IF I understand your problem
correctly
Check
TOOLS-->PREFERENCES-->MISC-->AUTOSAVE(ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU)
Make sure all three boxes are checked.
Hopefully this will address the issue of changed layouts. Also make sure you
are saving the template you are using as the default template and also save a
copy with some other name.
On 7/6/07, Edward
Pottasch <empottasch@xxxxxxxbe>
wrote:
I always had this problem with the layouts but
couldn't figure it out but I was assuming I was doing something wrong and
just reloaded my afl code. I think it happens when multiple
instances are started at one computer. I think it has been discussed before
and I believe there is a reason for it why it is set up like this. But if
one runs multiple instances it seems that this problems occurs. Good to know
I am not the only one with this problem :)
rgds, Ed
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Original Message -----
Sent:
Friday, July 06, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject:
RE: [amibroker] New user - problems/questions
Actually, I went through a number of tutorials and the user
guide and they are pretty sketchy on some of the basics such as those
about which I asked questions. I have used charting software for 25+-
years now and AB is not at the top of the pack for intuitive use. For
example, I would expect to be able to modify ALL chart properties by right
clicking on the chart and selecting properties or parameters, however this
does not allow setting of many chart properties including those about
which I inquired. The manual and start-up guide is equally
sketchy. Major parts of the user guide do not reflect the current
version of the software. I followed the complete IB data tutorial and that did not
tell me that I have to set additional parameters using the green connect
box in the lower right corner. All of this makes the getting started
process for even an experienced charting software user rather daunting.
That said, there is a good bit to like about AB once one navigates
the quirks.
While
I have now mastered enough of the basics to display the charts I want for
those symbols I use, I am still having problems with my layouts not
being restored the way I save them. I have learned to use the local and
global layouts, but the fact is that when I re-start AB it does not
restore my workspace to the way I left it and I find that irritating.
At least I can switch to the layout tab, select my named layout, and
restore my charts.
Earl
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com [mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Edward Pottasch
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:41
AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
Subject: Re: [amibroker] New user -
problems/questions
hi,
I think it is best to consult the manual.
However, I have an additional remark / question on this. I have been
having problems with layouts all along.
1) For instance I have a layout I call
"auto". I add something to "auto" then save it and when I open it the next
day in some occasions there is some other program in one of the lower tab
windows.
2) Sometimes I add a program to a lower
tab, then save the layout. The next day I open this layout and the
chart is blanc, it can not find the code underneath.
Sometimes this happens, sometimes it doesn't.
Just wonder if anyone else has this problem or if I am doing something
wrong. But what can one do wrong? You create a new layout, save the
layout when you change something and still I get inconsistant
behaviour.
Could it be because I run 2 instances (or
sometimes 3) of Amibroker on 1 computer using different databases and that
this messes up the layouts?
thanks, Ed
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Original Message -----
Sent:
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:07 PM
Subject:
[amibroker] New user - problems/questions
I installed the Pro
version yesterday using the IB data feed. I went through several of the
tutorials and got a decent start on a dozen symbols and an
hourly chart layout I liked on one tab in 3 panes on Sheet 1. I
reduced the number of default sheets from 8 to 4.
This morning when I
opened AB, I had a whole different view. My candle sticks have been
replaced by close only line chart and a bunch of tabs have been added
for variations which I don't need or care about. Further, indicators I
don't want have been applied to Sheets 2 through 4.
Problems/questions:
- How do I restore my
layout and keep it that way when I reopen it?
- I can not find a way
(menu or pop-up menu) to alter/restore the chart properties including
something as basic as the chart style. The properties item on the
pop-up menu is grayed out and charting preferences do not let me set
the chart style.
- How do I remove tabs
I don't want and add new tabs I do want?
- I can't seem to
display all of the data collected. For example, 6CU7 (Canadian Dollar)
shows 7952 data bars retrieved. My IB database is set to 10,000 bars
of base time interval 5 minutes. At 288 bars per 24 hours, I should
have 27 trading days (over a full month) of data. However zooming
out on hourly or daily bars displays nothing further back than June 26
which is fewer than 6 trading days. How do I get to view all of the
data?
Thank
you.
Earl