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George,
Another very helpful tip is to always check the Archives. Many times
the same question has already been asked. You have to download the
Archives, but it is much better than using "search" on the yahoo
group.
http://www.amibroker.com/listarchive.html
There is a time lag on getting things into Archived, but it is very
useful.
Brian
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mrdavis9" <mrdavis9@xxxx> wrote:
> George, I can really sympathize with your situation. I was
studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in the
mid sixties, and took a very short Fortran course where we used
punch cards to program a heat flow equation. That course was the
end of my programming until I started to try to use Amibroker.
>
> Luckily, my son had already started to learn how to use
Amibroker. If it were not for him, I don't know if I could have
learned it.
>
> I still find it almost impossible to under stand most of the HELP
explanations written are written for programmers, with very few if
any examples of a real life, practical of the AFL function being
described.
>
> The very active users on this Amibroker board have been superb at
helping those of us who need help. However, they rightfully don't
want to spoon-feed every bite to us as we are learning how Amibroker
works, and how the AFL language works.
>
> The only advice I can give you is to do as I have done, and do
your best to understand what the USER manual explanations mean, and
then ask this board for help in trying to get your mind around it.
>
> I will start you off with something that is very basic, and
hopefully, relatively easy for you to start testing.
>
> Lets assume that you want to create a custom indicator that
notifies you each time that the 14 day moving average of StochK has
crossed the 14 day moving average of StochD. The AFL code for this
is "Cross(Stochk(14),StochD(14));"
>
> Now Click on "Analysis" at the top of the Amibroker screen, then
click on the menu item, "Indicator Builder, then click on "Add" and
you will then see a blank Editor screen.
>
> On your keyboard type the following, or else you can copy and
paste it in.
>
> Title="Stk14xStd14";
>
> Stk14xStd14=Cross(StochK(14),StochD(14));
>
> Plot(Stk14xStd14,"Stk14xStd14",colorRed,styleOwnScale);
>
> What I have given you here is the kind of help that my son gave me
that got me started. Unfortunately, the last time I tried to use
the user manual, there were very few if any of these simple
explanations.
>
> I read this board a lot, and since I understand the need that many
of us have to be given a working example of a code in order to learn
it, I am more than willing to do my best to help you in your
learning curve. Ron D
>
>
> =============================
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Jagow
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] AFL Library
>
>
>
> George,
> AB stores the formulas in subfolders of the Formulas folder, so
it is
> probably easiest to right-click on library formulas and 'save
target as' to
> desired subfolders--Custom or whatever.
> You can then select the desired formula from Workspace|Charts.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: george plant [mailto:plant316@x...]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:29 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] AFL Library
>
>
>
> Terry, I have been reading tutorials but some parts
> are unclear to me because I don't understand the use
> of some of the terms, nothing like programming in TC.
> In the mid '60s I took a crash course in Fortran IV
> and wrote simulations for chemical reactors for 2
> years. There is a little simularity but not as much as
> I need. Maybe it is my age creeping up on me, I'm 75.
>
> My problem is not being stupid or lazy, just I am lost
> with word meanings here, and there is nothing that
> goes back ot the beginning and defines that I have
> found so far.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> --- Terry <MagicTH@xxxx> wrote:
> > George,
> >
> > You can copy and paste the formula into the Formula
> > Editor and click the
> > Apply button.
> >
> > Then it sounds like some reading is in order. Go to
> > HELP, Contents,
> > Tutorial.
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > George Plant wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >I am new to Amibroker (5 days) but experienced with
> > TC ( 18 years).
> > >They are different.
> > >
> > >I went to the Amibroker site and found "AFL
> > Library". If I pick a
> > >formula and go to "Details". A choice called
> > "Download formula file"
> > >appears. If I select that where does the download
> > occur? I want the
> > >results to appear on one of "Sheets" so I'll show a
> > result on every
> > >stock I analyze.
> > >
> > >Or can I copy and paste the formula somewhere???
> > Where?
> > >
> > >Or do I have to type it in somewhere?? Where?
> > >
> > >I'm a tad lost.
> > >
> > >Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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