I have been using the following for several years to copy the current state of AB to my laptop for travelling.
The only issue I've noticed is that my laptop screen has a different aspect ratio than my desktop so that each chart has to be resized to fit properly. 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], "ics4mer" <ics4...@...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Sorry to raise this subject again - but I have been looking in the old > postings and I haven't been able to get any joy. > > I have added some new Symbols a new Market and a few indicators and I want to > copy this from a desktop to a laptop. > > I thought that the easiest way would be just to copy the entire > C:\...\Amibroker directory to a portable harddrive and onto the laptop (Same > address C:\...\Amibroker) When I do this new market and the new symbols do > not appear at all in the "Symbols" tab. > > If I look in the data directory, I can see the new symbols in the appropriate > subfolder, but they do not show up in the application. > > Subsequently, > - I uninstalled AB, > - deleted the C:\...\Amibroker directory, > - deleted the registry key nodes > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TJP > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\TJP > - reinstalled AB (fresh download from website) > - re-registered AB > > Now at this point, I haven't reinstalled the data, but as far as I can > understand, it should be a "clean install", however, it is showing some of > the markets that I regularly use which aren't part of the AB installation - > SFE and ASX - and it is showing all the symbols, but with no data. If I look > in the data directory, the symbols don't exist. > > This implies there's still some information lying around which AB is using, > and that I haven't managed to "clean" the existing version of AB from the > system. > > Can anyone suggest any ideas? > > The setup is as follows: > Running AB 5.20. > Trying to copy from Windows XP to Vista (32 bit) > > TIA > > Robert Z >
