AmiBroker 5.71.0 BETA released

lwhuang

http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2014/03/05/amibroker-5-71-0-beta-released/

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first
A new beta version (5.71.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.
32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5710beta.exe
(2 157 048 bytes)
64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5710x64.exe
(9 317 744 bytes)
If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html
IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members’ only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.
Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.70 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html
CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.71.0 (as compared to 5.70.0)

• AFL: PlotText() now has additional parameter yoffset: PlotText( “text”, x, y, color, bkcolor = colorDefault, yoffset = 0 )
• AFL: PlotTextSetFont( “text”, “fontname”, pointsize, x, y, color, bkcolor = colorDefault, yoffset = 0 )
• ASCII importer: now company address can be imported ($ADDRESS  command and new ADDRESS field in the $FORMAT command)
• ASCII importer: NULL can be specified as date in several date fields such as delisting date, dividend date,etc. This results in date being cleared (unset).
• Charts: Y-axis grid can now be finer than 0.0001 (#125281) – upto 6 decimal digits (0.000001) are displayed when needed
• Charts: Null values in Open/Close fields now disable drawing of open/close ticks in the bar chart (PlotOHLC function)
• UI: Last pane height does not change on window resizing after pane resize anymore.
• New Analysis: in Windows 7 and 8 the progress of scan/backtest/exploration/optimization is also shown in Windows Taskbar, so it is visible even if AmiBroker window is minimized or covered by other windows
• New Analysis: Backtest report settings: added option NOT to include Formula in the report (for security purposes)
• New Analysis: Horizontal scroll bar is refreshed after HTML import
• Prefs: Currency tab, added option “Trade using FX cash conversion” to handle different ways to calculate profits depending on whenever foreign currency is borrowed or cash actualy exchanged
  

KNOWN ISSUES:
For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.71.0 BETA READ ME