> Great news Howard, we're looking forward to it. yeah - and also to the next one! Quote from http://www.quantitativetradingsystems.com/activities.html :
[quote] Two more books are planned: "Introduction to AmiBroker," which is being written and should be available in 2008. "Trading System Validation" (which may morph into "Advanced AmiBroker" before it is complete), will be later. [/quote] Regards, Thomas > > Joe Landry > Houston (1st Amibroker Conference) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard B > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:30 AM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Help Manual -> UKB > > > > Hi Dennis -- > > Yes, it includes quite a lot of material on writing AFL programs, > including several examples you can copy (or download) and run -- and > use as starting points for ideas of your own. > > Thanks, > Howard > > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Howard, > > > > Great news that you are nearing completion. I am sure it will be > a great help to many. One question. Will it also be an introduction > to how to write AFL programs? > > > Best regards, > Dennis > > > On Aug 31, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Howard B wrote: > > > Greetings all -- > > I am in the final stages of writing, and the editor is in the > final stages of editing, Introduction to AmiBroker. I anticipate it > will go to the printer in about two weeks. Depending on the > printer's schedule, it should be available to customers in October. > I'll be posting the Table of Contents and a section or two, and > offering a pre-publication sale price. It looks like to book will be > near 500 pages. It covers installation, setting up free databases, > subscription databases, real-time databases, introductory tutorial > lessons, documentation of all menus, commands, and functions, and so > forth. It will be well indexed, so you can find things quickly. The > cover price is $39.95, and it will be sold through the book's web > site. I'll post more here when the Contents is up on the web. > > Thanks, > Howard > > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:07 AM, sidhartha70 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Grover, > > My desire for a beginners, intermediate and advanced user > guides, is to put the information in a format that will allow a clear > development arc for users. Right now what we have are disparate > sources of information, offered in non-heirarchical structure. I kind > of have a sense that I am missing the potential of AmiBroker in a > way... but I'm not quite sure what I'm missing because I haven't seen > it yet!!! > > Hopefully Howard can cover some of these angles, or further & > easier contributions to the UKB can help. > > However, your suggestion is an excellent one. I've just done > a few google searches and I've found articles and information that I > probably wouldn't have seen before. > > --- In [email protected], "Grover Yowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm with you Herman. > > > > > > > > As to the many comments about it is hard to find the > > information you > > want > > > even though it is there (somewhere), I agree. But now that > > I have re- discovered the Google site search feature and > > using that can find almost anything with a one line entry > > on the internet. In the Google > > toolbar the > > > search is : whatIwant site:www.amibroker.com > > > > > > > > So I am wondering if 90% of the problem of needing a new > > Help manual > > would > > > be solved by simply making available a convenient Google > > site search > > line on > > > the AMIbroker Home page. It has sure worked for me. I have > > been > > able to > > > find things in the UKB or the KB that I knew were there but > > couldn't > > find at > > > a later time. > > > > > > > > Sometimes it is better to solve a part of the problem that > > is easy > > rather > > > than the whole thing. > > > > > > > > Just a thought, > > > > > > > > Grover > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf > > > Of Herman > > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:49 AM > > To: George Loyd > > Subject: Re[2]: [amibroker] Help Manual -> UKB > > > > > > > > I agree 100%. > > > > > > > > If anybody really wants a glossary he/she can have it > > published > > tomorrow on > > > the UKB. Tomasz created the UKB for this type of use and he > > already gave permission to draw on existing AB Help content > > if used on that site. > > Don't > > > underestimate the value of this. It means that you already > > have 95% > > of the > > > work, structure and content, done for you by Tomasz. I have > > no idea > > what all > > > the fuss is about. I can further clear copyright issues > > with him if > > you want > > > to go this route. > > > > > > > > The UKB comment field's can be used to add notes, code > > snippets, > > references, > > > etc. Volunteers can screen, polish, and add this to the > > main item to > > make it > > > look nice - with minimal effort. The tools are there and > > they are > > already > > > supported by AmiBroker. Just dump the whole thing in one > > post from Word (minimal formatting) on the UKB (contact me > > for details) and the search engine will find the required > > item. The UKB will have more > > permanence than > > > any other private site. > > > > > > > > I think 90% of all the talk in this thread is due to a > > desire to try > > some > > > new layouts and try a new glossy user interface. All that > > won't add any value to the contents of the site; it only > > adds lots of work to set > > it up > > > and maintain. > > > > > > > > If you want something done, simply do it. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > herman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sunday, August 31, 2008, 12:58:43 AM, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't reply to many emails - in fact VERY few, but this > > one and > > many of > > > the replies forced me to write something. > > > > > > > > Maybe AmiBroker should be more like MetaStock where errors > > remain > > for many > > > upgrade cycles ( ie months to a year or more) and NO BETA > > upgrades ever occur. In the 6 1/2 years I have used > > AmiBroker Tomasz has provided literally far more than 100 > > beta versions - FREE of charge, often fixing bugs within a > > few hours to a couple of days. No other investment > > software > > > that I know of does this that fast. MetaStock's Enhance > > Backtester or Optimizer still has included errors in its > > handling of returns - > > which in my > > > opinion renders it less than useful for "real" investment > > work where > > money > > > is on the line. Enlighten me if I am wrong. Each "one > > tenth" upgrade for MetaStock costs $99 or more while Tomasz > > was providing 5 "one tenth" upgrades and MANY betas FREE > > for about the same price. Checking > > MetaStock's > > > manual - AmiBroker's is superior. Now I realize this is a > > comparison > > with > > > only one other available software package, but others will > > fail to > > generate > > > much improved comparisons. I think I would rather still > > have what > > AmiBroker > > > provides. > > > > > > > > Furthermore Tomasz is a virtual Help file to this message > > board, > > although I > > > think he would rather be programing new features for > > AmiBroker than answering questions here. > > > > > > > > Each investment software package has their own programming > > language. > > As new > > > features and functions are included into the language, it > > becomes more difficult to use and understand. The added > > complexity generates more questions. No other investment > > software package has generated much > > in the > > > way of third party reference texts, other the few > > Tradestation has. > > Howard > > > Bandy's book is the first of several I foresee for > > AmiBroker. > > > > > > > > Tomasz has been chided for "for failing to provide a 5.1 > > Manual yet" > > - geez > > > give the man a chance - he will get it out ASAP. You can't > > have > > everything > > > at once - new features are better than a new Manual the day > > the upgrade comes out. People here on the message board > > will help your > > understanding of > > > new features if the Readme file and examples doesn't clear > > up the > > problems. > > > What other investment software package has been created and > > maintained by > > > one man that rivals the functionality of AmiBroker? > > AmiBroker is > > evolving > > > faster than any other package I am familiar with - or am I > > just wearing "rose-colored" glasses? > > > > > > > > I could write more but I think I have made my opinion > > clear. Yes I want more, but I can be patient - it WILL > > come. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > George Loyd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > brian_z111 wrote: > > > > > > > > There are far too many Help Manual questions posted in this > > forum. > > > > > > > > This takes up our valueable time answering questions that > > should have > > > > been answered by AmiBroker. > > > > > > > > In fact they waste far more time than OT posts. > > > > > > > > Our precious time would be far better spent answering more > > interesting > > > > questions. > > > > > > > > Some of the features in AB aren't explained in the manual, > > some things > > > > are out of date and sometimes the explanations are a bit > > cryptic. > > > > > > > > Example: > > > > > > > > Prettify was added to the Formula Editor in beta version > > 5.04 > > > > - included in devlog under version 5.05 Feb08 > > > > - official release v5.10 in June08 which includes manual > > 5.10 > > > > > > > > Ami website PDF manual is still version 5.00 > > > > > > > > - Search PDF for prettify == nothing > > > > - Search AB manual version 5.1 for prettify == nothing > > > > - Use AB site search engine == nothing > > > > - Google amibroker.com == 3 hits from devlog > > > > - devlog records release but has no info about it and no > > explanation in > > > > the read me > > > > - searched KB == nothing > > > > - searched UKB == nothing > > > > > > > > The screenshot of the FE edit dropdown menu, in the Help > > Manual is out > > > > of date (at least it looks different to my version 5.10) > > > > > > > > > > http://www.amibroke > > <http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html> > > r.com/guide/ > > <http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html> w_afledit. > > <http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html> html > > > > <http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html> > > > > > > > > The Devlog just says that the Prettify function was added > > ... looked in > > > > the AFL function list and couldn't find anything... is it a > > function or > > > > a function()? > > > > > > > > New features should be explained in the official help > > manual that comes > > > > out immediately after the beta inclusion. > > > > We should not have to search elsewhere but even if we do > > we, in this > > > > case, we still find nothing. > > > > > > > > It shouldn't be up to volunteers to explain help manual > > items in this > > > > forum, or the UKB, or anywhere else. > > > > > > > > It saves AB some effort if they don't have to keep the > > manual up to > > > > date but the effort is transferred to the volunteers, who > > have to > > > > answer it scores of times, instead of AB answering it once. > > > > > > > > If we all took the rationalist approach, that some people > > are > > > > advocating e.g. "users should have skills or lower their > > sights or pay > > > > Graham", and charged AB for the time we spend providing AB > > support then > > > > the program would cost thousands of dollars and wouldn't > > look so cheap, > > > > up against other software, afterall > > > > > > > > brian_z ------------------------------------ Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. 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