New twist on the dual computer question.
I'm now upgrading my desktop to XP-64 (from Win2000), but still want to
use the 32bit version of AB. Therefore, on my XP-64 machine, I put
AmiBroker in folder C:\Program Files (86)\. But this means that when I
copy all of AmiBroker from C:\Program Files\ on one computer to
C:\Program Files (86)\ on another or vise versa things get pretty much
screwed up.
I've heard that there is a program that will reassign folder names
within programs, but I don't remember what it is. Does anybody know the
name and, better yet, has anyone used it successfully?
Also, I just looked at *HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TJP* in the registry
and noticed that some paths are stored there. So my thought is to
change the path for AmiBroker on *both* my Win2000 and XP-64 machines so
that long term I can just copy back and forth, without repeatedly
dealing with the problem. (May also help, if/when I replace my Win2000
laptop with a new Vista or Windows7 one.)
Your thoughts and comments will be greatly appreciated.
-- Keith
Keith McCombs wrote:
I've been doing some experimenting. My Amibroker folder presently
contains 583,446,650 bytes. It takes more than 15 minutes to 'copy'
it to an external USB hard drive, and more than 20 minutes to a USB
thumb drive. However, only about 1.5 minutes to Zip it to the same
USB thumb drive. (I won't have any numbers for WiFi for awhile yet.)
So, I'm expecting that my Desktop<>Laptop strategy in the future may
look something like this:
On laptop, zip all of Amibroker to file called "Amibroker on Laptop.zip".
On desktop, zip all of Amibroker to file called "Amibroker on
Desktop.zip".
Before switching computers, copy most recent .zip file to 'other'
computer.
Extract files from latest .zip into Amibroker folder prior to running
on 'other' computer.
This should be fast, easy, and safe, even when doing all of Amibroker.
Added benefit, is backup of both computers on both computers.
You can limit the zipped files to just the necessary ones. But I'm
beginning to think it's not worth the effort.
I'll update, when I get some numbers on WiFi, and some history doing it.
-- Keith
Keith McCombs wrote:
Thank you for your replies.
Dingo --
Coping all is the easiest and safest, and I should do it, time
permitting. However, sometimes I'm in a big hurry to get out the
door and copying 600M+ over WiFi may make me late.
Ed --
That's the kind of info I was looking for. In fact, all I was
missing (this time) was broker.newcharts.
What I will probably try to do is set up two batch files to handle
the problem, "CopyABSafe" and "CopyABHurry".
Thanks to both of you.
-- Keith
Ed Hoopes wrote:
I have used the instructions below several times to copy AB to my
laptop when I travel.
The only problem is that the laptop screen has a different aspect
ratio, so each of your chart views have to be re-sized and saved.
ReefBreak
AB must be installed on the target machine before you start.
AB should not be running on either machine, all files should be closed.
1. Copy the stocks database folder
copy c:\YourLocation\US-Stocks to the target computer
2. Copy the formulas folder
copy c:\Program Files\AmiBroker\Formulas to the target computer
3. Copy the broker.newcharts file
Copy c:\program files\amibroker\broker.newcharts to the target computer
4. Copy the Layouts folder
Copy c:\Program files\Amibroker\Layouts to the target computer
5. Copy the Watchlist files
copy c:\yourlocation\*.tls to the target computer
--- In [email protected]
<mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, dingo <waledi...@...> wrote:
>
> why wouldn't you just copy the enitre AB directory over?
>
> d
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Keith McCombs <kmcco...@...>wrote:
>
> > I like to have my desktop and laptop computers match as far as
Amibroker
> > is concerned. Usually I don't have a problem.
> >
> > However, recently, on my desktop, I wrote some new .afl code using
> > Plot() and ChartId(). I copied the .afl code from my desktop to my
> > laptop. I also copied the corresponding .awl layout file to the
> > matching folder in my laptop.
> >
> > The charts for the new code display a message, "ERROR: Formula
file not
> > found or empty - no chart to display". Older .afl code displays the
> > charts just fine.
> > I use exactly the same path structure on both computers, and all
.afl
> > code, new and old are in the same folder. Also, I checked that the
> > values for ChartId in the code match those displayed in the charts'
> > parameter windows.
> >
> > I am guessing that there are one or more files that I must copy
over,
> > but which ones?
> >
> > As a general rule, I would like to keep my desktop and laptop
synced up
> > without copying ALL files every time I switch computers.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -- Keith
> >
> >
> >
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