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[User Discussion] - MultiSelection off studies - studies >> add custom study >> add study

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[2018-02-20 06:07:12] #1 [Go To First Post]
User553714 - Posts: 184
Can you please add the ability to select multiple studies when using >> studies >> add custom study >> add study; I have tried ctrl, shift, alt while selecting but there dosn't seem to be a way to select multiple studies? This may sound trivial but I constantly select 5-7 custom studies and this can be quite time consuming especially after repeated builds of custom studies during the debugging process. Regards

[2018-02-20 07:50:45] #2 [Go To First Post]
JoseyWales - Posts: 67
I too wouldn't mind this feature, but in the meantime you could create a Study Collection on the Chart Studies Dialog. Select prompt to remove existing studies and click save all. Then on a chart go to the Menubar->Analysis->(Study Collection name) and it will prompt to remove existing studies. If you select no, then the studies you created in the study collection will be added to your chart, preserving former studies. A link to the documentation for Study Collections: Study Collections And as for debugging custom studies, just create the chart with the custom studies you are testing, save the chartbook, and go to Global Settings->General Settings-> add the chartbook to files to open on startup. Thats how I do it.

[2018-02-20 08:12:41] #3 [Go To First Post]
User553714 - Posts: 184
Thanks for your suggested workarounds. I have tried the studies collection but found that problematic with picking up changes to rebuilt dll files. I usually have the chartbook auto load on a restart but I can change that habit. Reloading the chartbook manually on a restart with the studies pre-installed should work as I think that will force a fresh reload of new build dll files; I would usually manually re-apply the studies to a chart to ensure the new build dll files are applied but reloading the chartbook should achieve the same (I think). Thanks for your help which is much appreciated.

[2018-02-21 02:27:35] #4 [Go To First Post]
JoseyWales - Posts: 67
You're right, study collections save additional settings like input settings and color/line thickness that makes it impractical for testing custom ACSIL studies. Not sure if you know but you can double click on a study to add it to save you from having to click add.

[2018-02-21 03:10:39] #5 [Go To First Post]
User553714 - Posts: 184
Thanks JW... the double clicking will help! I did however confirm again this morning that opening up a chartbook with custom studies already added will not reflect all the changes made in a recent rebuild DLL file. The only way to ensure that minor code changes in rebuild DLL files take effect requires you to add the custom studies to a chart after every DLL rebuild, if you have sc.FreeDLL = 0, which most of mine do due to performance gains, then you also need to re-start SC. Unless SCeng find the time to add the feature of adding multiple custom studies at a time I will keep double clicking away. Thanks again for the suggestion since at least it helps.

[2018-02-21 03:29:11] #6 [Go To First Post]
JoseyWales - Posts: 67
There's also Recalculate(Ctrl+Insert) and Reload and Recalculate (Shortcut: Insert) under Menubar->Chart. Not sure if that could help.

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