Vertical lines at the beginning and end, even though I didn't want them

[yonsi72]

Hi,
I think that since I updated to version 7.00.1, the vertical start and end range lines appear occasionally.

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I don't add them to the charts; they appear automatically and sometimes in the Report Charts as well.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Thank you very much

[Tomasz]

This is old feature. And yes you added them. By double clicking. It is described as everything in the Users Guide. These are range markers. Read beginners charting guide in the manual. It is described what they are and how to display and hide them.

This functionality is 20 years old.

Charting guide

[beppe]

They also appear, without explicitly set them before, when you call the OLE ZoomToRange function passing 2 dates (in this case at the left and right of the chart).

[yonsi72]

Thanks for your replies, but I'm going to try to make a video or somehow capture what's happening.
It's after I do a backtest; these lines appear even in the Report Charts (I know what they are, I don't usually use them).
I don't add them to the charts (I don't double-click) nor do I use that function in the AFL.
They've appeared occasionally, but not always. I'll try to investigate further.

[nsm51]

maybe your are pressing its shortcut F12, sometimes the other function key like print screen/home etc is mapped to it.
Ensure you are not pressing F12 or shift+F12

[yonsi72]

I've attached a short video of one of the things that's happening to me, and I don't think it's normal.

I'm not making those lines appear; I just double-click on the backtest operation log, and they appear on the chart.

Is that normal?

But the strangest thing has been a few times when the Report Charts also had these lines. I don't know how that's possible. An exemple:

[Tomasz]

Range markers, once activated, show up on ALL charts at once. Report chart is also a chart. That is precisely how this should work. The intention is ability to select a range on ALL charts at once to compare different symbols action within same period of time.

This is a FEATURE!!!!

Familiarise with the program and read the docs.

This is not new. It was here for years.

Search for Range Markers in the Release Notes. They were last changed in year of 2006. That is 20 years ago.

[yonsi72]

Dear Tomasz,

Please, I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I don't want those lines to appear on my charts; I don't see how I'm "calling" or activating them.

I choose a system, run the backtest, and when I simply click on one of the trades, these two lines appear on the chart.

And they also appear on the report charts (and I haven't included them in the code).

I'm not pressing F12, nor am I calling OLE functions, but the strangest thing is that it happens sometimes and not others.

I don't want to see those lines on the charts unless I add them myself. What can I do?

Can someone help me?

[Tomasz]

I don’t know what you are doing because I am not sitting next to you but you might be just double clicking on chart and double click marks the range.

[yonsi72]

Hi Tomasz,

Could you please watch the video I made and attached above?

I'm not touching the chart!

These two lines appear when I click (just once) on the trades list. I have to delete them manually, as you can see in the video.

[beppe]

@yonsi72, it might be related to your mouse settings. Check your "Mouse" settings in Control Panel, especially the double-click speed.

[yonsi72]

Thanks beppe, I'm still having the same problem.
It's silly, but it's quite visually annoying.
I don't want those lines to appear!

[mradtke]

FWIW, I have not been able to reproduce this behavior. If you have a second computer (or even a spare pointing device) I would try switching to help rule out a hardware issue of some sort.

[Manas]

After updating to version 7, this green line i am getting on charts whenever I explore and then click on the symbol , how to avoid this green vertical line, I don't want that, it's basically hiding the volume
please help, anyone, thank you

[Manas]

this option to hide vertical quote marker is also not working.
please help
I am not double clicking , only single click , even with down arrow keys to go to next symbol also it still shows.
This is all happening after i updated to version 7

[mradtke]

Check whether you have this option set in your Analysis window by clicking the dropdown arrow next to the Settings icon (wrench and screwdriver).

[Manas]

already unchecked it's not helping

[mradtke]

Try turning it on, select a line from the chart, then turn the option off again. When I first enabled this option, it did not immediately take effect.

[Tomasz]

@Manas:

These are RANGE markers as told in the manual

Charting guide

And version 7 has NEW FEATURE (that you don't know because YOU DID NOT READ THE RELEASE NOTES) and you wrongly assume that it is a "bug" which is NOT.

AmiBroker is marking the range because you told it to do so.

Turn OFF

Also note: changing the option now affects FUTURE, not the past. So it will affect only SUBSEQUENT runs, and SUBSEQUENT selections, not past.
Once range is marked it stays marked until you the range is unmarked by pressing CTRL+F12 (as per instructions Charting guide)

This is a NEW FEATURE THAT was implemented BECAUSE USERS ASKED FOR THIS.

THIS FEATURE marks ENTRY of the trade with GREEN LINE and EXIT of the trade with RED LINE. This are RANGE MARKERS. The RANGE can be later queried by BeginValue and EndValue.

FYI: New feature means that something NEW appears and it is NOT a "bug".

Also "Vertical quote marker" option has NOTHING TO DO with that.
In the manual: Charting guide - they are very clearly described as RANGE MARKERS. Range markers are responsible for BeginValuye and EndValue functions, while "vertical quote marker" is responsible for SelectedValue. These are completely DIFFERENT and UNRELATED THINGS.