Re: [amibroker] Re: Limiting action to only once per bar, AmiBroker Email List Archive

Hi , yes thanks i just saw that reply and i have just tried it. It does seem to work for me with a little adjustment.

Lasttweet = Nz(StaticVarGet("Lasttweet"));
if ((LastValue(Lasttweet) != LastValue(pebstime)) AND (LastValue(xxxtotal)!=LastValue(Ref(xxxtotal,-1)))){
...
...

Lasttweet = LastValue(pebstime);
}

so i use the bars timestamp to make sure it doesnt happen again that bar.

But when the indicator has just triggered on the last bar, it works. If i then remove it and add it back it doesnt trigger again, so the staticvar stays in memory like that it seems? i'm still not sure how to solve.

As far as the alerts are concerned i have never used the email one, but i have never had a problem with sound or with executing an external program, it always just runs once, if i can think of anything will let you know.

The same function i have above has an audio alert and it looks like this :

AlertIf(LastValue(xxxtotal)>LastValue(Ref(xxxtotal,-1)),"SOUND C:\\Windows\\Media\\sp_pt_buy_level2.wav","Audio alert", 9);

and it always just triggers once per bar.

From: gariki <chetan_gariki@xxxxxxxxx>
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 12:38:16 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Limiting action to only once per bar

this seems to be a similar problem to what i am seeing (albeit with alert function itself triggering alerts multiple times). Aron suggested i use something like..

sent = Nz(StaticVarGet( "Sent"));
if ( NOT sent)
{
AlertIf( Buy, "EMAIL", "+1 ES- Go long on System-1 5min", 1, 15);
StaticVarSet( "Sent", 1);
}

Not sure if it works since i need to test it when i get back home.

You refer to you using alertif function for something else; so is it not creating multiple alerts for you? what is the format in which you are using it?

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "wolfie125" <lurama125@x ..> wrote:
>
> Hi, I have an indicator that basically plots the number of contracts i need to be long or short. When the number changes for a new bar, i want to run a piece of code, let's say a messagebox, or a little external program, but what is happening is once the new bar comes and the number of contracts changes this code keeps on executing 100's of times till the next bar arrives. I have tried setting a boolean variable but no success. I specifically dont want to use the alert function as i am already using it for something else on that bar.
>
> can someone help pls, the basic logic currently is something like this :
>
> if ((Lasttweet == False) AND LastValue(xxxtotal) !=LastValue( Ref(xxxtotal, -1)))){
>
> txtmsg = WriteIf(xxxtotal> Ref(xxxtotal, -1),"Just Bought "+ (xxxtotal-Ref( xxxtotal, -1)) + " contracts at " + ppp,"Just Sold "+ (Ref(xxxtotal, -1)-xxxtotal) + " contracts at " + ppp);
> PopupWindow( txtmsg,NumToStr( LastValue( pebstime) )+" ",100,-1,-1) ;
>
> Lasttweet = true;
>
> }
>