Alan,
AB Layouts (which is probably what you mean by a chart here) are
constructed from AFL code, which is inserted into the Layout in one of
two ways: Insert, or Insert Linked.
Layouts constructed with Insert Linked AFL are all pointing to and
using the very same AFL file. If that file is changed by any operation
at all (editing, drag-drop, ...) then _all_ the Layouts using that file
will be impacted by the change.
OTOH, when Layouts are constructed with Insert, the originating AFL is
copied to the Drag-Drop folder and a number is appended to the file
name. This is where the Layout then points. Layouts so constructed are
pointing to different AFL files, and (at least in this respect)
changing one will not change the others. But, again in this case, if
you want to apply a correction to all such charts, you need to edit
each of the files in the Drag-Drop folder individually.
IOW, Layouts are not self-contained. The AFL which draws them is not
"inside" the Layout, it is "outside". The implications of this are
profound.
- Progster
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
Alan <alan@xxx> wrote:
>
> Please excuse my ignorance as I am a new user of AMIBroker. I am
trying
> to save a stock chart with trendlines, text, etc on it so I can
retrieve
> it at a later time and be able to continue working on it. At the
same
> time I want to save other charts as well. Some charts will have
the
> same stock symbol but different time frame. I cannot figure out
how to
> do this properly. When I tray to keep each chart as a layout it
seems
> that when I change the layout with the daily chart another layout
with
> the weekly chart using the same stock symbol is also changed. When
I
> try to save the layouts with different names the same problem. Can
> someone help me with this problem? Alan,
>