> TJ: Insert Linked / Drag-drop has nothing to do with how often you see > Indicator Maintenance ...
I have never double-clicked on an indicator and keep my drag-drop folder empty since the spring of 2005. Do you suggest that I can still expect a pop-up message asking to run Indicator Maintenance Wizard? When double-clicking and drag-drop folder was introduced in AB sometime in early 2005 (I think), I spent some time trying to figure out how to avoid this feature. Just my personal preference. Also let me correct the misprint from my post dated "Feb 7, 2007 6:29 pm"; it should read: "... Instead of double clicking on indicators always use: indicator pane - r-click - insert linked ..." Lester --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's not actually the case. Insert Linked / Drag-drop has nothing to do > with how often you see Indicator Maintenance. > > Explaining all bits is way way way beyond the scope of this list and you > should simply accept the fact that > Indicator Maintenance Wizard exists and run it when prompted (usually you > won't see the prompt for ages). > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lester Vanhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:29 AM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Free Space for Indicators > > > > Another idea is not to use Drag-and-Drop feature at all. Then you never > > need Indicator Maintenance Wizard and you always know > > where exactly each indicator is stored. Instead of right clicking on > > indicators always use: > > > > indicator pane - r-click - insert linked > > > > Then save AFL files from file name box (middle-top in Editor window) or > > with File-SaveAs. And move them between folders using > > r-click drag-drop as explained by TJ. > > > > If you decide to try this then it's a good idea to get the Drag-Drop folder > > visible and check from time to time if you didn't drop > > something there by mistake: > > > > preferences - AFL tab - show hidden folders = ON > > > > I've been doing this for quite a while and almost forgot that something > > called Indicator Maintenance Wizard is part of AB. > > > > Lester > > > > > > > > It involvews a bit more work > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> This is really highly recommended reading in the User's Guide: > >> http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_indicatormaintain.html > >> > >> The point is that you usually don't know which formulas are used and which > >> are not. This is especially the case for formulas > >> in drag-drop folder. > >> > >> That's the purpose of IMW - it scans > >> all hard disks for layout files and checks which formulas are actually > >> used in any layouts. > >> You can not replace it with "manual" approach. Also - never ever move AFL > >> files manually (using Windows Explorer) > >> - files may be used by indicators and you will break them. Use CHARTS > >> window instead (RIGHT CLICK DRAG) - as it automatically > >> updates all references when the location of file changes. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Tomasz Janeczko > >> amibroker.com > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: wavemechanic > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:37 PM > >> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Free Space for Indicators > >> > >> > >> You might consider a new folder under Formulas titled "Inactive" and > >> even sub-folders. Put unused indicators in that folder > >> and either forget about them or delete whenever you are sure they are no > >> longer needed. I prefer this to the Indicator > >> Maintenance wizard approach. > >> > >> Bill > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Ken Close > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:24 AM > >> Subject: [amibroker] Free Space for Indicators > >> > >> > >> I have gone back and searched the messages for "Indicator Maintenance" > >> and saw descriptions of how to use it but not much > >> else. > >> > >> I know how to use it but I have not found any strategies for either > >> expanding it, or avoiding "inconvenient" loss of an > >> important indicator. > >> > >> Now, you might say that if these are unused indicators how can they be > >> important...but I have numbers of indicators which I > >> do not want to lose yet I do not want to individually go and look at each > >> one to see if it is a candidate for deletion. > >> > >> Do people keep copies of all of their indicators somewhere outside of > >> the Amibroker file structure? > >> > >> I do not understand this limitation of Amibroker and I hope TJ gives a > >> brief description of why it is a limitation and what > >> one can do to preserve multiple hundreds if not thousands of indicator > >> files. > >> > >> This is a priority for me right now because I am bumping into the "You > >> have run out of free indicator space" every other day. > >> I go and run the Wizard, can't really decide which to delete and delete > >> the unnamed ones and then several days later, here comes > >> the warning. I should not that the unnamed list seems to reappear each > >> time I run the Wizard even though I deleted Unnamed > >> formulas the day before. > >> > >> Any comments by anyone who has figured out a reasonably efficient way > >> to handle this situation? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Ken
