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Same thing, but I have the refresh button enabled on my view tool bar
that I use.
~Dennis
On Jul 1, 2008, at 5:16 PM, J. Biran wrote:
>
> When you say "refresh chart button" you mean View | Refresh
> F5?
>
> Joseph Biran
> ____________________________________________
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Brown
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:00 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] When AFL just stops updating the
> chart now and then...
>
> Tomasz,
>
> I can add a little more information to this problem now.
>
> This morning about 11:45 ET my chart stopped again.
> I was trading ES and the market was fairly fast.
> I have a Bar%Done graph that advances every second.
> It takes the start time of the last bar and compares it to
> Now.
> It stopped advancing.
> I clicked to another chart tab and back again.
> That made it advance one time, but would not continue
> running.
> Clicking on the refresh chart made it go again.
>
> So I think that my AFL formula stopped running.
>
> I will verify that by other means the next time.
>
> Best regards,
> Dennis
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2008, at 9:08 AM, Dennis Brown wrote:
>
>> Tomasz,
>>
>> Thanks for the AFL suggestion.
>>
>> My Refresh Interval in Prefs is set to 1 at this time. In
> the past I
>> have also used 1, 2, or 3 settings. However, I have a
>> RequestTimesRefresh() that is set via parameter in the
> chart. At his
>> time it is set to zero, though this has also happened with
> it set to
>> other numbers (usually 1). I adjust these numbers
> depending on how
>> much history I am using at the time in order to keep them
> higher than
>> the actual time it takes to refresh the chart, so that the
> UI keeps
>> working.
>>
>> This has happened to me for a couple of years and my
> charts and AFL
>> have evolved to significant complexity over that time,
> along with
>> changing computers and data vendors.
>>
>> I don't recall the problem happening when I was actively
> using the UI
>> on the chart. It usually happens when the chart is just
> quietly
>> updating and then just stops updating. I am usually just
> in the mode
>> of waiting for something to happen on the charts while I
> am waiting to
>> get into or out of a trade. I can not recall my previous
> operations,
>> but I do a LOT of trend line studies. I doubt this problem
> could be
>> easily reproduced --otherwise you would have customers
> complaining all
>> over the place.
>>
>> I can tell you that clicking on most UI buttons or
> pulldown menus or
>> clicking on the chart does not fix it. Only clicking on
> the Refresh
>> button fixes it.
>>
>> I will take your AFL suggestions and some others and see
> if I can get
>> better information about what is happening for the next
> time. Since
>> it does not happen often, it is not so bad for me to click
> the Refresh
>> button when it happens. The bad part is not realizing
> that it is not
>> refreshing for too long and missing an important price
> move.
>>
>> Hopefully the next time it happens I will not be in a
> trade and can
>> take my time to investigate it better.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Jun 28, 2008, at 4:29 AM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>>
>>> Dennis,
>>>
>>> You can use
>>> TextOut( ""+Now(), Status("pxwidth")-200,
> Status("pxheight")/2 );
>>>
>>> To display last refresh time - this may help detecting
> such problem.
>>> It never happened on my end, but I would appreciate if
> someone
>>> provides more
>>> details under what circumstances it happens (what is your
> Prefs
>>> "Refresh interval",
>>> what do you do before that happens (use particular
> drawing tool
>>> or ...?
>>> does pressing F5 solves the problem ? I don't know...
>>> just try to provide information that would make this
> reproducible).
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>> amibroker.com
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dennis Brown" <see3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:37 AM
>>> Subject: [amibroker] When AFL just stops updating the
> chart now and
>>> then...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have something that happens once every few days with
> my RT charts.
>>>>
>>>> At some point in the day, the chart stops updating. I
> also have
>>>> getRTData() functions in my AFL that also stop.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if it is the data feed that stops handing
> the quotes to
>>>> AB, or if XP is not giving the data, or if the AFL loop
> stops
>>>> running. Everything looks normal, but I notice that my
> broker's
>>>> charts have moved ahead and my AB charts have stalled
> (My broker's
>>>> charts are prone to stalling in fast markets and my AB
> charts keep
>>>> on
>>>> ticking). This can be disconcerting when you are in a
> fast trade
>>>> and
>>>> you go blind without realizing it.
>>>>
>>>> I am using DTN IQFeed, but the same thing happened with
> eSignal in
>>>> previous years. The data feed plug-in indicates
> everything is green
>>>> and working.
>>>>
>>>> Clicking on the chart refresh button starts the chart
> running again.
>>>>
>>>> I am usually in a panic when this happens, so I have not
> been able
>>>> to
>>>> properly go through debug steps to isolate the problem
> area.
>>>>
>>>> So my questions are:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Does anyone know the root cause of this?
>>>> 2. Is there a way to detect that the chart has stopped
> updating
>>>> (other than by eye)?
>>>> 3. Is there a way to automatically jump start the
> updating again
>>>> when
>>>> it happens?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any insights.
>>>>
>>>> If nobody can help, I will ask support.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>>
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