[amibroker] Re: Foreign Symbol and Foreign "FullName"

["Bob Krishfield" <bobkrish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill

I had the same problem and used the following approach:

AB=CreateObject ("Broker.Application");

Fn1=ParamStr( "Fund1", "VIGRX");
Fn2=ParamStr( "Fund2", "VIVAX");
Fn3=ParamStr( "Fund3", "VISGX");
Fn4=ParamStr( "Fund4", "VISVX");
Fn5=ParamStr( "Fund5", "VGHCX");

Fa1=Foreign(Fn1,"C");
Fa2=Foreign(Fn2,"C");
Fa3=Foreign(Fn3,"C");
Fa4=Foreign(Fn4,"C");
Fa5=Foreign(Fn5,"C");

stk = AB.Stocks(fN1); ft1 = stk.fullname;
stk = AB.Stocks(fN2); ft2 = stk.fullname;
stk = AB.Stocks(fN3); ft3 = stk.fullname;
stk = AB.Stocks(fN4); ft4 = stk.fullname;
stk = AB.Stocks(fN5); ft5 = stk.fullname;

then use fn1 and ft1 in your title.

Caution: Make sure Fn1, etc points to a valid security
otherwise the AB.Stocks(fN1) will produce an error. I
simply checked fa1 > 0 so the name lookup line was

if (LastValue(Foreign(fn1,"C"))>0. ) stk = AB.Stocks(fN1); ft1 =
stk.fullname;

Bob Krishfield


--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "billbarack" <wbarack@xxx> wrote:
>
> Gordon and Bill,
> 
> Thanks for the input, but it doesn't quite get me to where I want to 
> be. The issue is that I have to type in the XAO in your example 
> Gordon. Instead, I want to use a variable in my code, say Fn2, that 
> defines the Foreign symbol.
> 
> Fn2=Foreign("TWM","C");
> 
> Then, I want to pick up on the Fn2 somehow and use its symbol and 
> name in the title.
> 
> This leads to being able to also do Fn3, Fn4, etc. in the same title.
> 
> This will let me do my Foreign definitions once in the code 
> (avoiding possible mistakes from having to put the symbols in 
> twice), do my calculations and have the Title statement 
> automatically pick up the various Foreign information.
> 
> Any further ideas???
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Gordon Sutherland" <gosuth@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Bill,
> > 
> > The following example works for me:
> > 
> > SetForeign("XAO"); 
> > Sym = Name();
> > FName = FullName();
> > RestorePriceArrays();
> > Plot(C,"",-1,64);
> > Title = Sym + "  " + FName;
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Gordon Sutherland
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf
> > Of billbarack
> > Sent: Sunday, 29 July 2007 9:16 a.m.
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] Foreign Symbol and Foreign "FullName"
> > 
> > I would like to include the Symbol and its FullName for a Foreign 
> > defined security in a custom Title statement. Having failed to 
> find a 
> > way to do this via the Help files and some trial and error, does 
> > anyone know of a way to accomplish this?
> > 
> > To be more specific, consider the following:
> > 
> > Fn2=Foreign("TWM","C");
> > 
> > I would like the title to include the symbol "TWM" and its 
> > name "UltraShort Russell2000".
> > 
> > I don't want to hard code it in but have the title change when I 
> > change the Fn2 statement above.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > 
> > 
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