Alan, AB Layouts (which is probably what you mean by a chart here) are constructed from AFL code, which is inserted into the Layout in one of two ways: Insert, or Insert Linked.
Layouts constructed with Insert Linked AFL are all pointing to and using the very same AFL file. If that file is changed by any operation at all (editing, drag-drop, ...) then _all_ the Layouts using that file will be impacted by the change. OTOH, when Layouts are constructed with Insert, the originating AFL is copied to the Drag-Drop folder and a number is appended to the file name. This is where the Layout then points. Layouts so constructed are pointing to different AFL files, and (at least in this respect) changing one will not change the others. But, again in this case, if you want to apply a correction to all such charts, you need to edit each of the files in the Drag-Drop folder individually. IOW, Layouts are not self-contained. The AFL which draws them is not "inside" the Layout, it is "outside". The implications of this are profound. - Progster --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Alan <a...@...> wrote: > > Please excuse my ignorance as I am a new user of AMIBroker. I am trying > to save a stock chart with trendlines, text, etc on it so I can retrieve > it at a later time and be able to continue working on it. At the same > time I want to save other charts as well. Some charts will have the > same stock symbol but different time frame. I cannot figure out how to > do this properly. When I tray to keep each chart as a layout it seems > that when I change the layout with the daily chart another layout with > the weekly chart using the same stock symbol is also changed. When I > try to save the layouts with different names the same problem. Can > someone help me with this problem? Alan, >
