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I really appreciate all the help and suggestions I am getting on this
subject.
The fact that everybody (including TJ) is pointing to Insert/Insert
Linked
must mean something.
I have been using AB for more than 2 years now, so I should be fairly
familiar
with AB by now.
Here is the sequence of steps I did before the mishap (all from inside
AB):
1.
Opened Formula Editor, pasted in the experimental code,
verified Syntax,
named it and saved it
2.
Menu pull down: Window | New (NOT New Linked!) this opened a
new
window using default layout (which includes price and 2 custom
indicators)
3.
Opened "Charts" tab, refreshed, right clicked THE indicator,
selected Insert
(NOT Insert Linked). adding the new indicator to a 3rd (new) pane
at the bottom of the newly created window
4.
Clicked the "Up Triangle" twice to bring the chart up where
size is larger
(not wanting to fiddle with window pane size changes)
5.
Right clicked on the indicator's chart selected "Edit
Formula".
6.
Did some modifications, clicked the Save button. Did some more
edits, saved again.
7.
Must have clicked the "Apply Indicator" button (not 100%
sure).
8.
Suddenly, noticed bottom indicator of all otter windows
changed to the one I just edited!
It makes absolutely no sense to me!
I am glad to hear at least one other opinion that this is not normal
behavior.
I will forward a copy to Support, maybe they can shed some light.
Joseph Biran
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From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Terry
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:59 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] is AB for perfect super-users only?
Further, linked just means the chart is linked to your actual formula
so changes affect the "real" formula. Unlinked means, as Thomas
pointed out, that the formula uses a temporary name such as Unamed 9.
The behavior you saw is clearly NOT normal. It has never happened to
me and I cannot explain why it happened to you, but that is not the
way AB works. Maybe support can offer some insight.
--
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Thomas Z.
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 00:26
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] is AB for perfect super-users only?
Hello,
one important stuff you should know is the difference between "Insert"
and "Insert Linked".
Search in the amibroker help about this description.
If you add a new indicator you can see where it is stored and under
which name on the title line,
here Unnamed 297 in the custom folder.
I would also recommend to use layouts to save your windows.
To change any existing indicator you could make a right mouse button
click over the chart and select "Edit formula".
Best regards
Thomas
www.tradingbasis.com <http://www.tradingbasis.com/>
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From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of J. Biran
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:14 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] is AB for perfect super-users only?
I wonder how many other AB users had an experience similar to what
just happened to me:
Wanting to try an indicator that was in one of the messages of this
board,
I inserted it (unlinked) to a new window (unlinked).
I did some changes to it and then clicked by mistake on the "Apply
Indicator" button
instead of "save".
To my astonishment one indicator pane of all my other (linked) windows
changed to
the newly edited indicator I was working on. No warnings, no
explanation, and
no way to recover.
None of the other window panes were selected at the time. Why that
particular
pane was selected in the unselected windows and overwritten is a
mystery to me.
One week of careful tweaking just went down the drain at a click of a
button.
BTW, how to apply changes to the current indicator just to the
selected unlinked window
is a mystery to me.
Is it something I am overlooking? Or, is this unforgiving behavior
unacceptable?
Joseph Biran
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