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The problem with FAQ is that someone has to create and maintain it. It
can too easily become unusable.
There are lots of references that people obviously are not aware of
that can provide a lot of help for the novice
1. Help screens in AB. I am not being facetious, I learnt a lot to
start with by just going through the help screens to become aware of
what is available there. I even went through every AFL function on the
list (when I started) and attempted most of them in AFL to see how
they work. All the functions contain example of how to implement, plus
see 2. below
2. The on-line help screens also contain some useful added info, plus
you can link direct to written AFL codes in the library that have used
that particular function.
3. The posts to this group have been saved into files downladable from
AB website. Great way to search for past topics/hints. It might be a
bit out of date now, but 90% of questions asked are still about the
basics that have not changed for years.
You do not need to be a computer genius nor a programming guru to
write AFL. Logic plays the largest part of creating any system.
Computer logic may be slightly different to human logic as it must be
spelt out totally with no intuitive leaps. Each step painfully spelt
out, and worse, typed. I refer to basic things like if A and B must be
greater than 0, then each must be specified. You cannot just say ( A
AND B ) >0 as our human logic can inutitively work out, but you must
specify each separately A>0 AND B>0.
What I have said above takes time, but well worth the effort as you
will learn how to code AFL and find it easier to create your own
system rather that rely on others.
On 7/2/05, original_nightstalker <nightstalker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OK, OK - it didn't turn out quite the way it looks in my InfoSelect. It's much
> easier to follow in IS. So I've deleted it from the Wiki page. But it was well-intentioned - it's a thread from this very forum on how to set up
> databases for multiple markets in Ami, which is something that many find tricky
> and confusing. Tomasz gave an excellent explanation in the last post of the
> thread. The first couple of posts were for context, as Tomasz's post answers
> points raised in the previous ones.
>
> So if somebody can tell me and everyone else how to use the Wiki thingy so that
> it looks like a polished page, and preferably indexed, then perhaps the thread
> would be worth re-posting there. I tried to make sense of the Wiki Manual, but
> a lot of it was gobbledegook to a non-programmer like me, and it would have to
> be one of the most user-UNfriendly 'manuals' I have ever encountered. I could
> not make sense out of it at all.
>
> I have no idea about writing web pages or using HTML - I hope that's not required to use the Wiki thing - but I get the impression from the manual that it may be. In which case, I suspect many of us in here would be left behind... Ah well, I still have my InfoSelect database :)
>
> Regards, NightStalker
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dan_public@xxxx wrote:
> > Dingo,
> >
> > I took a look too. Yes, it may be a mess. OTOH...
> >
> > If I understand the purpose (and I'm not sure I do), a WikiWiki site can be made into what we want it to be. Let's give it a chance. Add content and see what it turns out to be.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Dan.
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > after looking this over for a few minutes - I fear that it might be too complicated for our user base as a whole.
> >
> > If we have people just paste email threads into the site (this has already happened) then it will be worse than purebytes.
> >
> > I fear this is gonna be a mess.
> >
> > d
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:18 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have set-up Wiki page at:
> > http://www.amibroker.org/wiki/
> >
> > as a tool for this collaborative documentation project.
> >
> > For those of you who do not know what is Wiki, here is a page from Wikipedia (Wiki-based free Encyclopedia):
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dingo
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 5:11 PM
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
> >
> >
> > That would be nice if we can get this off the ground.
> >
> > As to publishing others work: If it was posted on a forum then I think it would be ok (if anyone disagrees now's the time to speak up). I DO think we should post the date and author just the be courteous.
> >
> > d
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Landry
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:45 AM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
> >
> >
> >
> > ALL:
> > I'm interested and while no expert I have a collection of snippets that I've filed on my Infoselect database over the past 2 years and would be happy to clip and paste those in with some editing/categorizing, for example as Graham just wrote "how to plot arrows" or how to draw a signal "ribbon" etc. some very simple stuff keeps getting asked. I forget how to compose them and have to clip, paste and modify.
> >
> > FWIW
> > There are others on this board who use Infoselect and other databases to do exactly that, to keep a store of AFL snippets that can be searched down to the letter. Most of these snippets are not my original thought and borrowed from the board. Somehow searching Purebytes is not nearly as productive as creating your own store.
> >
> > Then there are others who've moved on but who left quite a legacy of tight algorithms and indicators.
> >
> > I can contribute a low level of jScript automation - the running nightly jobs as I call them - to create composties, I'd be interested in moving to the next level in jScripts as well as some realtime monitoring/alerts/indicators.
> >
> > Be glad to be a contributor of what I have. I'm sensitive about publishing others' work and some of the best would be coming from others.
> >
> > JOE
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dingo
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:54 AM
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
> >
> >
> > No there isn't - except for the stuff I've done for the PBI Collected Documentation at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker-beta/files/
> >
> > There have been several attempts to do such a thing but the interest level is 0 to build it - but very high to have access to one. But then there are those that are too lazy to read anything and therefore will just post a question anyway and someone far more patient than most of us (good old Graham for instance) will answer that question that's been asked and answered 100's of times.
> >
> > TJ offered to set up a WikiWiki for the OLE group several months ago (no other folks were interested so it died). Maybe he or you could set one up. If so that would allow a "community" effort (Looks like maybe you and me at this point).
> >
> > I'll help but due to the lack of response of a couple of other attempts I won't lead it.
> >
> > d
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Prosser, Daniel
> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:59 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > From: Graham <kavemanperth@xxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: Daytrade System - Close open Positions at Close
> > >
> > > actually this question has been answered before a few times in this
> > group
> > >
> > > sell = cross( timenum(), 155959 ); //assuming 4pm is close time
> >
> > Is there an FAQ document maintained for this group? It seems to me it
> > would be *very* useful for this particular group.
> >
> > Perhaps a "SNIPPETS" style FAQ where snippets of code are kept with
> > common "How do I...?" questions in one large (indexed) document. Such
> > as the question above...
> >
> > I would certainly take a look at this file before asking my stupid
> > questions :-) It may help cut back on some common questions and help
> > educate new users faster. It could even be put into the help files of
> > AmiBroker for each major release.
> >
> > The online AFL Library and purebytes.com archives don't really suit this
> > purpose I am finding.
> >
> > Any volunteers? ;)
> >
> > Dan.
> >
> > p.s., in case you don't know - SNIPPETS was a project whose goal was to
> > "collect and disseminate the best C/C++ answers to 'How do I...?'
> > programming questions" (started in the old FidoNet BBS days if I
> > remember correctly - gee I must be getting old...)
> >
> > http://snippets.snippets.org/index.php#PREFACE
> >
> >
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