AmiBroker 5.03.0 Beta Read Me

November 27, 2007 14:10

THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS !!!

Backup your data files and entire AmiBroker folder first!

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install full version 5.00 first.

Just run the installer and follow the instructions.

Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 5.03.0 beta" written in the About box.

See CHANGE LOG below for detailed list of changes.

CHANGE LOG

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.03.0 (as compared to 5.02.2)

• Fixed: Pane/Template options do not work on floating window
• Added: Interval linking
• New linking settings are now saved in layouts and restored properly
• (re-)added: Cursor linking - selector line moves together in symbol and/or linked charts
• Removed File->New->Linked chart (new linking replaces this functionality)
• Fixed: Layouts with old-style linked charts are now automatically converted into new scheme when loading layout
  

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.2 (as compared to 5.02.1)

• fixed problem with c-like multi-line comments /* */ that appeared in 5.02.1 beta

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.1 (as compared to 5.01.1)

• Implemented Unlimited nesting of #include and #include_once
• True multi-monitor support. Chart windows can now be floated (outside main application frame) and moved to different monitors
• Implemented new way of symbol-linking of charts (the button next to scrollbar allows to choose linked group (1-9))
• Fixed crash when attempting to backtest on empty watch list (bug introduced in 5.01)
• AFL: SetBarFillColor( colorarray ) allows to independently control candlestick, bar, cloud, and area chart fill color
• OLE: when Broker.Application reference count drops to zero and AB was not running prior to CreateObject() then the AB is closed
• Implemented workaround to Windows XP list view drawing bug (MS KB813791)
• Floating pane title is synchronized now (5.02.0 fix)
  

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.01.1 (as compared to 5.01.0)

• fixed loading of customized toolbars
• toolbar customizations are now stored in Broker.exe-CommandBars51 (number increased) to isolate new betas and old versions

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.01.0 (as compared to 5.00.0)

• Tweaks in backtester for improved performance
  Portfolio backtester on average 2x faster for both multiple and single-security tests (some trivial, frequently trading systems may observe upto 5x speedup on multiple securities during long analysis periods). Note that AFL engine speed has NOT changed as compared to 5.00. Speed increase comes from backtester tweaks alone, so the longer AFL code is the less speed-up you will see, because backtester processing would account for smaller part of overall execution time.
  
• Tweaks in quote handling for improved performance
• Code profiler - shows code analysis with detailed per-function timing report. Available from AFL Editor: Tools->Code Check & Profile menu
  

If you experience any problem with this beta version please send detailed description of the problem (especially the steps needed to reproduce it) to support at amibroker.com