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[Ian]

Is the dragging of columns to where you want them working in this version ?
As soon as I change markets the columns move back to where they were before I dragged them about.

[GaryRussell]

It's supposed to be working and is working on my development PC. If you select "Restore standard grid column layout" from the options menu and then re-order them does it make any difference?

[Ian]

No difference, it's definitely not working here.

[GaryRussell]

I will investigate.

[GaryRussell]

Is it also failing to remember other settings. eg. preset stakes?

[Ian]

All the other settings appear to be OK .

[kiint]

Hi,

Noticed a wee problem this morning. I had the same market open in two tabs. I turned off auto refresh on the first tab and it also stopped the second tab from refreshing as well even though the box was checked.

Apart from that, all seems good.

Cheers,
Kiint

It's because both tabs share the same requests. I didn't think of this scenario. I will fix it.

Cheers Gary.
I sort of guessed that it might be something like that.

Kiint

[GaryRussell]

I have uploaded a new build which fixes the following problems.

1) Column re-ordering and re-sizing not being remembered.

2) New feature that shares prices/bets requests between multiple tabs displaying the same market was causing issues when changing to a new market. It was still attempting to share the requests and overwriting the bets from one market with another.

3) Possible fix for problem reported by osknows where bottom of grid is sometimes obscured with a black band.

4) 1) Fixed bug where application freezing when displaying chart on Soccer total goals market.

Please uninstall and re-install from the link below.
http://www.gruss-software.co.uk/Betting ... _Beta2.msi

[GaryRussell]

Here's am updated summary of what's new in this Beta.

1. Improved standard grid update performance. It now uses about half the CPU.

2. When you click the selection name of a new bet in My Bets it places the bet. This is now optional. Click the options button underneath the My Bets button and untick “Selection name click places bet”

3. Added average traded price column to grid interface.

4. Lay field and back field bets now log “cancel remaining when matched”, tick offset, stop loss and fill or kill settings in transaction log.

5. Added option to add French horse racing markets to quick pick List.

6. Added Excel triggers to load French horse racing markets in quick pick list. Win markets = “-3.27”, place markets = “-3.28”

7. When displaying the same market on separate tab pages it will now use the same price and bet refresh requests from the first tab displaying the market instead of making new requests. This reduces bandwidth and is useful for Excel users who want to run separate triggers on the same market from separate tabs. It only works if each tab has the same refresh rate.

8. Drop down selection list on ladder interface now displays last price matched next to each selection.

9. Fixed bug where application freezing when displaying chart on Soccer total goals market.

10. Added new Excel trigger “CANCEL-ALL-MARKET”. Cancels all unmatched bets for the current market. The bet ref column must contain something to allow the trigger to fire. It does not have to be a valid bet ref so “DUMMY” would work for example.

11. Added optional parameter to COM function placeBet: waitForResult. It is true by default. If false then placeBet does not return a bet reference.
The syntax is now placeBet(selecId:integer,betType:string,odds:double,stake:double,[waitForResult:boolean]): string

[greenfingers]

Hi Gary, I've been using the new multiple tabs / same market functionality quite a bit now and really like the possibilities it opens up. However at the moment I'm having a small issue with a spreadsheet I'm running where a minority of the offset bets are not reaching the market.

There doesn't seem to be any apparent pattern for the offset bets which aren't successfully entering the market from my spreadsheet. I've looked at bet order between the multiple sheets, whether a bet has previously had updated odds, which order it was updated etc and have found examples of ones that have triggered an offset and some that don't.

I have multiple sheets which are triggering bets, using just the TLn modifier, on the same horses. In the trigger cell I have an IF statement which will do 1 of 3 things: either enter a new bet, update existing bet odds (using UPDATE), or cancel it (using "CANCEL" not "CANCEL-ALL" so it won't affect the offset bet or bets triggered by other sheets).

Whenever a triggered bet has the "F" status in MyBets then VBA code clears the bet reference field on the relevant sheet so that a new bet can be triggered when the criteria are met. Could this be the problem? If my code is clearing the bet ref before the offset bet is triggered / or at the same time? What about if the odds are updated on the next refresh after the bet is triggered (i.e. when the bet ref comes back and the offset bet is being triggered)?

Alternatively I am wondering if when the trigger cell is trying to cancel a bet on one sheet whether that conflicts with the trigger that BA is trying to use to trigger the offset bet on another sheet (but for the same horse)?

I'd appreciate any suggestions you have for me to try out doing things differently.

As it is now possible to monitor the market using a pop-up ladder whilst Excel is running, I've noticed that the blue marker in the left-hand column showing where the offset bet will be placed is only ever displayed for a maximum of one bet per horse, never for all the bets that horse, sometimes none. The offset bet is still normally triggered for the bets which don't display the marker anyhow, so this is a small issue. I appreciate this is functionality that wasn't really intended for Excel but maybe you could add it to the ever expanding wish-list?!

[GaryRussell]

When was the last time you installed this version? A problem was discovered affecting updating of bets which could be causing your problems. There was definitely a conflict between sheets. It was fixed on 23rd June. See http://gruss-software.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5014

If you last installed it before 23rd June then please uninstall and re-install and let me know if the problem is resolved.

[greenfingers]

I think I'm on the latest version. I reinstalled from this link http://www.gruss-software.co.uk/Betting ... _Beta2.msi yesterday morning at about 10am and used that version for all the afternoons racing

[GaryRussell]

OK. I will investigate and get back to you.

[GaryRussell]

I haven't found anything yet that could cause tick offsets to be missed. Can you uninstall and re-install. This time I have changed the version number to 1.1.0.66x2. This time I can be absolutely sure you are using the latest build. If the problem happens again then can you send me the log file named BA_Diagnostic.txt in "c:\temp\Betting Assistant Logs". Please email it to admin@gruss-software.co.uk

[greenfingers]

OK, thanks Gary. I will re-install and try again today.

Do you think any of the scenarios I mentioned with regard to when my code clears the bet ref etc could be the cause?