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Dennis:
It looks
like you have done a tremendous amount of programming (maybe not that much for
one of your skill level), and have a good objective in mind. I have
downloaded the files you created, successfully installed them as instructed in
your note, looked inside each one, "applied indicator" although it is not so
obvious one should do that, looked at the Parameters box, and finally clicked on
the first entry, "Click to Write File". I have even saved some of your
past messages on this subject, and went and reread them. But....I am left
puzzled.
.......
Frankly
speaking, while this is a great effort with a noble goal, I feel it will not get
very far because the work (so far) lacks a description of how the "system" is
supposed to work, how people will use it for utility, and how people will
contribute to it. For example, if I want to make an entry, how and where do
I do it? I assume if I need to learn or find something, I separately open the
txt file and use Word's search tool, is that right?
A part
of me suspects that what is "obvious" to you and some others, will not be to a
larger number of users here who long for improvements in help related
issues. If I am right, then the lack of this kind of understanding will
either doom the effort or else inhibit how far it can go and grow. I would
like to help, but am too unclear about a variety of issues, that I
cannot.
I hope
you are not put off by this feedback.
Ken
Hello,
I have uploaded to the AFL Library a program called AF_Glossary_Generator
(yes a typo in the name) that takes another file uploaded called AFL_Glossary_1
and generates parameter selectable formatted TXT or RTF files for this
project. It took me a couple of hours to make a database file for all the
string manipulation functions, and forever to make the program that
spit out formatted documents. Creating the files for both forced me to refine
the database specification a bit further.
Please download them both and try them out. You have to create a
directory called AFL_Glossary in your main AmiBroker folder and put the file
named AFL_Glossary_1.txt into it. Rename the file to strip off the
.afl and make sure it ends in .txt. The output files will be written to
the same folder. On a PC, the .txt and .rtf files read fine in WordPad,
but the links don't work in that program. They do work in Word. In
the Mac, all formats work fine in TextEdit program.
Please download the program and data and give me some feedback. Sorry
there are not a lot of instructions, but you just select parameters, and click
on the Convert Database button to get something written out. You can try
out all kinds of different formats.
Next, we need volunteers to write small sections of the database to make
headway. If you make another file called AFL_Glossary_2.txt, etc., it
will combine them into one database for outputs.
Best regards,
Dennis
PS. here is a sample of one possible output:
AFL -- AmiBroker
Formula Language
-- Abbreviation for AmiBroker Formula
Language
-- Group Tags: AFL
-- See Also: AmiBroker Formula Language
n = Asc( String,
CharacterPosition=0 ) [AB 4.8] -- get ASCII code of character -- Returns the ASCII code number for a text
character
-- Group Tags: AFL,Functions,String manipulation,Type
Conversions
-- Search Tags: ASCII,character,convert,code
n = StrToDateTime(
DateTimeText ) [AB 4.8] -- convert string to datetime -- Returns datetime number from a text
representation of the Date/Time
-- Group Tags: AFL,Functions,String manipulation,Type
Conversions,Date and Time
-- Search Tags: datetime,date,time,convert
-- See Also:
DateTimeToStr(),Now(),DateTime(),TimeNum(),Date()
The rtf file of the
whole sample output is also attached here for those who get individual
emails:
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