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Could you give a sample of what you were trying to do?
BR

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>
> Herman,
> 
> Thank you again for you reply.  If what you say is true, then we need  
> Tomasz to provide a solution to this problem.  It is such a  
> fundamental  need for some of us, and workarounds do not seem adequate.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dennis
> 
> On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Herman wrote:
> 
> > If you find one, please post your solution. Right now the only  
> > solution is to create an array in Excel and import it each 5  
> > sec :-) this is a rather daunting task in real-time. Tomasz  
> > acknowledged the key problem in the AB Help for the foreign()  
> > function:
> >
> > "Please note that if you have data holes in currently selected  
> > symbol then in order to synchronize bars Foreign function will  
> > remove bars that exist in Foreign symbol but do not exist in  
> > currently selected symbol."
> >
> > This unscientific approach makes the accuracy of all TA analysis  
> > depend on the underlying ticker. It assumes a perfect database  
> > which, in EOD is rare, and in real time simply does not exist.
> >
> > What is needed is a real-time reference array that can be made  
> > current and contains bars for all time periods, i.e. creates empty  
> > bars in real-time when data doesn't exist.
> >
> > best regards,
> > herman
> >
> > For tips on developing Real-Time Auto-Trading systems visit:
> > http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/
> >
> > Friday, December 28, 2007, 11:59:48 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> >
> > > Forgive me if it seems like I am restarting a thread out of my
> > > original, but the previous thread got badly broken when Yahoo  
> > dropped
> > > a number of replies, so I thought to try again fresh.
> >
> > > I really need a reference ticker of 200k 5 second 24 x 7 bars.  I
> > > need it as a template to make continuous contract futures data that
> > > RT charts can use.
> >
> > > For a reference ticker, all the data fields OHLCV OI can be set to
> > > one (1).  The only data that I need to be able to change is the time
> > > stamp. Once made, every 5 seconds, the reference ticker would be
> > > read, all the bars shifted one bar, and the last bar time stamp
> > > increased by 5 seconds, then written back out (ATC).  This is a bit
> > > of an over simplification, but you get the idea.
> >
> > > The only thing I don't know how to do is rewrite the time stamp on a
> > > bar.
> >
> > > I would appreciate any specific ideas as to how I could do this --or
> > > another way to get my continuous 5 second RT perfect reference
> > > ticker.  Perhaps there is a dll way?  Speed of maintaining the RT
> > > ticker is important.
> >
> > > I have tried many different approaches for a couple of weeks and end
> > > up with a roadblock with each way so far.  Herman has discussed the
> > > problems in the UKB, but none of the solutions so far will work  
> > for me.
> >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Dennis
> >
> >
> >
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>




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