Re: [amibroker] Re: Discussion about Params, hierarchical, conditional, tricks..., AmiBroker Email List Archive

On 9/7/07, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Experienced AFL Scripters,

I have completed coding a complete replacement set of AFL Param...()
functions that save the parameters in files and allow hierarchical
menus including conditional menus (like if different ParamList()
selections need to show additional or different parameters). It also
remembers the last state of the open menus.

They look just like the old param... statements, except with the
addition of a name for the saved parameter, and there are some
differences with how they are used in the AFL structure.

It requires installing the free AutoIt (see below) to function
properly (AutoIt installs a COM that lets AFL push the "Reset all"
button on the parameters window).

You can not successfully mix old style and new style params in the
same set window (because the new ones will keep resetting the old
ones to default values),

The new top level menus do not have the nice darker tan color of the
original.

I will go to the effort of uploading an example set of these if
anyone is interested in using or playing with them.
However, only more experienced AFL scripters should attempt to use
these.

Just let me know.

(I attached a couple of screen shots to the end of this email for
those who get the email version)

Dennis

On Aug 15, 2007, at 11:51 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> Thank you. This is great!
>
> I have it running and I am recoding my params AFL logic to take
> advantage of single click operation (since the second click is
> automatic now). This opens up a lot of other things I wanted to do
> with the UI but could not do it with AFL before.
>
> Stay tuned!
> Thanks again,
>
> Dennis
>
> On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:43 PM, bruce1r wrote:
>
>> AFL code fragment -
>>
>> autoit = CreateStaticObject( "AutoItX3.Control" );
>> if ( ! IsNull( autoit ) )
>> {
>> rc = autoit.controlclick( "Properties of:", "Reset all", 403 );
>> }
>>
>>
>> AutoItX COM control can be found at -
>>
>> http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.php
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tomasz,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your comments. That helps me understand how far I
>>> might take this idea on my own.
>>> I appreciate that you are open minded about how people may use AB in
>>> ways not originally intended.
>>>
>>> A question for you or anyone else:
>>> I am not a Windows programmer (I run everything on Macs --I use a
>>> virtual XP for AB).
>>> I was wondering if it is possible for AFL (perhaps through a DLL) to
>>> click the Parameter Window "Reset all" button for me?
>>> (short of a robotic mouse of course)
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> On Aug 15, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>>>
>>>> Param window was designed to be used as parameters for indicators
>>>> exactly the way as
>>>> formulas shipped with AmiBroker use them. And that won't be
>>>> changed.
>>>>
>>>> You are free however to (ab)use it in any other way you want :-)
>>>> Here is the beauty of AmiBroker that it actually allows to be used
>>>> in ways that were not
>>>> originally designed for unlike products from other, bigger
>>>> companies that usually
>>>> apply the design of "the program knows better than you".
>>>>
>>>> I am often asked why program "does not prevent from doing this or
>>>> that". And the answer
>>>> is the flexibility - you can do what you want as long as you know
>>>> what you are doing.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>>> amibroker.com