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DLL Forum Interest Survey
The purpose of this thread is to determine the level of interest in a "DLL" forum.
I have been using the DLL capability of eSignal efs for the last 9 months.
My original motivation was that the efs version of the studies I use was too slow to allow more than about 6 charts before eSignal slowed to a crawl. By moving the computations to a DLL, I was able to speed up the calculations up by ~100X, so that I now routinely view about 60 charts without any noticable reduction in eSignal speed.
I then discovered that DLL's are incredibly powerful, they can be used to add almost any capability desired to eSignal. For example, I have already implemented the following:
1) Display a user-designed dialog box showing computational results and gathering user input.
2) Switch to any desired time template from efs. I primarily trade futures, and when I change symbols the correct time template (stored in the Registry) is automatically set up, eliminating a major source of errors (for me, anyway).
I have partially completed (expect completion within a week) of the capability to set an advanced chart to a new symbol and/or interval from efs! This will enable, for example, custom scans.
There are many other things that can be done, they require extensive effort by people who are knowledgable in C++ and the WIN32 API.
What I am hoping to do is create a forum of people with the knowledge and ability to tap this capability. We would discuss what's possible (almost anything), what's worth the effort, and divide up the tasks (sort of an eSignal FSF community).
This forum would NOT be intended to teach programming, C++, or the WIN32 API, although mutual assistance is definitely intended. We might, for example, gather our experiences and publish an "eSignal DLL Programming manual" since current documentation is minimal.
If you are interested (and capable of contributing) please respond to this post; if there is enough interest I will set up a forum.
I have been using the DLL capability of eSignal efs for the last 9 months.
My original motivation was that the efs version of the studies I use was too slow to allow more than about 6 charts before eSignal slowed to a crawl. By moving the computations to a DLL, I was able to speed up the calculations up by ~100X, so that I now routinely view about 60 charts without any noticable reduction in eSignal speed.
I then discovered that DLL's are incredibly powerful, they can be used to add almost any capability desired to eSignal. For example, I have already implemented the following:
1) Display a user-designed dialog box showing computational results and gathering user input.
2) Switch to any desired time template from efs. I primarily trade futures, and when I change symbols the correct time template (stored in the Registry) is automatically set up, eliminating a major source of errors (for me, anyway).
I have partially completed (expect completion within a week) of the capability to set an advanced chart to a new symbol and/or interval from efs! This will enable, for example, custom scans.
There are many other things that can be done, they require extensive effort by people who are knowledgable in C++ and the WIN32 API.
What I am hoping to do is create a forum of people with the knowledge and ability to tap this capability. We would discuss what's possible (almost anything), what's worth the effort, and divide up the tasks (sort of an eSignal FSF community).
This forum would NOT be intended to teach programming, C++, or the WIN32 API, although mutual assistance is definitely intended. We might, for example, gather our experiences and publish an "eSignal DLL Programming manual" since current documentation is minimal.
If you are interested (and capable of contributing) please respond to this post; if there is enough interest I will set up a forum.
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