Parameter Tooltips

AFL Programming
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The Amibroker Feedback section includes a 2008 (http://www.amibroker.com/members/feedback/view_bug.php?bug_id=1638) and a 2012 request for Parameter Tooltips (http://www.amibroker.com/members/feedback/view_bug.php?bug_id=2346).

I am wondering if there is currently any capability in AFL for defining param tooltips in AFL that appear when the mouse hovers over a parameter’s description.

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certainly possible, I also did some code on this but I got the idea from Herman ===>>>

http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/category/afl-programming/gfx-programming/

3

empottasch, Thank you for your response. I could not figure out, from the documentation, how to add a tooltip to an individual Parameter’s description. Any other thoughts?

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ok well, guess I didn’t read your question in detail. You can create your own toolstips but in specific creating parameter window tooltips I am not sure.

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There are no per-parameter tooltips. And they are unlikely to appear. In windows list / property controls like that don’t provide per-item tooltips.

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My goal was to provide additional information for each parameter. Since per-parameter tooltips are not a viable option, I found something better!. Essentially, I write my additional information to the Interpretation window. Very convenient! Here is a code snippet for anyone interested.


//****************************************************************
function Commentary(InfoText)
//****************************************************************
{
if( Status("action") == actionCommentary ) 
{
EnableTextOutput(1);
printf(InfoText); 
EnableTextOutput(0);
}
showMACDParamHelp= ParamToggle("Show MACD Parameter Help ","No|Yes",defaultval = 0);

if (showMACDParamHelp AND Status("action") == actionCommentary) 
{
	Commentary("<b>MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence</b>\n"
	           +"Parameter Help\n\n");
	           
	Commentary("<b>\nMACD</b>\n");   
	Commentary("<b>Show MACD Lines:</b>\t" + "Plot the MACD Line and Signal Line\n");
}
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If you are using printf() you don’t need to call EnableTextOutput(True)

EnableTextOutput(False);
printf("test %g", Close ); // this prints to interpretion anyway
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