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Moving will be implemented later (via drag and
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Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:13
AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker 4.64.0
BETA released
Tomasz, what about moving files between
folders? Is this possible from within AmiBroker or only manually with
Windows Explorer? Bill
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:03
PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker
4.64.0 BETA released
Hello,
Cut-paste folders: no , but to make a subfolder
use RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON, New->Folder:
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:50
PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker
4.64.0 BETA released
Is it possible to move (cut and
paste) folders (e.g., to make a subfolder) and files shown in
Workspace|Charts from within AmiBroker or only from within Windows
Explorer?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004
2:26 PM
Subject: [amibroker] AmiBroker
4.64.0 BETA released
Hello,
+ Indicator Builder replaced by
full-screen AFL editor (allows to edit multiple files at the same
time)
+ Indicators are now saved in
separate AFL files
+ Formula tree now allows
rename/delete/create new file/folder
+ enancements of drag&drop
interface + N-tick bars are supported by TimeFrame
functions
Please read the Read Me
document (below) for detailed list of new features
and changes.
There will be also a series of new
video tutorials explaining new features published on
Monday.
Best regards, Tomasz
Janeczko amibroker.com
AmiBroker 4.64.0 Beta Read Me
November 21, 2004 20:07
THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS
!!!
Backup your data files and entire AmiBroker
folder first! IMPORTANT NOTE: This version uses new system to store
indicators (in separate files), so old versions will not automatically
"see" indicators created with new version.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install
full version 4.60 first.
Just run the installer and follow the instructions.
Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 4.64.0 beta" written in
the About box.
Many thanks to all providing detailed descriptions how to reproduce
given bug.
See CHANGE LOG below for detailed list of changes.
CHANGE LOG
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.64.0 (as compared to
4.63.1)
- QuickAFL is turned ON always
(it does not affect regular AFL
code, only may affect some loops and/or plugins but a graceful period
of almost 2 years was given to every user to get used to it and adjust
the code if necessary, note: if particular formula needs all bars use
SetBarsRequired function)
- Quick built-in charts is turned ON always
- Y-axis drag area is now thinner (to make de-selecting date easier)
- resizing dialogs remember not only size but also position
- time&sales windows remember size and positions separately for
each symbol
- time&sales window now uses TimeShift setting from "Intraday
Settings" screen
- max. trade drawdown stat figure is now also updated at exit price
of the max. loss stop
- on startup all formulas (built-in and custom) that were stored in
broker.charts / broker.bcharts files are now automatically converted
to individual AFL files and stored under: Formulas\Old\Built-in
and
Formulas\Old\Custom
- found and fixed few byte memory leak when using #include
- #include can now read from registry using @ character
#include
@LastBacktestFormula will include the formula that was used in last
backtest run (useful for custom equity formulas)
- Workspace tab control now sizes down without displaying tab scroll
bar
- all TimeFrame* AFL functions extended to work with N-tick bars
too. N-tick intervals are specified by NEGATIVE numbers passed in
'interval' parameter.
So for example: TimeFrameSet( -10 ); //
switch to 10-tick interval
- Workspace -> Charts tree now supports file deletion, renaming,
creation of new files and folders plus more via Right-mouse button
(RMMB) menu. Options available from RMB menu:
- Insert - creates a copy of the selected file,
insert _SECTIONS if necessary and inserts charts into new pane
- Insert Linked - just inserts chart into new
pane - the pane links directly to selected formula (so if you have
more than one pane using the same formula, modifying it will modify
the chart in all panes linked to it)
- Overlay - overlays selected formula onto
"active" pane. Active pane is the pane you have clicked on recently
- Edit - opens Formula Editor and loads selected
file for editing
- Rename - allows to rename formula file
- Delete - deletes the formula (permanently !) -
charts panes linked to it will become black
- New->Formula - creates new formula file
- New->Folder - creates new folder
- Refresh - refreshes directory/file tree
- Indicator builder removed and replaced by "Formula Editor"
- you can now control axis and grid settings from "Parameters"
dialog
- "Main" chart, "Indicators" and "Other indicators" preference pages
removed. Now all charts use new drag & drop system
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.63.1 (as compared to
4.63.0)
- fixed one more multiple-monitor problem with color popup control
- Parameters dialog works again in Automatic-Analysis window
- new AFL function: ParamTrigger
ParamTrigger( "Name",
"Button text") - to be used in indicator builder - to create
triggers (buttons).
If you place ParamTrigger in the indicator
code it will create a "button" in Parameter dialog that can be
pressed. Normally ParamTrigger will return zero (0) but when button
in the param window is pressed then it will refresh the chart and
ParamTrigger will return 1 (one) for this single execution (further
refreshes will return zero, until the button is pressed
again)
Example:
trigger =
ParamTrigger("Place Order", "Click here to place
order");
if( trigger ) {
// your one-shot code here }
- new AFL function: ParamList
ParamList( "Name", "Values",
default = 0 ) - generates the parameter that consist of the list of
choices (specified in "values" parameter - | or comma separated).
default parameter defines ordinal position of the default string value
specified in "values" parameter. Returned value is a STRING
representing choosen item.
Example:
OrderType = ParamList("Order Type", "MKT|LMT|STP"
);
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.63.0 (as compared to
4.62.1)
- 6th parameter for the Param() - sincr - now has correct default
value of zero.
- trading arrows are correctly aligned again - there was a problem
introduced in 4.62.1 with arrows alignment
- fixed redraw problem of layers list
- new AFL function added:
GetTradingInterface("Name") -
retrieves OLE automation object to automatic trading interface. "Name"
is the interface name. You have to have trading interface installed
separately to make it work otherwise you will get the error message
attempting to use this function. Trading interface for Interactive
Brokers will be released separately.
- layer list item width is adjusted automatically now when sizing
the workspace pane
- colour-popup is aware of multiple-monitor configurations now and
opens up on correct monitor.
- 'Arrange' works properly now after 'pane maximize'
- added warning message when dropping files to AFL formula window.
- added realtime Time&Sales window (View->Time & Sales,
or right click over real time quote window)
Standard Edition: only
one time & sales window open Professional Edition: no limits
on simultaneously open Time & Sales windows Note that Time
& Sales window requires true tick-by-tick streaming data source
(like eSignal) to operate properly. Certain feeds may not provide
enough information to allow time&sales window operation. eSignal
has been tested and it works fine, as for the others - there will be
'compatibility guide' published soon.
- added automatic marking on "show arrows" flag for old-style Price
chart
- new AFL function (advanced users only)
SetChartOptions( Mode =
0, Flags = 0, gridFlags = chartGridMiddle ) allows to
set/clear/overwrite/set defaults for chart pane options
- Mode - specifies how options are set:
- 0 - set only the DEFAULT values for new chart. Defaults are
applied only once when chart is inserted in a new pane, so later
you can modify any option using Indicator Builder
- 1 - overwrite - the values specified in 2nd and 3rd argument
overwrite any previously set values
- 2 - set flag - flags specified in 2nd and 3rd parameter are
binary-ORed with the current values, so effectively these options
are set while remaining are unchanged
- 3 - reset flag - flags specified in 3nd and 3rd parameter are
cleared while the others remain unchanged.
- Flags - allowable flags are:
chartShowDates,
chartLogarithmic, chartShowArrow
- gridFlags - (for internal AmiBroker use - do not use it in your
own coding as this parameter will be eventually removed) allowable
values are: chartGridDiv100, chartGridPercent, chartGridDiv1000,
chartGridMargins
chartGridMiddle, chartGrid0, chartGrid30,
chartGrid70, chartGrid10,
chartGrid90, chartGrid50,chartGrid100,chartGrid20,chartGrid80,chartGrid1
Example: to
mark "Show arrows" by default in a new chart use SetChartOptions(
0, chartShowArrows );
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.62.1 (as compared to
4.62.0)
- new AFL function
ParamStyle("name", default = styleLine, mask =
maskDefault ) - allows to select the styles applied to plot
- new constants:
styleHidden - a combination of styleNoDraw |
styleNoRescale styleDashed - dashed line to be used with
ParamStyle maskDefault - show thick, dashed, hidden, own scale
styles (this is default mask for ParamStyle) maskAll - show all
style flags maskPrice - show thick, hidden, own scale, candle,
bar maskHistogram - show histogram, thick, hidden, own scale,
area
- colorCycle - accepted only by ParamColor function as default
value, causes that default color cycles through red, blue, green,
turquoise, gold, violet, bright green, dark yellow
- added new setting in Preferences->Charting "Ask for parameters
of newly inserted indicators"
(default = TRUE) ensures that
AmiBroker displays parameter dialog when inserting or dropping new
indicators
- removed obsolete "max number of custom indicators" setting
- Param() function accepts 6 parameters now
Param("name",
defvalue, min = 0, max = 100, step = 1, sincr = 0 ); (Only for
advanced users) a new parameter sincr is defines the increase of
default value when more than one section of the same kind is inserted
(dropped) onto the chart For example: Periods = Param("Periods",
15, 2, 200, 1, 10 ); Plot( MA( P, Periods ), _DEFAULT_NAME(),
ParamColor( "Color", colorCycle ), ParamStyle("Style") );
now
when more than one moving average is dropped onto the chart then
subsequent moving averages default to 15, 25, 35, 45, ... and so on
(starting value is 15, increase per new section is 10)
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.62.0 (as compared to
4.61.0)
- implemented indicator drag and drop mechanism. See video tutorial:
http://www.amibroker.net/video/dragdrop1.html
- new "Chart" tab in the workspace window (lists all AFL files and
directories from "Formulas" subfolder)
- Automatic Analysis formula window is now drag&drop target too
(you can drag formulas and AFL files onto it)
- new AFL special functions used to automatically create formulas
from code snipplets dragged onto the the indicator
pane.
_SECTION_BEGIN, _SECTION_END, _SECTION_NAME, _DEFAULT_NAME,
_PARAM_VALUES
- new styleNoTitle causing that given Plot name and values are not
included in the title bar of the indicator
- new ParamField function allowing to pick price field
- new ParamToggle function allowing for boolean (Yes/No) parameters
- In Tools->Preferences , Keyboard you can how define single key
shortcut for maximizing and restoring chart pane via View : PaneToggle
- "Allow mixed EOD/intraday data" switch does not affect N-day bars
anymore
- Parameters are not reset to default values when changing the
formula- user-edited values are kept
- new parameters dialog allowing using sections (for example from
drag&drop generated code)
- parameters dialog displays the items in the order as they appear
in the formula
- fixed Y-axis scale shrinking problem occuring when styleOwnScale
was used for all plots
- Insert->Standard Charts, Insert->Custom Indicators menu
options removed (now everything is handled by drag & drop) (You
can still insert old indicators from Indicator Builder dialog
though)
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.61.0 (as compared to
4.60.4)
- custom time interval support extended to N-day bars.
Now
you can define N-day bars in Preferences (Intraday tab) as well as you
can use N-day bars via TimeFrame functions. For
example TimeFrameSet( 3 * inDaily ); // switch to 3-day time frame
VERY IMPORTANT: inWeekly constant is now 432001 ( 5*inDaily
+ 1 ) - in previous version it was 432000 inMonthly constant is now
2160001 ( 25*inDaily + 1 ) - in previous version it was
2160000
It is changed because now N-day custom intervals are
supported and they will interfere with weekly/monthly. Note that
5*inDaily is now DIFFERENT than inWeekly. 5*inDaily creates 5-day bars
that DO NOT necesarily cover Monday-Friday while inWeekly ALWAYS
creates bars that begin on Monday and end on Friday. Also 25*inDaily
creates 25-day bars that DO NOT necesarily represent full month, while
inMonthly always begins with first day of the month and ends at the
last day of the month
CAVEAT: if your code uses hard-coded
numbers like 432000 for weekly and 2160000 for monthly then you MUST
change your code to use inWeekly constant and inMonthly constant
instead.
- Study properties dialog has now new checkbox
"Lock position" -
when checked study can not be moved or re-sized
- ExitAtStop has a new meaning for N-BAR stop type.
If ExitAtStop
= 0 then N-bar stop has the lowest priority (so if for example profit
target stop is hit on the same bar then profit target is evaluated
first) If ExitAtStop = 1 then N-bar stop has highest priority and
it is evaluated before all other stops. The same effect is obtained
by checking "Has priority" box in AA Settings window.
- new maximizing/restoring chart pane functionality available
via:
View->Pane->Maximize View->Pane->Restore as
well as via right click menu.
Remember that you can assign your
own keyboard shortcuts for that using
Tools->Preferences->Keyboard
- New drawing tool: Arrow
- draws a line that ends with an
arrow
- New drawing tool: zig-zag line
draws a series of connected
trend lines (Hint: press ESC key to finish the series)
- new File functions in AFL:
- fdelete( "filename" ) - deletes
file
"filename" is path to the file name (relative or full
path). If just file name without path is specified then AmiBroker
directory is used, returns TRUE if file successfully deleted, FALSE
otherwise
- fmkdir( "dirname" ) - creates (makes) a
directory
"dirname" specifies path of the directory to be
created. Please note that this function creates only ONE directory
at a time. So if you want to create nested directory tree you
have to call it multiple times, for example to create
C:\MyDirectory\MySubDirectory folder you have to call it
twice:
fmkdir( "C:\\MyDirectory" ); fmkdir(
"C:\\MyDirectory\\MySubDirectory" );
Note also that it
is safe to call it even if directory already exists (then no change
to file system is applied) Returns TRUE if directory successfully
created, FALSE otherwise
- frmdir( "dirname" ) - removes a
directory
"dirname" specifies path of the directory to be
removed. Please note that this function removes only ONE directory
at a time. So if you want to remove nested directory tree you
have to call it multiple times, for example:
fmkdir(
"C:\\MyDirectory\\MySubDirectory" ); // delete nested subdir
first fmkdir( "C:\\MyDirectory" );
Note that
directory must be empty before removing it otherwise it will not be
possible to remove it. Returns TRUE if directory successfully
removed, FALSE otherwise
HOW TO REPORT BUGS
If you experience any problem with this beta version please send
detailed description of the problem (especially the steps needed to
reproduce it) to bugs at amibroker.com
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