Well after 4 hours of very tedious work I
now know how to clean up the Sector/Industries List so it Only reflects Quotes
Plus assignments. A little history is in order first to explain how things
work. In the root directory of AmiBroker there are two files – broker.industries
and broker.sectors. These files set up the Sector/Industries List anytime a new
database is created. After the creation they just sit there and do nothing. The
default file that come with AmiBroker setup the Sectors/Industries to match the
way Yahoo assigns the categories, which is not the same way that Quotes Plus
assigns. Now when you set up a Quotes Plus database the correct assignments are
made, but you also get the empty entries from the default files in AmiBroker.
But there is a fix. Close AmiBroker, go into Windows Explorer and go to the
AmiBroker root under Program Files. Rename the broker.industries and
broker.sectors to something else like broker.industries.org and
broker.sectors.org. Now copy in the two files I have attached into the same
location. These two files have been set up to match Quotes Plus. Now open
AmiBroker and create a New Quotes Plus database. When creating tell it to use
when AmiBroker opens. This new database will have the correct sector and
industry lists. Make sure all your database setting are the same as I explained
in my earlier message. Save your database and exit AmiBroker. If you have
created special Watch lists in your old Quotes Plus Database, go into Window
Explorer again, find you old database under root of AmiBroker and browse
through the list of folders until you find a folder called WatchLists. Copy the
WHOLE folder, then move into your new database and paste the copied file in.
You will be warned that file already exists, just go ahead and over write it.
If you didn’t yet create any special watch list then this step is not necessary.
Now open AmiBroker and your database will be set for use. Test it, look it
over, and once you are sure everything is the way you expect and want it to be,
close AmiBroker and from Windows Explorer again delete the old database.
I hope this walkthrough will get you up
and going quickly. If you have any question, let me know. Now I am going to
have a drink!! I earned it!
Donald F Lindberg
From:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of matrix10014 Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 6:26
AM To:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amibroker] Undefined
Sector
Would someone please tell me what an "Undefined" Sector
is,how/why it
was created and how does one get rid of it??
Thank you,
Allan
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