SetOption in AFL vs Analysis Settings in tabs

AmiBroker
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Hello,

I'm looking for answers to my questions on the forum regarding the hierarchy/preference between the settings that are set in the AFL vs. what we select manually in the Analysis Settings tab of Bactester.

  1. Should I put the settings in the AFL code or should I select them in the Analysis Settings tabs? What does this depend on and is it better to do it in one place or another?

  2. Is there a "SetOption" for each of the many options that can be manually set from each "Analysis Settings" tab?:
    General (from Periodicity to Account margin)
    Trades (from Scenario to Cover delay)
    Stops (from Scenario to Re-entry delay)
    Report (from TRade List to warn before running)
    Portfolio (from Max. Open Positions to Custom backtest procedure path)
    Walk-Forward (from Easy mode to step)
    Monte Carlo (from Enable Monte Carlo simulation to Use negative numbers fro Drawdown)

  3. Will the preference always be what is set in the AFL (Setting in Code vs Settings in the UI) or in some cases, will the preference be what is manually selected in the Analysis Settings tabs?

In short, when I am going to create an AFL, I always have doubts about where to put the settings for the backtester, if I am putting the SetOption correctly in the code or if I should check the Analysis Settings tabs so that they are the same.

Thank you very much

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