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[amibroker] Re: SetForeign's funcationality -- FullName() becomes Name() ?



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Hello,

You are using OLD version.
Use AmiBroker 4.53.1 instead - it handles Fullname()/Name() with
SetForeign().

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Salil V Gangal" <salil_gangal@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:13 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: SetForeign's funcationality -- FullName() becomes
Name() ?


> Friends,
>
> I set the 'Symbol->Information->Full Name' for 'MSFT' / 'CSCO'
> and 'YHOO' to 'Company 1' / 'Company 2' and 'Company 3' respectively
> and ensured that without SetForeign(), the FullName() is working
> properly.  It does seem as if after executing SetForeign(), the
> FullName() becomes Name() !
>
> Has anyone else observed this ?
>
> Regards,
> - Salil V Gangal
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Salil V Gangal"
> <salil_gangal@xxxx> wrote:
> > Friends,
> >
> > Based on the documentation, I see that the SetForeign() sets OHLCV,
> > OI, Avg to foreign security.  However it does not go to get the
> > FullName().  So when used in combination, as far as I can tell, it
> > sort-of does something weird. For example following code ===>
> >
> > SetForeign("MSFT");
> > Title = FullName();
> > SetForeign("CSCO");
> > Title = Title + " " + FullName();
> > SetForeign("YHOO");
> > Title = Title + " " + FullName();
> >
> > Sets the Title to 'MSFT CSCO YHOO', which is as if FullName() is
> > returning Name() after SetForeign() goes in effect.  Is this
> > expected ?
> >
> > Sure ... I can get around SetForeign's apparent inability to work
> > with FullName(), by using external Watch Lists, but will like to
> know
> > what's going on here.  Why does FullName() not return the name of
> > the 'current' security, why does it return the symbol of the
> > SetForeign's security ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > - Salil V Gangal
>
>
>
>
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