getSymbol() on Playback

[dgerdes]

I am trying to add some smarts to my EFS to change its default parameters based on which market it is being run against. The obvious method to determine the market symbol is to call getSymbol()

I can then set up a switch or whatnot to configure parameters given that information.

But this method fails miserably during Tick Playback as getSymbol() returns the string "$PLAYBACK"

Wouldn't it be better to NOT do that?
We have isPlayBackMode() to tell us about the playback status.

So either this is a bug or a feature and I'm requesting it be corrected, or perhaps there is some other way I can determine the current symbol?

Tick files store the symbol w/in them, so there should be no reason that information is not made available at playback.


thanks


Attached is a sample EFS which shows the problem. It displays the return from getSymbol() in the title. (I'm not sure if this works pre 7.91 or not. ymmv)

[dgerdes]

once again, attach didn't work.

will try again, not that you need it...

[ACM]

dgerdes
That is not a bug. getSymbol() returns the symbol that is plotted on the chart and $PLAYBACK is the symbol used by the eSignal application to plot data streamed by the Tick Replay module.
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Alex

[dgerdes]

enhancement request has been submitted.

Thanks

[perfectinglife]

Sorry to be dense, but, I don't follow.

At this time is there any way to tell what the actual symbol is during playback mode?

[eSignal_JasonK]

No, not at this time. To request an enhancement to EFS to accomplish this please feel free to send another request to [email protected].