Hi, I have had the same problem too. I set up separate layouts for different markets with different systems and indicators. I name each layout and label every tab. Because I have a a couple of different sets of data for each market I have been using Global Layouts so that I can access them from any database. Whatever I do my layouts are changing and messing up.
I don't expect to change a layout once I have set it up, but I find that I have to recreate them quite often. There doesn't seem to be much of help in the documentation about this. Sometimes a whole different set of charts will appear in a layout and I don't know how it happens. If I knew what do do to ensure stability then I would be happy to do it. Sometimes I have 2 instances of Amibroker running, but I worry about this causing problems so in the 2nd instance I only look at charts and don't change things that are being accessed in the other one. When closing it autosaves, so I wonder if that could be part of the problem? Cheers, Arthur --- In [email protected], "Edward Pottasch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am just not sure if it is a bug because sometimes I save the layout and all is fine the next day. What happened today was that I clicked on the Local Layout "auto" which is part of my Interactive Brokers data base. In the lower tabs I have 5 panes with different charts underneath them. One of the charts carried this morning a program (afl code) that I wrote the day before but was part of a different database (Quotes Plus database) in which I use different Local Layouts. The local layouts for the various databases I use have different names. > > Still this morning I find a program in one of my tabs in the Interactive Brokers database which I did not put there and I did not even call this code into this database. This code however I was writing and inserting in another database however I was running 2 instances of Amibroker on 1 computer. So I think something might go wrong here .. (?) > > The problem you mention with the parameter window I did see have myself yet. > > regards, Ed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ton Sieverding > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:14 AM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] New user - problems/questions > > > > You are not the only one, Ed. Yesterday I have made a formula. Very simple formula. Something like underneath. So without any Params : > > Filter = (Close > 65) AND BarIndex()==845; > AddColumn(C,"Close"); > Plot(BarIndex(),"BarIndex",colorRed,styleLine); > > When going to the Parameter Screen I found in the Parameter Tab all kinds of parameters coming from a different formula. Therefore I checked the above formula again and found no Params. This is not the first time and frankly I accept it as one of the typical software bugs (?) that should not exist but are just there. I can live with it. As long as the software gives me what I want it to do ... My experience over the last 25 year with MicroSoft software showed me that bugs are just part of the game ... > > Regards, Ton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edward Pottasch > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] New user - problems/questions > > > > hi, > > I think it is best to consult the manual. However, I have an additional remark / question on this. I have been having problems with layouts all along. > > 1) For instance I have a layout I call "auto". I add something to "auto" then save it and when I open it the next day in some occasions there is some other program in one of the lower tab windows. > > 2) Sometimes I add a program to a lower tab, then save the layout. The next day I open this layout and the chart is blanc, it can not find the code underneath. > > Sometimes this happens, sometimes it doesn't. Just wonder if anyone else has this problem or if I am doing something wrong. But what can one do wrong? You create a new layout, save the layout when you change something and still I get inconsistant behaviour. > > Could it be because I run 2 instances (or sometimes 3) of Amibroker on 1 computer using different databases and that this messes up the layouts? > > thanks, Ed > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: MountainTopTrader > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:07 PM > Subject: [amibroker] New user - problems/questions > > > > I installed the Pro version yesterday using the IB data feed. I went through several of the tutorials and got a decent start on a dozen symbols and an hourly chart layout I liked on one tab in 3 panes on Sheet 1. I reduced the number of default sheets from 8 to 4. > > This morning when I opened AB, I had a whole different view. My candle sticks have been replaced by close only line chart and a bunch of tabs have been added for variations which I don't need or care about. Further, indicators I don't want have been applied to Sheets 2 through 4. > > Problems/questions: > a.. How do I restore my layout and keep it that way when I reopen it? > b.. I can not find a way (menu or pop-up menu) to alter/restore the chart properties including something as basic as the chart style. The properties item on the pop-up menu is grayed out and charting preferences do not let me set the chart style. > c.. How do I remove tabs I don't want and add new tabs I do want? > d.. I can't seem to display all of the data collected. For example, 6CU7 (Canadian Dollar) shows 7952 data bars retrieved. My IB database is set to 10,000 bars of base time interval 5 minutes. At 288 bars per 24 hours, I should have 27 trading days (over a full month) of data. However zooming out on hourly or daily bars displays nothing further back than June 26 which is fewer than 6 trading days. How do I get to view all of the data? > Thank you. > > Earl >
