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Hello,
Thank you very much for your detailed and
constructive feedback. It is appreciated.
As for +/-10 layers - I would need to check if this
would not degrade performance plus I am not sure if having 20
options
in the Format->Z-order menu would be pleasing to
the eye, but anyway that will be considered.
Rectangle/ellipse fill color - yes it is blend of
background and study color at the time of creation of the study.
Subsequent changes
of background color don't affect already drawn
studies.
Blank space - yes it gets reset once you switch to
different symbol and yes it is so to enable you actually go
back
to "normal" once large space is no longer needed. I
also was thinking about checkbox to switch this off because
as history teaches not everyone likes the changes,
but your suggestion of adding "maximum" setting is
even better. Anyway I was just thinking that
on-the-fly extension is nice to have because it saves a lot of mouse
clicks
(instead of going to Preferences over and over
again).
As for "pixel" dimension - I am not big fan of that
as that would generate lot of headache when coding as charts and scroll
bar logic is based
on bars everywhere in the program as "pixel" is not
relevant and changes pretty often (zoom, printing, copy image, metafile
output
- all these have completely different
DPI).
Anyway, something to think over.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Brown
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday,
February 13, 2009 7:36 PM
Subject: Re:
[amibroker] AmiBroker 5.21.0 BETA released
Tomasz,
Thank you for providing all the new charting
capabilities. I have much praise and also some other feedback from
my first hour of use and adding the new AFL features to my program
already.
? X-Y co-ordinate labels on axes implemented. Can
be controlled using View->X-Y labels menu.
This is great! I can now ditch the one I
just finished writing -- LOL! Yours is much better. I like
the shadow effect to make it stand out better.
? Plot, PlotForeign and PlotOHLC now have new
parameter zorder which defines the Z-axis position of given
plot
? All drawing tools now can define Z-order (from -5
to +5).
This is great, but it would be even better if it
were -10 to +10 layers, though I could get by with 8. 5 are
enough layers for groups of plots, but not quite enough for my
individual plots, so I still have to break my plotting routines from my
modular function generation code. With 10 layers above and below,
I could have enough layers to make my functions truly
modular.
I absolutely love that the default study lines are
below the Gfx plots. My studies no longer obscure my on-chart
button arrays and information tables.
? new AFL functions ColorBlend
This is great! A way to select colors by
stepping through values in a way that makes sense to the eye. I
will have to think of a way to include this in my charts.
? Rectangle and Ellipse drawing tool now are by
default SOLID, with default fill color being a blend between background
and selected drawing color, they are use ZOrder = -1 (behind regular
plots) by default
This is a great improvement! Though I must
not understand what you mean by blend between the background. I
changed chart background colors and it did not change the color of the
oval I was testing... Wait, I just figured it out. It uses
the color of the background when you create the object only and does not
change it dynamically after that.
? Blank area past last available quote can be now
enlarged on the fly by simply using > arrow in the scroll bar or
using mouse wheel
This one is causing me some difficulties. I
both love it and hate it.
I love that I can increase the space easily.
I hate that it has no limits and once increased,
it becomes the new default for the position thumb all the way to the
right.
I hate that if the symbol is switched, it does not
remember what it was last set to, though that seems to be the only way
to reset it back to the default.
If I want to increase the space, it is usually to
a constant PIXELs of blank space so that I can fit objects that are
pixel based to the right of the chart in the blank area. So being
able to increase the blank area if I am zooming out to many bars is a
good thing.
However, I very often use the scroll wheel to move
back an forth in the chart during real time trading. I move left
to see some last support level for setting a study point, then I give
the scroll wheel a quick zip to get back to the right default position
again for trading the current bar. With this new mode, I zip right
past all the bars to a blank chart and am lost in white
space.
So this feature is causing me more problems than
not having it at all. I don't really need the ability to add
unlimited white space.
What I need is one of the following:
1a A way to turn this feature off,
or
1b A maximum amount of white space preference
that the scroll wheel can't exceed -- preferably with either bars or
pixels options.
1a A way to turn this feature off,
and
2b A preferences checkbox that allows pixels
rather than bars of default white space, or
2c An AFL function to set the amount of
future bars that overrides the default.
Thank you for being such a great developer that
listens to your customers!
Best regards,
Dennis
On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Tomasz Janeczko
wrote:
Hello,
AmiBroker 5.21.0 BETA is released now:
http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2009/02/13/amibroker-5210-beta-released/
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
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