[amibroker] Re: Little help Flagging date a stock is purchased on the chart

["imresident2001" <imresident2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Herman could you please explain how to use the code you posted in
more detail please. I posted your code at the end of the discretionary
equity code, but the info still didnt save. I dont understand the
saving numbers part of it. thanks


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Herman <psytek@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hello imresident2001,
> 
> Sunday, January 21, 2007, 5:55:54 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Thankyou for sharing that code Terry. Thats so much better than what i
> > had in mind. The only negative is all the trades are lost when you
> > close amibroker. Can some one pleas figure out a way to save the
> > trades please. 
> 
> You can create/use PersistentVariables as shown below, they will save
> data indefinitely until deleted. To save numbers you convert them to a
> string first and pass the string to the function,
> for example: String = numtostr(Number,1.2);
> 
> 
> PersistentPath = "C:\\Program Files\\AmiBroker\\PersistentVariables\\";
> 
> function PersistentVarSetText( VarName, String )
>         {
>         global PersistentPath;
>         fh = fopen( PersistentPath+VarName+".pva","w" );
>         if( fh )
>                 {
>                 fputs( String, fh );
>                 fclose( fh );
>                 }
>         return fh;
>         }
> 
> function PersistentVarGetText( VarName )
>         {
>         global PersistentPath;
>         fh = fopen( PersistentPath+VarName+".pva","r" );
>         if( fh )
>                 {
>                 String = fgets( fh );
>                 fclose( fh );
>                 }
>         else string = "";
>         return String;
>         }
>



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