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RE: [amibroker] Re: Creating new watchlists from AFL



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of murthysuresh
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:13 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Creating new watchlists from AFL
> 
> Does this also apply to the Ole way of adding symbols to the 
> watchlists?
> 
> <ton.sieverding@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > Dingo did you read the new ReadMe ? Should be possible. Or am I 
> missing something in this conversation ...
> >   Version 5.00 brings hundreds of improvements including
> > 
> >   a.. New Watchlist system featuring: 
> >     a.. unlimited number of watch lists 
> >     b.. lists keep original order in which symbols were added 
> (still can be sorted alphabetically on-demand) 
> >     c.. new AFL function to refer to watch lists by name
> > Regards, Ton.
> > 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: dingo 
> >   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >   Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:02 PM
> >   Subject: RE: [amibroker] Creating new watchlists from AFL
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   Yes but how about his question on how to create a watchlist using 
> AFL for > 64 watchlists?
> > 
> >   d
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> >     From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
> >     Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:40 AM
> >     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     Subject: Re: [amibroker] Creating new watchlists from AFL
> > 
> > 
> >     Hello,
> > 
> >     This statement from the AB guide is obsolete. Will be removed.
> >     There is NO limit on number of watchlists and NO limit in 
> Category* functions.
> > 
> >     Best regards,
> >     Tomasz Janeczko
> >     amibroker.com
> >       ----- Original Message ----- 
> >       From: RR 
> >       To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >       Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:36 AM
> >       Subject: RE: [amibroker] Creating new watchlists from AFL
> > 
> > 
> >       Dingo,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       Suppose I want to create a new style watchlist 
> titled "GuppyCountBackLine".
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       The CategoryAddSymbol appears to be limited to a range of 
> 0..63 for watchlists.  (page 398 of 5.0 user's guide).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       All of the watchlists I want to create fall outside of the 
> default range of 0..63.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       The only way I see to create these watchlists is to manually 
> create these with the Symbol menu from the main toolbar.   How do I 
> create these new style watchlists with just AFL?  How do I delete the 
> new style watchlists using just AFL?  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       I do have code for the default case of 1..63.  For example:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       // ClearWatchList
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       function ClearWatchlist(wl)
> > 
> >       {
> > 
> >              if (Status("stocknum") == 0)
> > 
> >              {
> > 
> >         
> > 
> >                    // remove all existing symbols from the market 
> list
> > 
> >              _TRACE("Removing Tickers from watchlist number " +
> > 
> >              NumToStr(wl, 1.0)+":");
> > 
> >              List = CategoryGetSymbols(categoryWatchlist, wl);
> > 
> >              for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( List, i ) ) != ""; 
> i++ )
> > 
> >              {
> > 
> >                    _TRACE(sym);
> > 
> >                           CategoryRemoveSymbol(sym, 
> categoryWatchlist, wl);
> > 
> >                    }
> > 
> >              _TRACE("Removing Tickers from Watchlist completed.");
> > 
> >              };
> > 
> >       }
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       This works great for 1..63 but it still appears that manually 
> using SYMBOL..WATCHLIST..New Watchlist must be used to create the new 
> style watchlist.   I do not see how to do the logical equivalent of 
> SYMBOL..WATCHLIST..New Watchlist strictly using AFL for the new style 
> watchlist.   For distribution purposes, I would prefer to not have a 
> client have to manually enter potentially hundreds of watchlist names 
> using the Symbol menu. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       If you try using the wl = CategoryFind 
> ("GuppyCountBackLine",categoryWatchlist) you get a -1 return code 
> according to debugview instead of the next available ordinal index 
> number.  Obviously, the CategoryFind function is used to retrieve the 
> ordinal number of the watchlist for parameter entry into the other 
> Category... functions in AFL.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       Thanks in advance   :^))
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> > 
> >       From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dingo
> >       Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:53 PM
> >       To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >       Subject: RE: [amibroker] Creating new watchlists from AFL
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       All of the old methods of creating watchlists remain - Check 
> CategoryAddSymbol/ ..removesymbol in the help file and then do a 
> search of this forum on them. There you'll find examples.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       d
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> > 
> >         From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RR
> >         Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:48 PM
> >         To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >         Subject: [amibroker] Creating new watchlists from AFL
> > 
> >         I do not see a way to create new watchlists using AFL.  Is 
> this do-able?  I have heard that you can code a workaround using FSO 
> (file system object) and something about maintaining the index 
> yourself.  Unfortunately, I did not see any code posted.   It seems 
> this would be best done by TJ so the implementation of watchlists 
> would not be broken in case additional enhancements were made.  Also, 
> the ability to delete a watchlist is needed from AFL so that you do 
> not have to predict ahead of time which watchlists need to be created.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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