{"id":129,"date":"2007-10-13T03:02:14","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T03:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/userkb\/2007\/05\/14\/afl-testing-databases\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T11:50:34","slug":"afl-testing-databases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/2007\/10\/13\/afl-testing-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Testing Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small databases, with a limited number of symbols and limited data, can be useful for solving complex problems or designing systems within AmiBroker. A small amount of data can be easier to use, for debugging code or proving strategies, than larger amounts. For AmiBroker users, Yahoo data is readily available for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial new users are shown a simple method to create small quality controlled databases that are suitable for testing basic AFL functions and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>FORMULAS FEATURED: BarCount, BarIndex();<\/p>\n<p>INCLUDING: creating, copying, naming, deleting and backing up databases; managing databases from AmiBrokers? File commands or Windows Explorer; database naming conventions, creating small databases using AmiQuote; manipulating data with Quote Editor; understanding errors reported by the Database Purify Tool, plotting AFL functions as a training aid and more &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Attached Files:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"afltestingdatabase.doc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/userkb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/afltestingdatabase.doc\">afltestingdatabase.doc<\/a> (<em>Microsoft Word 2002 document<\/em>) <\/li>\n<li><a title=\"p_barcount.afl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/userkb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/p_barcount.afl\">p_barcount.afl<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a title=\"p_barindex.afl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/userkb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/p_barindex.afl\">p_barindex.afl<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><sub><em>Click on the link to browse document files on line, or, <strong>Save As <\/strong>to download an editable version, complete with a document map (the document map will only be available to users who own a copy of Word).<\/em><\/sub> <\/li>\n<li><sub><em>To download <strong>.afl <\/strong>files to the desktop right click on the link&#160; and <strong>Save Target As <\/strong>&#8216;filename&#8217; at Program Files\/AmiBroker\/Formulas\/Custom to access them as formulas in the AmiBroker Charts list.<\/em><\/sub> <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test excerpt<br \/>\nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm<br \/>\nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm<br \/>\nmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnn<br \/>\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn<br \/>\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn<br \/>\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn<br \/>\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn<br \/>\nnnn   bbbbbbbbbb vvv ccc<br \/>\ndddd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[131],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.org\/editable_userkb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}