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Dale,
I have checked it and it works as follows:
1. if AA is in normal state scanning and we minimize AB and
restore AB then AA is restored correctly.
2. if AA is hidden (progress window minimized) and we minimize
AB and restore AB then AA is still hidden but progress window
is restored.
So this is actualy expected behaviour except the fact than in
case 2) progress bar should remain minimized.
Best regards,Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com
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To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker 4.40.1
BETA released
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If I
manually minimize the AB window it minimizes the AA window (as expected) but
when I restore the AB window it doesn't restore the AA window as it used to (I
think it did anyway). Is this by design?
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<FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Tomasz
Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003
1:07 PMTo: <A
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject:
[amibroker] AmiBroker 4.40.1 BETA released
Hello,
A new beta version (4.40.1) of AmiBroker has just been
released.
It is available for registered users only from the members
area at:
<FONT
size=2>http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab4401beta.exe
If you forgot your user name / password to the members
area
you can use automatic reminder service at: <A
href=""><FONT
size=2>http://www.amibroker.com/login.html
List of changes in this beta (read change
log in the "read me" below for the details)
added ability to minimize progress window. If progress window is
minized then the window 'owning' it is HIDDEN. So for example if you
minimize AA scan progress window then Automatic analysis window will be
HIDDEN. To re-show simply maximize progress
added Volume-At-Price (VAP) histogram chart overlay to price chart
added new settings for VAP to Tools->Preferences->Main price (to
turn it off go to Tools->Preferences : Main chart,and set "Volume
At Price overlay" to "None"
added new AFL function PlotVAPOverlay( lines = 300, width = 5,
color = colorGreen, rightside = False);that plots Volume-At-Price
(VAP) overlay chart. Please note that there must be at least one
regular Plot function in your formula for this to work, and there can be
only one PlotVAPOverlay in one indicator
Example:Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle
);PlotVAPOverlay( 350, 4, colorYellow, True );
Example 2:Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle
);PlotVAPOverlay( Param("lines",300,10,1000,1),
Param("width",10,1,99,1), ParamColor("color", colorYellow),
Param("mode",0,0,1,1) );
fixed 'X' close button in Param window.
Parameters window now shows parameter list in alphabetical
order
fixed problem with plotting zero values at log scale. Note that Log(
0 ) is minus inifinity and it really can not be plotted, however many
people attempted to plot zero data in log scale, so AMiBroker now adjusts
zero to 0.0001 when log scale is used to allow plotting.Example faulty
code that did not work in 4.40, but works now:Plot(IIf(Month() !=
Ref(Month(),-1),1,0),"", color, styleHistogram | styleOwnScale |
styleNoLabel)
added new setting to Tools->Preferences : Charting "draw vertical
line between months"
Best regards,Tomasz
Janeczkoamibroker.com
AmiBroker 4.40.1 Beta Read Me
July 7, 2003 19:00
THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS !!!
AGAIN: THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS
!!!
Backup your data files and entire AmiBroker folder
first!
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install full
version 4.30 first.
Just run the installer and follow the instructions.
Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 4.40.1 beta" written in the
About box.
See CHANGE LOG below for detailed list of changes.
HELP ON NEW FEATURES
'WAIT FOR BACKFILL' FEATURE
The users of eSignal, myTrack and IQFeed real-time plugins may now
check "wait for backfill" box in the Automatic analysis window and all
scans, explorations and backfills will wait for completion of backfill
process for given symbol. This flag has no effect on databases that do not
use plugins (external data sources) or use end-of-day plugins (like
FastTrack, QP2, TC2000/TCNet, etc). This flag has also no effect when using
QT plugin due to the fact that QuoteTracker manages backfills by itself and
does not provide any control of backfill process to 3rd party
applications.
USER-DEFINABLE FUNCTIONS, PROCEDURES, LOCAL/GLOBAL VARIABLES (4.34 or
higher)
Here is a sample code showing user-defined function:
// the following function is 2nd order smoother
function IIR2( input, f0, f1, f2 ){ result[ 0 ]
= input[ 0 ]; result[ 1 ] = input[ 1 ];
for( i = 2; i < BarCount; i++
) { result[ i ] = f0 * input[ i ]
+ f1 * result[ i - 1 ] +
f2 * result[ i - 2 ];
}
return result;}
Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle );Plot( IIR2(
Close, 0.2, 1.4, -0.6 ), "function example", colorRed );
In this code IIR2 is a user-defined function. input, f0,
f1, f2 are formal parameters of the functions.At the time of
function call the values of arguments are passed in these variables. Formal
parameters behave like local variables.Later we have result and
i which are local variables. Local variables are visible inside
function only. If any other function uses the same variable name they won't
interfere between each other.
Due to the fact that AFL does not require to declare variables the
decision whenever given variable is treated as local or global is taken
depends on where it is FIRST USED.
If given identifier appears first INSIDE function definition - then it is
treated as LOCAL variable.If given identifier appears first OUTSIDE
function definition - then it is treated as GLOBAL variable.
This default behaviour can be however overriden using global and
local keywords (introduced in 4.36) - see example 2.
Example (commentary):
k = 4; // this is GLOBAL variable
function f( x ){ z = 3; // this is LOCAL
variable return z * x * k; // 'k' here
references global variable k (first used above outside
function)}
z = 5; // this is GLOBAL variable with the same name as local
variable in function f
"The value of z before function call :" + WriteVal( z );
// Now even if we call function // the value of our global
variable z // is not affected by function call because// global
variable z and local variable z are separate and // arguments are passed
by value (not by reference)
"The result of f( z ) = " + WriteVal( f( z ) );
"The value of z after function call is unchanged : " + WriteVal( z
);
Example 2: Using local and global keywords to override default
visibility rules:
VariableA = 5; // implict global variablefunction
Test(){ local VariableA; // explicit local variable with
the same identifier as global global VariableB; // explicit global
variable not defined
earlier //
may be used to return more than one value from the
function VariableA = 99; VariableB = 333;}
VariableB = 1; // global variable
"Before function call";"VariableA = " +
VariableA;"VariableB = " + VariableB;
Test();
"After function call";"VariableA = " + VariableA + " (not
affected by function call )";"VariableB = " + VariableB + " (affected by
the function call )"
At the end of the function we can see 'return' statement that is used to
return the result to the caller. Note that currently return statement must
be placed at the very end of the function.
It is also possible to write a procedure (a function that returns nothing
(void))
procedure SinePlotter( Freq, ColorIndex ){ pname
= "Line"+WriteVal(ColorIndex,1.0); array = sin( Cum( Freq *
0.01 ) ); Plot( array, pname , colorRed + ColorIndex,
styleThick );}
for( n = 1; n < 10; n++ ){ SinePlotter(
n/2+Cum(0.01), n );}
Note that although there are two separate keywords 'function' and
'procedure' AmiBroker currently treats them the same (they both accept
return values but not require them), but in the future the rules maight get
enforced to usereturn statement ONLY in conjunction with function
keyword. So it is advised to use function keyword in case when your function
returns any value and procedure keyword otherwise.
Note also that recursion (having a function call itself from within
itself) is NOT supported as for now.
FLOW CONTROL AND
LOOPING (4.31 or higher)
do-while Statement
The do-while statement lets you repeat a statement or compound
statement until a specified expression becomes false.
Syntax
do statement while ( expression
) ;
The expression in a do-while statement is evaluated after
the body of the loop is executed. Therefore, the body of the loop is always
executed at least once.
The expression must have numeric or boolean type. Execution
proceeds as follows:
The statement body is executed.
Next, expression is evaluated. If expression is false,
the do-while statement terminates and control passes to the next
statement in the program. If expression is true (nonzero), the
process is repeated, beginning with step 1.
This is an example of the do-while statement:x=100;
do
{
y = sin( x );
x--;
} while ( x > 0 );
In this do-while statement, the two statements y = sin( x
); and x--; are executed, regardless of the initial
value of x. Then x > 0 is evaluated. If
x is greater than 0, the statement body is executed again and
x > 0 is reevaluated. The statement body is executed
repeatedly as long as x remains greater than 0. Execution of
the do-while statement terminates when x becomes 0 or
negative. The body of the loop is executed at least once. <FONT
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while Statement
The while statement lets you repeat a statement until a specified
expression becomes false.
Syntax
while ( expression ) statement
The expression must have arithmetic (numeric/boolean) type.
Execution proceeds as follows:
The expression is evaluated.
If expression is initially false, the body of the while
statement is never executed, and control passes from the while
statement to the next statement in the program.
If expression is true (nonzero), the body of the
statement is executed and the process is repeated beginning at step
1.
This is an example of the while statement: i = 10;while( i < 20 ){ Plot( MA( Close, i ), "MA" + WriteVal( i, 0 ), colorBlack + i ); i = i + 1;}
The example plots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19 - bar moving averages.
for Statement
The for statement lets you repeat a statement or compound
statement a specified number of times. The body of a for statement is
executed zero or more times until an optional condition becomes false.
Syntax
for ( init-expression ;
cond-expression ; loop-expression )
statement
Execution of a for statement proceeds as follows:
The init-expression, is evaluated. This specifies the
initialization for the loop. There is no restriction on the type of
init-expression.
The cond-expression, is evaluated. This expression must
have arithmetic type. It is evaluated before each iteration. Three results
are possible:
If cond-expression is true (nonzero), statement is
executed; then loop-expression, if any, is evaluated. The
loop-expression is evaluated after each iteration. There is no
restriction on its type. Side effects will execute in order. The process
then begins again with the evaluation of cond-expression.
If cond-expression is false (0), execution of the for
statement terminates and control passes to the next statement in the
program.
This example illustrates the for statement: myema[ 0 ] = Close[ 0 ];for( i = 1; i < BarCount; i++ ){ myema[ i ] = 0.1 * Close[ i ] + 0.9 * myema[ i - 1 ];}This example iterates all bars of close array to calculate exponential moving average
if, else Statements
if( expression )statement1
[else statement2]
The if keyword executes statement1 if expression is
true (nonzero); if else is present and expression is false
(zero), it executes statement2. After executing statement1 or
statement2, control passes to the next statement.
Example 1if ( i > 0 )
y = x / i;
else
{
x = i;
y = abs( x );
}
In this example, the statement y = x/i; is executed if
i is greater than 0. If i is less than or equal to
0, i is assigned to x and <FONT
face="Courier New">abs( x ) is assigned to
y. Note that the statement forming the if clause ends
with a semicolon.
When nesting if statements and else clauses, use braces to
group the statements and clauses into compound statements that clarify your
intent. If no braces are present, the compiler resolves ambiguities by
associating each else with the closest if that lacks an
else.
Example 2if ( i > 0 ) /* Without braces */
if ( j > i )
x = j;
else
x = i;
The else clause is associated with the inner if statement
in this example. If i is less than or equal to 0, no value is
assigned to x.
Example 3if ( i > 0 )
{ /* With braces */
if ( j > i )
x = j;
}
else
x = i;
The braces surrounding the inner if statement in this example make
the else clause part of the outer if statement. If
i is less than or equal to 0, i is assigned to
x.
CHANGE LOG
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.40.1 (as compared to 4.40.0)
added ability to minimize progress window. If progress window is
minized then the window 'owning' it is HIDDEN. So for example if you
minimize AA scan progress window then Automatic analysis window will be
HIDDEN. To re-show simply maximize progress
added Volume-At-Price (VAP) histogram chart overlay to price chart
added new settings for VAP to Tools->Preferences->Main price (to
turn it off go to Tools->Preferences : Main chart,and set "Volume
At Price overlay" to "None"
added new AFL function PlotVAPOverlay( lines = 300, width = 5,
color = colorGreen, rightside = False);that plots Volume-At-Price
(VAP) overlay chart. Please note that there must be at least one
regular Plot function in your formula for this to work, and there can be
only one PlotVAPOverlay in one indicator
Example:Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle
);PlotVAPOverlay( 350, 4, colorYellow, True );
Example 2:Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle
);PlotVAPOverlay( Param("lines",300,10,1000,1),
Param("width",10,1,99,1), ParamColor("color", colorYellow),
Param("mode",0,0,1,1) );
fixed 'X' close button in Param window.
Parameters window now shows parameter list in alphabetical
order
fixed problem with plotting zero values at log scale. Note that Log(
0 ) is minus inifinity and it really can not be plotted, however many
people attempted to plot zero data in log scale, so AMiBroker now adjusts
zero to 0.0001 when log scale is used to allow plotting.Example faulty
code that did not work in 4.40, but works now:Plot(IIf(Month() !=
Ref(Month(),-1),1,0),"", color, styleHistogram | styleOwnScale |
styleNoLabel)
added new setting to Tools->Preferences : Charting "draw vertical
line between months"
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.40.0 (as compared to 4.39.0)
fixed crash when global or local keyword was used elsewhere than on
top of the function definition
fixed crash that occurred when interpretation code part required more
bars than indicator code part
fixed handling of 1st hour after midnight in Metastock plugin /
intraday data
fixed problem with calling the same user-defined function multiple
times in single simple arithmetic expression.
memory allocated by Equity(0) was freed at the end of the formula
execution, now it is freed immediatelly, making possible to create large
loops with Equity(0) without memory problems. Note that Equity(1) and
Equity(2) released memory immediatelly already.
when Y-axis grid spacing is lower than or equal to 0.02 then Y axis is
displayed with 4 decimal digits (usefull for currencies)
logarithmic scaling improved, Y-scale shifting and zooming in log
scale works better too.
fixed date column formatting when SetOption("nodefaultcolumns", flag)
is switched off and back on
Param()s in Indicator Builder are set back to defaults only when
formula is edited, setting grid line/scalling options do not reset params.
time compression algorithm modified, now alignment is available in two
options:1. align to midnight (00:00:00) 2. align to trading hours
START time and four time stamp display modes:1. display time of
first tick in bar, 2. display time of last tick in bar3. display start
time of interval bar, 4. display end time of interval barThese
settings are available in Tools->Preferences->IntradayFixed also
problems with alignment occurred in some cases in previous versions.
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.39.0 (as compared to 4.38.0)
added Param dialog to AA window. Note that AA-defined parameters are
reset back to defaults only when you LOAD the formula from the file or
when you click on 'Reset' button in Parameter dialog.
colorAqua now has correct value of 36
when Printing charts (or using Print Preview ) in Real Time mode,
auto-refresh is temporarily disabled to avoid problems with
printing
fixed problem with non-updating last bar of trade arrays by Equity(1)
applied in exploration when built-in trade delays where greater than
zero
operands of arithmetic expressions are evaluated from left to right
again (as it was in 4.30) so statements like this (y = 7)*1000 +
y;(note assignment within expression) do not cause error messages
about uninitialized variable
new feature "Wait for Backfill" in Auto-Analysis window. Causes
scans/explorations/backteststo wait for the plugin to finish data
backfill.The setting applies to real-time plugins only, and only to
those that supportthis feature.
three new versions of plugins that support 'wait for backfill' feature
are included in the beta archive:eSignal plugin 1.5.0myTrack
plugin 1.5.3IQFeed plugin 1.3.1'Wait for backfill' feature is
not supported by QT plugin, and it won't be supported
becauseQuoteTracker has no interface to allow forcing backfills from
3rd party applications.
other minor fixes
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.38.0 (as compared to 4.37.0)
new setting for candlestick
appearance:Tools->Preferences->Charting"Use distinct color
for" : "None, up candle hollow" - it plots entire candle with one
color but leaves interior of UP candle body hollow.
added export chart image to PNG (portable network graphics)
fileEdit->Image->Export to PNG file (Please don't ask me to
add GIF support. GIF is patented and requires $3500 license fee for
Unisys. PNG is free, supported by all browsers, smaller and better
)
added 'send chart by e-mail' feature Edit->Image->Send by
emailandFile->Send chart via e-mail
fixed positioning of arrows in image copies
(Edit->Image->Copy)
fixed crash occurring when printer device context did not support bit
blit copies. added very simple arrow line drawing for that case (will be
improved in future releases)
fixed bug in handling Null with new constructs: if, while and
for.In pre-4.38 versions Null used in if, while for was treated as
True, which was wrongif( Null ) _TRACE("WRONG");else
_TRACE("CORRECT");Now Null in if, while, for is treated as
False.
numbers (floats) are now automatically 'upsized' to arrays on first
use of l-value array subscript operator without causing error. Also
r-value subscript can be applied to numbers and return the number itself
without causing error, but the underlying variable remains just a single
number.This allows to easily intialize arrays to any value without
need to write loops.Example 1:in previous versions you would
need to write:for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ ) myarray[ i
] = 0 ; // fill with zerosmyarray[ 5 ] = 6; // write value to 5th
element of the arraynow you can write
simply:myarray = 3; // initialize, at this moment myarray is
just a numbermyarray[ 5 ] = 6; // write value to 5th element of the
array, the variable is automatically// upsized to array and all
elements are filled with a numeric value // that was originally placed
in myarray variable/* myarray is holds now the array filled with
values of 3 except element 5 that has value of 6 */mynumber =
5;test = mynumber[ 7 ]; // previous versions would give an error
message here// now subscript operator for r-value numeric variable
// is allowed and returns just the number // and variable is not
upsized to array unless appears on left side// of assignment
(l-value)/* mynumber variable here is still a number */WriteVal(
test );
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.37.0 (as compared to 4.36.0)
printing improved, now all open indicator panes are printed and
resolution is increased
Edit->Copy As Image and Edit->Copy As Metafile now generate an
image consisting of all indicator panes (not just one)
fixed problem with non-resetting sort arrows in AA window
fixed sometimes occuring crash Signal() function
increased size of error message text buffer to prevent overflow when
reporting syntax errors in formulas having long unwrapped lines.
grid lines are drawn with fine dots instead of small dashes (screen
output only)
new AFL functions:GetCategorySymbols( category, index ) -
retrieves comma-separated list of symbols belonging to given
categorysupported categories:categoryMarket categoryGroup
categorySector categoryIndustry categoryWatchlistcategoryFavorite
categoryIndex index = (market/group/industry/sector/watchlist
number)0..255 for categoryMarket, categoryGroup,
categoryIndustry0..63 for categorySector, categoryWatchlistignored
for categoryFavorite, categoryIndexStrExtract( list, item )-
extracts given item (zero-based) from comma-separated
string.Example:StrExtract( "MSFT,AAPL,AMD,INTC", 2 ) will
return AMD StrExtract( "MSFT,AAPL,AMD,INTC", 0 )will return
MSFTStrExtract( "MSFT,AAPL,AMD,INTC", 200 ) will return empty
string ""+ other minor fixesExample code for
GetCategorySymbols and StrExtract:/* note: if given watch
list contains lots of symbols ** performance may be poor
*/function CreateAverageForWatchList( listnum ){ //
retrive comma-separated list of symbols in watch list list =
GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, listnum ); Average =
0; // just in case there are no watch list members for( i =
0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++
) { f = Foreign( sym, "C"
); if( i == 0 ) Average =
f; else Average = Average +
f; } return Average / i; // divide by number of
components}Plot( CreateAverageForWatchList( 1 ), "Avg of WL
1", colorGreen );
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.36.0 (as compared to 4.35.0)
fixed problem with affecting 2 or more identifiers referencing the
same array when using l-value subscript operator []. Thanks Herman for
pointing this out
global and local keywords - for explicit visibility/scope declarations
Allow to override default scope rules that assume that variables
defined outside function are global, while those identifiers that appear
for the first time inside functions are local.
Syntax:
local var1 [, var2, ... ] ;global var1 [, var2, ... ]
;
(as you can see you can declare more than one variable in one line.
Note: using these keywords outside function definition has no
meaning(global scope is used).
Example:
VariableA = 5; // implict global variablefunction
Test(){ local VariableA; // explicit local variable
with the same identifier as global global VariableB; // explicit
global variable not defined
earlier //
may be used to return more than one value from the
function VariableA = 99; VariableB = 333;}
VariableB = 1; // global variable
"Before function call";"VariableA = " +
VariableA;"VariableB = " + VariableB;
Test();
"After function call";"VariableA = " + VariableA + " (not
affected by function call )";"VariableB = " + VariableB + " (affected
by the function call )";
syntax highligting modified so keywords: #include, if, else, while,
do, function, procedure, global, local, return are colorised differently
than built-in constants or functions. Corresponding color/style setting
added to Preferences->Editor
#pragma nocache pre-processor command added to switch off #include
file caching mechanism.Note: between '#pragma' and 'nocache' there
must be exactly SINGLE spaceNote 2: disabling caching may slow down
execution of the formula (especiallyin indicators)Note 3: #pragma
nocache must be placed before #includesExample:
#pragma nocache#include
<myfile.afl>
single line comments now work with #includes (and #pragma too) so you
can comment out include in regular way://#include <something> -
will not include
changed error message from "unknown identifier" to "Variable 'name'
used without having been initialized." which better decribes the problem.
For example:
function Test( ){ global x; x =
3;}
WriteVal( x ); // variable used without having been
initialized,// although declared inside Test() function
body
Test( ); // during function call the value of 3 is assigned to
variable x
WriteVal( x ); // and now no error is
reported
implemented shortcut evaluation of logical operators
The operands of logical-AND and logical-OR expressions are evaluated
from left to right. Now if the value of the first operand is sufficient to
determine the result of the operation, the second operand is not
evaluated. This is called “short-circuit evaluation.” The left
operand of the logical-AND operator is completely evaluated and all side
effects complete before continuing. If the left operand evaluates to false
(0), the other operand is not evaluated.The left operand of the
logical-OR operator is completely evaluated and all side effects
complete before continuing. If the left operand evaluates to true
(nonzero), the other operand is not evaluated.
(The above description applies to operands that evaluate to single
boolean value, it does not apply to arrays. Operands that evaluate to
arrays are evaluated always )
Example:for( i = -3; i < BarCount; i++ ){ //
using old versions of AMiBroker you would get subscipt out of
range // but now // the second operand (C[ i ] > C[ i
- 1 ]) is evaluated // ONLY if first operand ( i >= 1 )
evaluates to TRUE
if( i >= 1 && C[ i ] > C[ i - 1 ]
) { _TRACE("TEST " +
i); }}
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.35.0 (as compared to 4.34.2)
do-while loop implemented:Syntax:do
statement while ( expression ) ;The
expression in a do-while statement is evaluated after the body of the loop
is executed. Therefore, the body of the loop is always executed at
least once.
Example:i=0;do{ i++;}while(
i < 100 );WriteVal( i );
it is now allowed to 'add' (or rather concatenate) string to a number
/ array. This saves quite a bit of typing. This works as in JScript. The
left-hand operand of '+' has to be a string. The right-hand operand may be
string, number or array. Numbers are coerced to strings using %g sprintf
formatting (prints out decimal point only when necessary) and then
concatenated. In case of arrays SELECTED VALUE is coerced to string and
then concatenated.So now instead of i =
100;"Value is " + WriteVal( i );"Close : " + WriteVal( Close ) +
", Open : " + WriteVal( Open ) + ", High : " + WriteVal( High
);you can write:i = 100;"Value is " +
i;"Close : " + Close + ", Open : " + Open + ", High : " +
High;Note that"Test " + 100 +
1;will give you "Test 1001" because statements are parsed
from left to right."Test " is added first to "100" giving "Test 100"
and then to "1" giving"Test 1001". If you want to perform numeric
adding first please use braces:"Test " + ( 100 + 1
);- this will give you "Test 101"
additional tweaks in AFL engine & garbage collection, futher speed
up of execution of very long loops
more error checking in AFL engine - will report using uninitialized
variables that were accepted silently in 4.31.x - 4.34.x
#include now accepts new way of specifying file names to
include:#include <filename.afl>(note
< > braces instead of " " ) if you specify the file name this way
AmiBroker will look forthe file in "standard include path" that is
definable using new prefs setting in Tools->Preferences->AFLIt
makes much shorter to write includes and you can move include folder now
without changing all AFL codes using #includes.For example if you
have set standard include path to "C:\AFL\MyIncludes" and write in your
formula:#include <common.afl>AmiBroker
will look for C:\AFL\MyIncludes\common.afl fileAlso
now #include reports file(s) not found in regular error message
box.
IIf/Min/Max are now overloaded functions (have two variants
each)IIF( Condition_ARRAY, True_Array, False_Array ) (old one)IIF(
BoolValue, TrueValue, FalseValue )Min( array1, array2 ) (old
one)Min( number1, number2 ) Max( array1, array2 ) (old
one)Max( number1, number2 ) The second one is choosen when all
arguments are numbers and it is much much faster and returns number so
LastValue() call is not neccessary
anymore.Example:// much faster and does
not require LastValue()period = IIF( name() == "MSFT", 5,
10 );result = Min( 7, 3 ); // (result is still a
number not array as in previous versions)
added 'endless loop detection threshold' setting to Preferences "AFL"
tab. Recommended value 100000 or higher.
fixed parameter counting in CallFunction plugin callback in case of
overloaded functions
fixed problem with premature freeing of arrays passed in default
parameters fields (causing for example problem with color exploration
output - introduced in 4.32)
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.34.2 (as compared to 4.34.0)
improved crash recovery dialog to include AFL engine state information
and (in some cases) the source line of the formula that causes an
exception
added ability to catch all exceptions in indicators and commentaries
(switchabel via Tools->Preferences->AFL, "catch system
exceptions...", ON by default) - allows you to continue to work even in
case of serious problem
loop break by Shift+BREAK is now more sensitive
now you can control how often Shift+BREAK key is checked during
formula execution (Tools->Preferences->AFL, "check SHIFT+Break
every" (1..100, default = 50) (note that specifying low values may degrade
performance slightly)
tweaked AFL memory allocator hash tables to get more speed for large
looping formulas
although I never reproduced this problem I made some changes so 'TAB'
key should not wipe the contents of AFL editor anymore
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.34.0 (as compared to 4.33.0)
user-definable
functions and procedures with parameters and local variables
'A' is NO LONGER
predefined symbol. I decided to remove it because people tend to use A as
user-variable forgetting the fact that it was build-in array holding
typical price (H+L+C)/3. Use 'Avg' instead.
indicator list column width increased in Indicator Builder
DayOfYear - returns the calendar day number counting from beginning of
the year January 1st is 1. Maximum number returned is 366
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.33.0 (as compared to 4.32.2)
Database purify tool implemented (available via Tools->Database
Purify)allows to detect missing/extra quotes, possible splits, invalid
OHLC relationshipApply to/range settings similar to AA window. You
can also right click over result list to add symbols to watch list and
copy the list to the clipboard (and paste it later to any other program
for futher use)
further improvements to AFL garbage collector, now looping regardless
of loop count requires the same amount of memory as just single pass of
the code (no growing allocated memory during loops).This enormously
lowered memory consumption for some formulas and increased the speed of
some loops 3..4 times.
added variable period support to the following
functions:LinRegSlope,LinearReg,LinRegIntercept,StdErr,TSF
Sample code:
Plot( Close, "Test", colorBlack );
range = 15 * MA( ATR( 15 ), 50 ) / ATR( 15 );
//Plot( range, "range", colorBlue, styleOwnScale );Plot( LinearReg(
Close, range ), "Test", colorRed );
fixed sometimes incorrect output of variable-period version of
LLV/HHV
fixed crash occuring when bad arguments were passed to the function
(bug introduced in 4.32.x).
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.32.2 (as compared to 4.32.1)
second bug in experimental garbage collector fixed.
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.32.1 (as compared to 4.32.0)
garbage collector was releasing memory too soon in some cases, now
fixed.
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.32.0 (as compared to 4.31.1)
added type check in IF/ELSE statements
added type check in array element assignment
error messages now numbered and display changed slightly
you can break running loop by pressing Shift+BREAK (Pause) key
combination
calling COM objects works again (was broken in 4.31.x)
changed slightly the way TAB works in editor, if TAB is pressed any
selection is deselected to avoid accidential deletion of text
experimental: added 'agressive garbage collector' that
extremely decreases the amountof memory required to run AFL formula by
releasing the memoryused for temporary variables as soon as possible
(previouslytemporary memory was released at the end of formula
execution).A side-effect of new garbage collector is some speed up in
formula execution.
new tab in preferences for AFL engine settings
experimental feature, NOT for beginners, may be removed/modified in
future releases: new _TRACE( "string" ) AFL function addedthat
allows to write debug messages from AFL code to system debug
viewer.(it calls internally OutputDebugString Win API function).To
view debug messages you have to run DebugView freeware program from
http://www.sysinternals.com/
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.31.1 (as compared to 4.31.0)
fixed bug introduced in 4.31.0 causing no text output in
commentary/interpretation
CHANGES FOR VERSION
4.31.0 (as compared to 4.30.0)
Workspace window uses "icon font" set in the Windows settings instead
of hard coded Tahoma 8
for better readability and ClearType(tm) compatibility on WinXP, all
dialog windows use now 'MS Shell Dlg' face name that maps to standard MS
Sans Serif on Win 9x/Me/NT and Tahoma on Win 2K and XP.
rewritten AFL parser, now formula is parsed and coverted to syntax
tree and then interpreted. This would allow further improvements including
compilation. This allowed also to add loops/if-else statements.
implemented IF/ELSE statement, WHILE and FOR loops:The same basic
'for' loop in AFL is 2..3 times faster than in JScriptSyntax follows
C++/JScript style:
while( conditional_expression ) statement;
for( initializer_part; conditional_expression; iterator_part )
statement;
if( conditional_expression ) statement;
if( conditional_expression )
statement;elsestatement;
implemented compound statements: these are blocks of statements
enclosedin opening and closing curly brace
{statement1;statement2;...statementN;}
compound statement can appear anywhere when simple statement can.
For example:
i = 10;while( i < 20 ){Plot( MA( Close, i ), "MA"
+ WriteVal( i, 0 ), colorBlack + i );i = i + 1;}
implemented C-style postfix and prefix increment/decrement
operators
i = 10;WriteIf( i++ );WriteIf( ++i );WriteIf( i
);
implemented array element access (subscript) operator []:
WriteVal( Close[ 0 ] ); // prints the first bar of close
array
/* a sample low-level implementation of exponential moving
average in AFL */
myema[ 0 ] = Close[ 0 ];
for( i = 1; i < BarCount; i++ ){myema[ i ] = 0.1 *
Close[ i ] + 0.9 * myema[ i - 1 ];}
added built-in constant 'BarCount' that returns number of bars
available in arrays (the number of elements of array)When QuickAFL is
turned on it may be less than true number of bars because QuickAFL feature
attempts to use only visible bars (and few before). You can control how
many bars the formula requires using SetBarsRequired() function
implemented infinite-loop protection. Nice if you forgot to increment
counter variable in 'for' loop :-)
tab key now works without need to press ALT/CTRL in AFL editors
added C-like synonyms for logical ADD/OR/NOT: &&, ||, !
/* a sample low-level implementation of Profit-target stop in
AFL: */
Buy = Cross( MACD(), Signal() );
priceatbuy=0;
for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++
){ if( priceatbuy == 0 &&
Buy[ i ] ) priceatbuy = BuyPrice[ i
];
if( priceatbuy > 0 &&
SellPrice[ i ] > 1.1 * priceatbuy
) { Sell[
i ] = 1; SellPrice[ i ] = 1.1
* priceatbuy; priceatbuy =
0; } else Sell[
i ] = 0;}
/* sample EMA rainbow */
Plot( Close, "Price", colorBlack, styleCandle );for( Range =
15; Range < 100; Range++ ) Plot( EMA( Close, Range
), "MA"+WriteVal(Range,0), colorRose + Range % 8, styleNoLabel
);
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