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Re: [amibroker] Formula Editor questions



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Tomasz,
    Yes this is very good - And solves many users issues.

    Thanks for the great work on the new revision.
    ATB
      Michael.



Tomasz Janeczko wrote:

> Hello,
>
> You seem not to wrap entire concept of drag and drop interface.
> Please read this first: http://www.amibroker.com/newsletter/01-2004.html
>
> Belive it or not but I was thinking about it REALLY LONG and I am more 
> than
> sure that this interface is WAY SUPERIOR  to previous versions of AB.
>
> As to your questions:
>
> 1. Answer is very easy: there is only one chart tree in workspace to save
> SCREEN ESTATE.
> Note that now you can open MULTIPLE formula editors open simultaneously
> (unlike IB). And if every formula editor had its tree it would be 
> complete waste of space.
>
> Also formulas do NOT belong to "formula editor". They are just files 
> and can be dropped
> onto CHART PANES without having formula editor open at all !
> See this:
> http://www.amibroker.com/video/dragdrop1.html
>
> 2. It is easy to answer to: to have DIFFERENT PARAMETERS for each 
> inserted chart.
> Lots of people asked for this in the past: they wanted SINGLE formula 
> but INDEPENDENT parameters
> in each pane. Now they have it.
>
> Let's say you want 14-day RSI and 7-day RSI. So you insert TWICE the 
> same formula
> but adjust the period in one pane to 14 and to 7 in second pane.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "scourt2000" <stevehite@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:41 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Formula Editor questions
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > [the first one is more of a design question]
> >
> > 1. Why isn't the Chart Tree associated with the Formula Editor
> > itself and then have tabs across the top (e.g., like the Visual
> > Studio development interface) to switch between the different
> > formulas quickly?
> >
> > Right now, you've got the Chart Tree associated with the Workspace. 
> > The Interface Builder had this "right".   It was a separate window
> > with which to develop formulas and then have them applied to the
> > current chart tab pane.     You'd really just need to add the chart
> > tree to be attachable to the Formula Editor and then every time I
> > double-clicke a formula from that tree, that would open up a new tab
> > window within the same formula window structure and then I could
> > easily flip between formulas to change them.   The "tree concept"
> > for the formula editor could be expanded later and have other types
> > of features/pane types added to enhance formula development.
> >
> > Right now, if I press Ctrl-E in each pane, I'm pulling up separate
> > formula editor windows.  It makes much more sense to keep all of
> > these formula windows within ONE window structure and then have tabs
> > at the top (or bottom) of the window to flip between the formulas to
> > edit them.   [Microsoft spent millions upon millions on user
> > interface research to arrive at this interface within its Visual
> > Studio development series.  Taking advantage of this concept is just
> > reusing a well-established and proven graphical user interface
> > technique]
> >
> > 2. When I press the "Insert Chart" icon from the formula editor, I
> > am able to insert the indicator panel multiple times within the same
> > chart pane.  I don't understand why anyone would want to do this. 
> > The old Indicator Builder Apply button was smart enough to know
> > which indicator pane you were working with and updates with the
> > Apply button only affected that pane.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > 





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