logic" to solve a problem 
> > like 
> > > > exporting data in ASCII format ?
> > > > If positive, I have lost the measure of common understanding.
> > > 
> > > Dimitris, I don't think you have the right to critize something 
> > > you even don't have tried yet. Are you criticizing the 
code/method
> > > posted below or the ABtool plugin? As said: don't use it and be 
> > happy.
> > > 
> > > UM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "DIMITRIS TSOKAKIS" <TSOKAKIS@xxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 8:48 AM
> > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: converting amibroker quotes into ascii 
> > format
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > UM,
> > > > Do you really consider this "simple" way to export data in 
ASCII 
> > > > format ?
> > > > In other words, an average amibroker user needs to
> > > > a. use a 3rd party plugin
> > > > b. use a while loop
> > > > c. move his tickers to a WL
> > > > d. save somewhere this code you suggest
> > > > e. read all tickers as "foreign"
> > > > and all this stuff in order to have an ASCII csv file without 
> > dates ?
> > > > [Perhaps he will need another code to insert dates and if, 
like 
> > > > myself, he does not understand your magnificent code ask for 
help 
> > > > again and again...]
> > > > There is no reason to rediscover America, Colombus & co did 
the 
> > job 
> > > > many years ago.
> > > > On the other side, amibroker would be quite miserable if it 
could 
> > not 
> > > > export data before while looping+ABtool+so complicated 
coding. 
> > And it 
> > > > isnt, as far as I know.
> > > > Is this the tool you want to certify, as I read somewhere 
else ?
> > > > Will you also certify this kind of "logic" to solve a problem 
> > like 
> > > > exporting data in ASCII format ?
> > > > If positive, I have lost the measure of common understanding.
> > > > Dimitris Tsokakis
> > > > PS Impressionism was not always the best trend in arts 
evolution, 
> > IMHO
> > > > 
> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, uenal.mutlu@xxxx wrote:
> > > > > The following is for exporting the last quotes
> > > > > of all tickers in a watchlist using the ABtool plugin.
> > > > > UM
> > > > > 
> > > > > /* export the last quote of all tickers
> > > > >    in a watchlist using ABtool plugin
> > > > > 
> > > > >    Run in AA Explore by first setting 
> > > > >      AppyTo=current stock, 
> > > > >      Range=n last quotes, 
> > > > >      and n=1
> > > > > */
> > > > > Filter = 1;
> > > > > AddColumn(C, "dummy");
> > > > > 
> > > > > WL = 60;  // set your watchlist# here
> > > > > 
> > > > > filename = "LastQuotes.csv";
> > > > > fh = xxFileOpen(filename, "wt");
> > > > > ticker = xxWLtickerFirst(WL);
> > > > > while (ticker != "")
> > > > >   {
> > > > >     tO = foreign(ticker, "O");
> > > > >     tH = foreign(ticker, "H");
> > > > >     tL = foreign(ticker, "L");
> > > > >     tC = foreign(ticker, "C");
> > > > >     tV = foreign(ticker, "V");
> > > > >     tI = foreign(ticker, "I");
> > > > >     line = ticker + "," + tO + "," + tH + "," + tL 
> > > > >                   + "," + tC + "," + tV + "," + tI + "\n";
> > > > >     xxFileWriteStr(line, fh);
> > > > >     ticker = xxWLtickerNext(WL);
> > > > >   }
> > > > > xxFileClose(fh);
> > > > > xxMsgBox("See " + filename, "Finished");
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > /* The result will look like this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > ^NDX,1109.92,1137.45,1109.66,1136.51,0,0
> > > > > AAPL,14.46,14.59,14.34,14.45,5.75275e+006,0
> > > > > ADBE,36.24,38.14,36.15,37.92,5.78614e+006,0
> > > > > ADCT,2.37,2.52,2.36,2.5,6.16774e+006,0
> > > > > ALTR,15.79,16.56,15.7,16.51,1.10336e+007,0
> > > > > AMAT,14.95,15.31,14.79,15.15,2.7393e+007,0
> > > > > AMGN,62.27,63.62,62.01,63.27,9.42019e+006,0
> > > > > ...
> > > > > 
> > > > > */
> > 
> > 
> > 
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