Re: [amibroker] What are these Files?

["David Fitch" <davidfitch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks TJ , Bob

That's same page I was looking at and this updates it.  Especially when new files are made and backups established.
 
Best I can understand about what happened to chart pages and layouts is preferences got changed, perhaps to defaults which clipped off many paqes in various layouts. Just don't know why.

Thanks
Dave

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tomasz Janeczko 
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [amibroker] What are these Files?


  Hello,

  Most files are explained in the User's Guide (layout files are described there as well)
  http://www.amibroker.com/guide/x_files.html

  As of those not mentioned there:
  broker.watch is real-time quote symbol list
  broker.newcharts is a successor of broker.charts file (from 4.70 and up)
  CommandBars - keeps customizations to command bars (toolbars, etc)
  .bak files are made during Indicator Maintenance.

  Best regards,
  Tomasz Janeczko
  amibroker.com
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: David Fitch 
    To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 5:45 AM
    Subject: [amibroker] What are these Files?


    I've hunted through the Help file as well as some Readme's and cannot find these files mentioned.

    broker.watch
    brokerold.bcharts
    broker.newcharts
    broker.exe-CommandBars47

    I don't know what occurrence cause them to be made or what they are for..

    There are also backup files made that I'm not sure when or why they were created

    broker.masterback
    brokernewcharts.bak
    broker.bcharts.bak

    I'm trying to find what caused my preferences to change and why I lost some charts in several of my layouts. Formulas are still in Custom folder. Also all tickers have no long name data in the various lists. The Information is still there, just doesn't show. Digging through the files in AB folders and my database Layout, I found these files that I could use some help with and perhaps why and where the old configuration may reside.

    Thanks
    Dave