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Mats
perhaps the problem is the changes that Omega did for Functions, Series vs
Simple. This will cause some of the problem that you describe.
Claup
----- Original Message -----
From: Bengtsson, Mats <mats.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: Finally done first 3 hours of retrying the reinstallation of Omega
to Sp4 from SP2
> So far only, in three hour off line running, I have only been forced to
> restart the computer three times, and opened around 25 previously working
> workspaces that now report errors when trying to format the analysis.
Lousy
> programmers they got, but even worse quality department. That said, what
can
> I contribute with:
>
> * Execution takes longer in SP4 than SP2, but not too bad, around
> 12-14 percent longer backtesting than before
> * If using exactly the same dates and exactly the same settings,
> indicator output are reproducable
> * Old multichart workcharts with indicators will all contain errors
> after installation. When doing format analysis you will get "master not
> found, IO error", but only in one of the charts, and it will only apply to
> one of the indicators. Question is which? Easy to test: Do format
analysis,
> answer ok to all error messages, and then delete the indicators one by
one.
> When you delete the faulty one, you will get no more error messages. As
long
> as you delete the others, you will have to click ok to all error messages
> after any other indicator you delete. Since most of my charts are created
> from each other, I could quickly find what indicator was the one with the
> error message for most charts, deleted it, reinserted it, and resaved the
> workspace. Errors gone.
>
> Biggest disappointment: Pretty good oscillator clearly demonstrated to me
> that we get random results caused by too little precision in calculation.
> Running that one, at least with my rewrite of it, and using SP2, triggers
> for stocks that hovered around the three level moved a couple of bars
forth
> and back depending on when calculation started. Have not tested, but
> probably is the same in SP4.
>
> Biggest annoyance: All bugs in every update. Except the "master IO error"
> bug above, we have a wide reapperance of the "some things are no longer
> drawn" bug that has been with us all the time. Many many indicators now
only
> draw some things onto the workcharts. For example: The indicator is
plotting
> ok, but the selllimit is not seen, and can not be made to reappear as far
as
> I have managed so far. Delete the indicator and reinsert it makes it
> reappear again. Problem is: Is this true for some paintbars and showmes as
> well? Will I have to remove and reinsert all showmes and paintbars just to
> be sure they will be visible if they are activated? Probably..... Anybody
> know what button to press to get the missing plots visible again? Do the
> showmes miss to show as well?
>
> Trendlines: Now the trendlines take me even more work to draw than
earlier,
> since they introduced new "features". Anyone now of a way to set up to
> buttons for Trendlines: One draws a resistance line with color cyan and
> calculation set to high, and one draws a supportline in red with
calculation
> set to low?
>
> --- Mats ---
>
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