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 Joined: 9/18/2004
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 | As of build 142: 
 
 Chart Changes: 
    Rules renamed to Conditions Indicators that reference      other indicators can now be saved without needing to save the chart Conditions that reference      other indicators/conditions can now be saved without needing to save the      chart Market Indicators can now be      saved directly without needing to save the chart Redesigned Condition Builder Redesigned Indicator      editor.  New Universal Add      Indicator/Condition button Removed old Add Rule Button Conditions on the bubble bar      can be used to quickly paint price, sort by or both. Combining Conditions into a      combo condition will now remove the combined conditions from the bubble      bar.Conditions no longer need to      remain on the chart to be used in the WatchList for sorts/scans. This      reduces the overall number of conditions on the bubble bar Conditions no longer need to      remain on the chart to be used in painting indicators. This reduces the      overall number of conditions on the bubble bar Removing an indicator that      is used in a condition or another indicator (difference, market indicator)      will no longer remove the item that is using it.Removing an indicator or      condition from the chart will no longer remove any WatchList columns that      were linked to itRemoved some chart buttons      that were redundant and cleaned up interface Drawing tools in the      price chart are now saved by symbol (IE they're global) and no longer      saved on the chart itself.   Drawing Tool Changes 
    Drawing tools in the price      chart are now saved by symbol (IE they're global) and no longer saved on      the chart itself.New Drawing Toolbar - Open by      default on new layouts and chartsDrawing Button now has new      drop down menuCTL+T will  toggle drawings on/offCTL_D toggles drawing a      trendlineEsc key will now clear the      active drawing toolDrawing tools now have a set      as default link to set a default value for each toolRight-Click on the chart will      now clear the active drawing toolDrawing tools now show a      context menu on right clickDrawing tools no longer show      the editor on left clickUsing a drawing tool while      the drawings are hidden will now show the tools   True Markers 
    CTL-Click on a condition      bubble will now toggle a true marker on/offNew Marker icon on condition      bubble when marker is activeNew Display Options menu on      conditions to control hash marks, arrows, image markers and other      condition display optionsAdded a hover mode for      hashmark legendAdded a checkbox on the      hashmark editor to always show the legendTrue markers now scale with      the zoomTrue markers now default to      their last used settingAdded marker option and alt      click option to click options dialogAdded show true markers and      edit    Paint Schemes and Conditional Coloring   
    Conditions can now be      combined in to savable entities called Paint SchemesPaint Schemes can be applied      to any indicator on a chartUpdating a Paint Scheme       in your library will update all indicators that use that Paint SchemeRedesigned Paint Scheme      editor.New Paint Scheme button for      the Price history indicator to quickly change the active Paint Scheme on      priceConditions on the chart can      now be applied directly to price history by clicking on them   WatchList Changes   
    Filters removed, replaced      with savable WatchList ScansYou can now scan your      WatchList on saved conditionsScan conditions can be set to      multiple Bar IntervalsNew Sort Drop down for easy      WatchList sorting.New sorting from Indicators      for easy WatchList sortingCondition Lights now sort by      bars in a row, to bars since trueNew Unlinking of Linked items      (columns, conditions) to keep data around after the source is removed (set      via the column header or by removing the linked item source)Unlinked WatchList columns      can have their own bar interval ( set via the header right click menu).Each column now supports it's      own Update frequency instead of a WatchList wide setting  (set via      the header right click menu).   -Improves StockFinder      performance.Each column now supports it's      own Sort Frequency to determine how often to re-sort  (set via the      header right click menu). - Improves StockFinder performance.The Sorted column now has a      shaded background color. This color can be edited from the WatchList      propertiesColumns that are created by      the sort pull-down or by sorting from an chart indicator/condition will be      replaced by the next sorted itemThe sort column can be      repositioned by dragging/dropping to a new locationWhen applying a scan or sort,      the WatchList will jump to the top symbol of the listBackspace key will now go      back to the previous symbol. This can be used more than once to continue      going back in history.New Add Column button will      load a column for any Library Indicator or Condition without needing to      load it on the Chart.Added a tooltip for the      Active WatchList, Scan and Sort to see the full name when partially hiddenCompany Name and Exchange can      now be toggled for the symbol column on the column header       right-click menu.   RealCode   
    RealCode can now reference      indicators from the Library (including your own saved indicators/RealCode)      and no longer need to have the indicator loaded into a chart. This will      reduce the overall number of indicators on a chartRealCode can now reference      conditions from the Library (including your own saved conditions/RealCode)      and no longer need to have the condition loaded into a chart. This will      reduce the overall number of conditions on a chartRealCode now has a context      variable available  to determine information about the context in      which it is executing. This allows you to find out information about a      Market Index calculation (number of symbols in the list, first/last      symbol)  or information about the Chart (Start/End dates, number of      bars visible)Added PCF like syntax for      child calculations:  AVG, AVGO,AVGH,AVGL,AVGC,XAVG,XAVGH..., STOC -      these can be used on Price, Volume or any imported indicator.RealCode that references      indicators or conditions on a chart can now be saved without having to      save the chart    BackScanner   
    Fixed the Symbol Equity line      on short sales to match the results table   General Program Changes   
    You can now change the active      WatchList by simply typing the WatchList name (ala jump to symbol) Redesigned many      open/load dialogs to use a new Task/Recent/Library drop down.Added News and Data sheet as      toggle buttons to the toolbarNews now loads under the      WatchListClicking on a news story will      now open the article in it's own window.New Minute data bank -       Intraday scanning has increased  5 fold.General context menu changes      and clean up.Removed the Blocks.com      bloggingRemoved CNN and Bloomberg TV.Users can now create and save      their own browsers. It supports URLs with the active symbol tag {sym} to      load stock specific web pages.StockFinder will show scan      and sort progress on the Task bar in Windows 7 
 Ken Gilb (Kuf)
 Chief Software Engineer - Worden Brothers Inc.
 Try/Catch - My RealCode Blog
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	| Registered User Joined: 8/10/2008
 Posts: 30
 
 | Kuf, 
 When is 5.0 going from Beta to a Full release?  Would you recommend upgrading now?
 
 Thanks,
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	| Registered User Joined: 10/7/2004
 Posts: 37
 
 | It is now March 16th.  How close are we to a full release?  I have limited disk space thanks to Microsoft and don't feel I can run both.  Any information would be helpful.  Not trying to pin down an exact date. Maui Trader
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