As I understand it (and TJ/others correct me if I'm wrong), you cannot have two independent versions of AB with their own dBases/settings/etc. UNLESS you use two seperate hard-drives/PC's. It has to do with (Windows) registry, I believe.
PS --- In [email protected], "J. Biran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My understanding of the instructions was that you actually > have to create multiple installations of AB into different > folders since the file that stores the data folder > information resides in AB folder. > So, you could have AB(Data1) and AB(Data2) separate folders > each using a different database. > Then, create shortcuts one starting in AB(Data1) folder, and > the other in AB(Data2) folder. > If you do not separate instances of AB one will overwrite > settings of the other. > Maybe it is backwards compatibility issues that prevent TJ > from modifying AB to accept command line options. > Joseph Biran > ____________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of murthysuresh > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 4:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Mutiple desktop AB icons + > databases > > does TJ suggestion works. > > i tried the following. the default shortcut poitns to > "C:\Program > Files\AmiBroker" which houses the default database > C:\Program > Files\AmiBroker\MyNewData > I created a new shortcut with start in pointing to > E:\data\Stocks > either of teh short cut opens the databse at C:\Program > Files\AmiBroker\MyNewData > > Pl let me know if i should do it any differently. BTW: i use > 5.09 beta > > ------------------------------------ >
