This item is mentioned in the feature poll but I would like to get a sense of what other people think.
In using MultiCharts, I have found the single biggest productivity issue is configuring a chart window over and over again. It is true that the study parameters can be saved to a template and applied to a new chart, but the set of symbols and all of the settings for the windows are not saved. Also, it may be that I need a specific set of parameters to be cpied and would end up creating a large number of templates to handle that. With a copy/paste of the window that gets all settings, I effectively make every window into a template.
If you agree on this being one of the most important improvements, please reply to this post.
MC, would you mind adding it as an item in your poll so that people can vote for it?
Thanks.
Ability to copy/paste charts between workspaces is critical
I agree. I have found it time consuming as well. The templates are find, but after I apply the template I still need to go throug the chart and set the x & y axis color and font, as well as select the info I would like to use in the status window.
YOU are not alone on this one. It seems like it would be an easy issue to correct. But I could be wrong, I'm no programer lol
YOU are not alone on this one. It seems like it would be an easy issue to correct. But I could be wrong, I'm no programer lol
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I'm still very much looking forward to this, and I hope it arrives soon To copy and paste a chart is so much a part of my workflow in so many different trading-related programs that not to be able to do it is like stepping in a hole every few yards while walking between home and the library!The ability to copy/paste charts between workspaces is almost ready.
Sorry, I was referring to "copy/paste of charts". I must use quote more.Could you specify how MultiCharts wasted your workspaces? And what do you mean by saying that "it doesn't look like it"?
Regarding my corrupted workspaces, this is what happened:
I was importing some forex data via QuoteManager using the ASCII mapping. I created one new chart with the data successfully and it all looked ok.
I then tried creating some charts in some other workspaces with the same data, same date range, interval etc. but the data never arrived.
I left it for a while and when I came back, after around 10 minutes, there was an error message which went along the lines that QuoteManager was trying to use RPC and had a problem and it was going to restart the system in so many seconds. Without any option to cancel it! I didn't get the chance to do anything before it shutdown.
After reloading, I went back into MC and all my workspaces had charts that wouldn't display properly. Also, the positions had all changed. Instead of the structured layout I had they were all just stacked up.
The chart windows that didn't display properly were basically empty windows which just showed what was underneath. Similar to what you sometimes get when an application hangs. You could move them around though but nothing else except delete them.
I would have contacted support except it was over the weekend. In the end I recreated all the workspaces and it's been alright since. Although I have given up on the imported data.
Hope that makes sense although I dare say there probably isn't enough to go on unless I can recreate the original hang.
Last edited by sparkz on 05 Jun 2007, edited 1 time in total.
Is the implication here that one cannot copy a window within the same workspace?Please go to File->Copy window, then create another workspace and paste this window (File->Paste), or you can use Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V.
I hope not ...
We need to be able to copy any window, completely, and paste it anywhere.
Can this be done?