Boris, 1)Did you install all the dependencies as well, i.e. DCOM Server etc (see below)? 2) In AB try Tools -> Plugins -> Load. 3) We've tested it with versions up to & incl 2.7.0. Hope the new 2.7.2 isn't causing this. I doubt it, but can you test it with 2.7.0?
PS --- In [email protected], Boris Kanevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > vlanschot wrote: > > > > My pleasure, Brian. > > > > Re R, you simply choose your CRAN mirror, download the .exe (latest > > version is 2.7.2), and run/install as any other Windows software on > > local drive. > > > > Re the DCOM server and C++ runtime exe: both are installers - you > > should simply be able to run both programs and accept the defaults > > during the install. > > > > I have a look at the book you mentioned. I recommend also Scherer and > > Martin's "Introduction to Modern Portfolio Optimization". Its S- Plus > > code is R-compatable. I also like the book R Graphics by Paul Murrell. > > > > Finally, you will notice that the code-editor in R is very simple. An > > alternative, which I'm currently testing, is StatET, an Eclipse plug- > > in for R: > > > > http://www.walware.de/goto/statet <http://www.walware.de/goto/statet> > > > > Keep us posted how you're getting on, and pls share any code you may > > find useful to the group. > > > > PS (Oh, and yes, I've taken the liberty to exclude words from Jung's > > quote, although I did not alter the content otherwise. It remains, > > afaik, one of his "unsourced" statements). > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:amibroker% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote: > > > > > > Patrick, > > > > > > Forgot to ask. > > > > > > Re the downloads: > > > > > > At the /dcom/ site do I have to do anything? > > > I understand the Rserver is referenced online or do I download and > > > install as a virtual server on my local drive? (I have used a local > > > apache server before). > > > > > > Where do I put the c++ runtime exe i.e. which directory? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > brian_z > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Fantastic work Patrick. > > > > > > > > I ordered the "Optimal Portfolio Modeling" etc book by Philip > > > > McDonnell, a couple of days before you posted, specifically > > because > > > > it contains examples of R functions etc - somewhere I could > > start. > > > > > > > > I have to wait weeks to get it. > > > > > > > > This is like going from black and white to colour TV and your > > > plugin > > > > couldn't have come at a better time for me (I'm starting to climb > > > the > > > > mountain of portfolio modeling). > > > > > > > > I like the Carl Jung.... I think you changed a couple of words > > > > though. > > > > > > > > Carl Jung is my world hero. > > > > > > > > Ralph Vince is my trading hero. > > > > > > > > Haven't got an AB hero yet but there are a couple of candidates. > > > > > > > > Thankyou for your big hearted generosity. > > > > > > > > brian_z > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, "vlanschot" <vlanschot@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > This mail is to inform you that I have just uploaded the zip- > > file > > > > > RPlugIn. It contains two files. The first is the file > > > RMathAFL.dll, > > > > > the RMath plug-in for AB. The second is the Word-document > > R_Plug- > > > > > in_Amibroker.doc, the accompanying manual. The manual briefly > > > > > describes the functionality of the RMath plug-in for Amibroker > > > > which > > > > > I make freely available to all AB-users. Its purpose is to > > allow > > > > you, > > > > > the AB-user, to efficiently interact with R, the open-source > > and > > > > > freeware statistical/ mathematical package based on the S- > > > language > > > > > (i.e. S-Plus). For more details on R , please visit the > > official > > > > > website: http://www.r-project.org/. <http://www.r- project.org/.> > > Here you will also find > > > manuals > > > > > and other contributed papers on R. Specifically, see this web- > > > page: > > > > > http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/. <http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/.> > > > > > > > > > > It is impossible to discuss the full scale of the R- > > functionality > > > > > that the plug-in makes available to the AB-user. It simply is > > > > > massive, and even I have only explored a tiny bit of it. > > Instead, > > > > the > > > > > manual will describe a small subjective selection of the > > > > > possibilities available, with the aim to get you going. I have > > no > > > > > pretension that my examples are of any use to you. What I do > > > hope, > > > > > however, is that they can get you going, and that this plug- in > > > will > > > > > enhance your trading/analysis skills, like it has mine. > > > > > > > > > > The plug-in has been kindly developed by a programmer-friend > > for > > > > > which I am very grateful (and no, it is not Tomasz). There will > > > be > > > > NO > > > > > technical support for it, and (in all likelihood) no upgrades, > > if > > > > > only because the functionality embedded is: > > > > > - very extensive and flexible in terms of accessing R's core > > > > > functionality (I would say almost unlimited, particularly if > > you > > > > > write your own R-functions separately in R, which subsequently > > > can > > > > > then be called from AFL); > > > > > - unlikely to be (negatively) impacted by changes in R itself; > > > > > > > > > > In the manual you will read about my motivations to have this > > > plug- > > > > in > > > > > developed, the main one being to thank, first and foremost, > > > Tomasz > > > > > Janeczko for developing AB into what it is has become: an > > > industry- > > > > > standard investment and trading platform. It has enabled me to > > > > > transform my investment thinking into practical applications, > > > > making > > > > > some money along the way. Extended thanks go to the AB- > > community > > > in > > > > > general. I am very grateful to the guidance, sample code, and > > > other > > > > > help (including support from Marcin) I have received over the > > > past > > > > > few years. > > > > > > > > > > PS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patric! > I put RMathAFL.dll in Plugins Directory and install R 2.7.2 Program. > But RMathAFL.dll not activated whan I run Amibroker????( all other Dll > in this directory activated ). > Any comment? > Regards, Boris >
