Read foreign ticker in another database

AFL Programming
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I would like to access a ticker from another database in Amibroker using AFL.

The AFL function foreign() can only access foreign ticker in current database. https://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/foreign.html

However, I would like to access a foreign ticker in another database, preferably using AFL. This ticker is actually a composite ticker. Can this be done?

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You can only access symbols in the current database.

So you should move that data you want to access to current database. It is just a file. You can copy it with Windows explorer to appropriate folder http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_workspace.html The only thing to watch for is that if you move data files you should delete broker.master file so it gets recreated next time you load database.

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Recently, I tried to copy a single file representing a stock index to another database.

This is what I did.

  1. Copy file from source to destination
Source file: C:/AmiB/Futures-db/_/.STI
Destination file: C:/AmiB/Singapore-db/_/.STI
  1. Delete broker.master from C:\AmibrokerDB\Singapore-db\

After doing the above steps, I tried to look for symbol .STI in amibroker database but could not find it.

I am using Metastock data plugin. Could this be the source of the problem?