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Re: Ts4 vs Ts2ki - Chart flicker



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TS4 does not have the problem.

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "William R Wood" <wrwood@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Ts4 vs Ts2ki - Chart flicker


> I have both Ts4 and Ts2ki.  I am using Ts2ki real time with eSignal and
have
> no problems except annoying chart jumping or flickering when using
> indicators set to update every tick.  Due I presume to a strange bug,
Ts2ki
> causes the whole chart to be redrawn intermittently and unnecessarily when
> price updates come in.  This problem is most pronounced with volume
> indicators.  Gary Fritz pointed out that this happens when the symbol
price
> or indicator value bumps up against the upper or lower scale limit.  He is
> correct since I can eliminate the problem some of the time by setting
scale
> to Entire Data Series instead of Screen or setting the scale manually
> outside the range of current values.  But sometimes the flicker happens
even
> when the scale is not being bumped.
>
> I can't remember whether Ts4 has this problem too.   Now that Dynastore
has
> an eSignal version I am considering switching back to Ts4 to get rid of
the
> screen flicker.   Can any Ts4 users comment on this issue.
>
> Apart from the flicker issue would I be giving up anything significant by
> going back to Ts4 other than losing the ability to chart bid/ask and
having
> to deal with the 13k bar limit.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill Wood
>