I mean I copied my old AFL text and pasted into another chart in another sheet with a different chart ID. All done in the formula editor. Dennis
On Nov 28, 2007, at 8:54 PM, J. Biran wrote: > > Do you mean you copy/pasted from old .AFL file to a new .AFL > file in a text editor? > > Joseph Biran > ____________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Brown > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Why does it take so long to apply > edits? > > Hello, > > I just wanted to let everyone know that I found how to fix > this > problem. Somehow my chart had become corrupted in such a > way that > every edit I made would progressively add a little bit more > to the > time it took to "Apply Indicator". I was up to 15 minutes > today > before I found it was not my AFL that was doing it. AB > Support tried > my AFL and let me know that it was not the problem which got > me > looking in the right direction. Copying my AFL to another > sheet > fixed the problem. It actually takes less than a second to > do this > operation now. > > Best regards, > Dennis > > On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: > >> Tomasz, >> >> Thank you for your response on the forum. Since this > problem seems >> to have gone way beyond the purpose of the forum at this > point, I am >> switching to AB Support to debug this issue. I have > included this >> whole thread as background with that email. >> >> But to answer your questions here for the completeness of > this thread: >> >> Yes, I am talking about "Apply Indicator" taking so long > and it did >> not make sense to me either that it should take so long. >> >> If I do a "Verify syntax" it takes less than a second. >> >> Normal operation mode is .25 seconds and resulted in the > following: >> >> Using constant volume bar mode resulted in an > "Apply" time of 8.5 >> minutes. >> Switching to daily mode resulted in an "Apply" time > of 9.5 minutes -- >> so not an improvement. >> Commenting out ALL 2700 lines of my AFL code > resulted in an apply >> time of 3 minutes. >> >> The Profiler runs instantly and shows .01 seconds > execution time, but >> consists of only 6 functions that are checked because most > of the AFL >> is conditionally executed in indicator mode only. >> >> I edited out my indicator mode wrapper and used the > Profiler again. >> This time it showed the results on the screen for about 2 > seconds, >> then the window disappeared and none of the AB windows > could be >> selected, as if the profiler model dialog box was still > open but now >> invisible. I was able to catch the AFL run time from the > window >> before it disappeared. One time it said .45 seconds, > another time it >> was 1.1 seconds. >> >> I took screen shots of the Task Manager while it is doing > an "Apply >> indicator" and sent them along with my AFL code to the AB > support >> email. >> >> Thank you for all you do for us. >> Best regards, >> >> Dennis >> >> On Nov 7, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: >> >>> Dennis, >>> >>> If you speak about "Apply indicator" - it should be > sub-second time. >>> Minutes mean that something is wrong. >>> "Applying indicator" executes the code for ALL bars with > selected >>> symbol and selected interval. >>> >>> Your formula needs to be doing some weird things if that > takes that >>> much time. >>> Use built in Profiler (in 5.0.1) to find out which > functions that >>> you are using cause such long times. >>> >>> Other than looking at your formula I can only suggest to > switch to >>> daily interval when applying the code during editing. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Tomasz Janeczko >>> amibroker.com >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dennis Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:24 PM >>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Why does it take so long to > apply edits? >>> >>> >>>> Ok, >>>> >>>> This has totally frustrated me. I am ready to abandon > the built-in >>>> AFL editor. It is taking forever to debug code when I > have to wait >>>> 4-8 minutes for every typo. >>>> >>>> However, I need to keep my AB chart running while > editing the AFL >>>> (because my AB startup setup is complicated). >>>> >>>> Can I use an external editor as a *direct* replacement > for the >>>> built- >>>> in editor? >>>> Alternatively, is there a way to disable the checking > done by the >>>> AFL >>>> formula editor when applying? >>>> Actually the syntax checking is fast, it is what it does > after that >>>> that takes so long. >>>> >>>> Am I the only one who sees this problem? >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Dennis >>>> >>>> On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tomasz, >>>>> >>>>> As time has gone on, I have increased the complexity of > my AFL to >>>>> 2500 lines and my database to 200K. The time to apply > edits has >>>>> also >>>>> gone up to 8 minutes even though I have wrapped the > code so that >>>>> most >>>>> only executes in indicator mode. Finally today I > became frustrated >>>>> enough to track down the offending AFL. I started by > commenting >>>>> out >>>>> my entire AFL. Time to apply --4 minutes for 2500 > lines of >>>>> comments! I am at a loss for how to track down what is > causing the >>>>> long apply edits now. Do you know how I might approach > this? >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Dennis >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 4, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Tomasz, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for your insights. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wrapped my code today as you suggested below and in > an earlier >>>>>> post >>>>>> today, so unwrapped are only the uncalled functions > and a few >>>>>> variables initialized to keep out syntax errors. I am > using a >>>>>> 90,000 >>>>>> bar 5 second database, but the chart timeframe is run > at about >>>>>> 7,000 >>>>>> bars, and my complex loop processing is limited by > parameter to >>>>>> less >>>>>> than 2,000 bars. Changing that parameter to 200 bars > reduces the >>>>>> execution time from 1 second to .2 seconds, but as you > suggested, >>>>>> does not seem to have much affect on the apply time > --which now >>>>>> varies from 35 to 65 seconds. I also tried different > tickers with >>>>>> fewer bars (30,000) and it did made the apply time > longer. So I >>>>>> would say my edit apply time is no longer dependent on > my database >>>>>> size or AFL complexity. >>>>>> >>>>>> Even though I am glad to have under a minute apply > time now, it >>>>>> seems >>>>>> as though there is still something else that is > slowing it >>>>>> down. Do >>>>>> any other possibilities come to mind? >>>>>> >>>>>> One thing that I noticed, is that it is a consistent > 35 seconds to >>>>>> apply when I start up AB and just do a lot of applies. > Switching >>>>>> symbols, more edits, enabling complex AFL sections, > etc. cause the >>>>>> time to lengthen up to the 55 second area and it does > not go back >>>>>> down until I quit AB. I am guessing that these things > take memory >>>>>> that does not get released and it reduces the RAM > available for >>>>>> processing the apply. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS. When I turn on ALL of my formula (enabled in > sections with >>>>>> multiple timeframes and indicators) it takes about 5 > seconds to >>>>>> execute with all the speed-up tricks so far --which is > why I am >>>>>> obsessed with getting the most speed I can out of AFL > by clever >>>>>> programming tricks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Dennis >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dennis, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you are "applying" the code - it is for the first > time >>>>>>> executed >>>>>>> with ALL bars, regardless of QuickAFL and > SetBarsRequired >>>>>>> settings. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now *if* your formula is complex and uses looping and > you are >>>>>>> using >>>>>>> for example tick database with hundreds of thousands > of bars >>>>>>> it may take a while. Usually it is non-issue as > people are not >>>>>>> using such complex formulas. >>>>>>> (1 second is *very* long for execution under normal >>>>>>> circumstances. >>>>>>> My formulas usually execute well below 0.1 sec). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You may wrap your code into >>>>>>> >>>>>>> if( Status("action")==actionIndicator) >>>>>>> { >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and this will prevent this effect. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>> Tomasz Janeczko >>>>>>> amibroker.com >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: "Dennis Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:25 PM >>>>>>> Subject: [amibroker] Why does it take so long to > apply edits? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have noticed that the time it takes to apply an > edit to my >>>>>>>> large >>>>>>>> indicator AFL takes a long but variable amount of > time. It >>>>>>>> might >>>>>>>> take 15 seconds one time and 3 minutes another time. > It usually >>>>>>>> takes about 2.5 minutes to apply an edit, though if > there is a >>>>>>>> syntax >>>>>>>> error, it comes back right away. The AFL itself has > an >>>>>>>> execution of >>>>>>>> about 1 second per pass and starts up right away > from scratch. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I was wondering if there were any general rules that > I should be >>>>>>>> aware of that would make applying edits faster and > more >>>>>>>> consistent? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Another thing that is interesting is that if I click > anywhere on >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> chart or UI while the edit is being applied, it runs > even >>>>>>>> slower, >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> always resets all the params. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Insights anyone? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Dennis >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please note that this group is for discussion > between users >>>>>>>> only. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail > directly to >>>>>>>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always > check >>>>>>>> DEVLOG: >>>>>>>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For other support material please check also: >>>>>>>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yahoo! 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