Re: [amibroker] Where does Amibroker store its formula files

[Keith McCombs <kmccombs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bingk --
This would be a great opportunity to rant against the idiots at M$ for making such un-user-friendly software.  They could have kept \Program Files\ for 32bit programs.  And made a new folder called \Program Files 64\ for 64bit programs.  But that would be too easy for us users.  And M$ will probably sell more 'upgraded' software this way.  End of rant.

There are probably many ways to solve your problem.  This is the way I did.  When installing AB (32bit version) do not install in the default folder, \Program Files (x86)\.  Instead install it in \Program Files\.  Continue until you are asked for your working folder.  Then set that to \Program Files\ also.  Now copy the entire Amibroker directory from your old computer onto the C:\Program files\.  That's it. 

Well not all of it.  BEFORE you do the above, the safest thing is to save any Win7 AB work, .afl files, that you want to some folder outside of \Amibroker\.  Then uninstall AB from \Program Files (x86)\.  Then go to the paragraph above.

BTW, Amibroker is available as a 64bit program also.  But DON'T try to use it yet.  Get the 32bit version working to your satisfaction first.  Then if you feel you want to try the 64bit, after there is at least a 5.30 version, it is simple to install, and still have the 32bit to fall back on.  Just ask again for how to do it.

Hope this helps,
-- Keith



On 3/2/2010 22:55, bingk66 wrote:

 

Hi all,

I have just bought a new computer that runs Windows 7 Home Premium. I subsequently installed Amibroker V5.2 Full version. Unlike previous versions of Amibroker in my previous computer whereby the Amibroker directory was found in C:\Program Files\, this particular installation on my new computer has the Amibroker directory located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ instead, which I thought was a little strange but OK, as Amibroker seems to be working well.

Now as part of my migration into the new computer, I copied the entire Amibroker directory from my old computer onto the C:\Program files (x86) directory in the new computer and started up Amibroker. Once again, all my formulas and charts seem to work OK, Amibroker appears to be refering to the correct directory, so no problems.

After making some changes to some formulas within Amibroker, I saved my work and exited Amibroker. I then went into the C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker to check that the changes that I had made within Amibroker was corrected reflected inside C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker. To my surprise, the work that I had saved within Amibroker was not updated within the C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker directory. I tried to make some more changes within Amibroker and once again these changes were not reflected in the Program files (x86)\Amibroker directory.

Just to test things out a little further, I created a new test directory within the C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker\Formulas folder just to see whether Amibroker would recognize it and pick it up when it loaded up next. Sure enough, Amibroker picked it up the new directory, but not only that, it also retained all the changes that I had made to the various formulas. So from Amibroker's point of view, everything is working OK. My question then is where is Amibroker storing all of its formulas ??, if its not inside C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker\Formulas

This is a problem for me as my backup routines look inside the C:\ Program files (x86)\Amibroker\Formulas directory to backup my formulas and at the moment, its backing up code that does not incorporate the changes that I made within AMibroker.

Would appreciate any feedback

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