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Re: [amibroker] Pro's & Con's of running Multiple Copies of AB?



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Just open AB twice using the same installation


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On 18/08/06, MailYahoo <MailYahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  *This is what I found to be true.  Now maybe I did it wrong or there is a
> better way*
>
> * *
>
> *I actually installed another copy on my HD in another location*
>
> *Have one for EOD and one for RT data*
>
> *From what I can tell the computer Registry though only sees one copy of
> AB*
>
> *So when you open up both copies and both data bases you will have both
> Broker.exe running       *
>
> * *
>
> *So with that said if you were to do any back testing I think AB can get
> confused, especially If you are using Fred's IO I would say that it
> definitely gets confused with both open*
>
> * *
>
> *With any back testing I would close one of the AB's and make sure that
> you have no "ghost" Broker.exe  running on your computer*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *Mark*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Don Lindberg
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:34 PM
> *To:* amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [amibroker] Pro's & Con's of running Multiple Copies of AB?
>
>
>
> I am thinking about setting up a second copy of AB so that I can have
> a RT runinng and collecting data, and still go to the primary copy and
> work with my EOD databases. Firstly, how do I install a 2nd copy? Just
> point it at a different base directory during install? Secondly, are
> there any problems I can expect with 2 copies running at the same
> time? Can I run scripts in both at same time? Will running auto
> update on one have any effect on other?
>
> Any advice or thoughts from the group will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Don Lindberg
>
> 
>