Investor/RT can handle a variety of sound file types including .wav, .mp3, and .m4a. To review and preview the current sounds available, visit File > Preferences > Sounds. These sounds may be used in a variety of contexts within Investor/RT including Alarms, Signal Actions within indicators (Reference Lines, Signal Markers, TimeAndSales, etc) and even custom quotepage column rules.
Investor/RT is not fully compatible with the larger font size settings of the Windows operating system. Investor/RT works best with the "Normal" or "Default" text size settings in the display options of the Windows control panel.When larger font sizes are used, certain Investor/RT windows do not display properly or optimally. To adjust, use your Windows search feature to search for Display Settings as shown in this image:
The Startup Manager offers users a variety of troubleshooting tools for interacting with a database that may be damaged.
If you are receiving an error: IRTACTIVE file in use, this is an indication that a Virus Protection software is periodically attempting to scan files that Investor/RT is trying to use. Investor/RT is constantly receiving data and therefore is constantly updating files in its working directory. If a Virus Protection software attempts to scan these files at the same time that Investor/RT is trying to write to them, you will receive this error. The solution is to exclude the following 2 directories from being scanned by your Virus Protection Software:
The RTX C++ SDK has been improved for Version 12.6. One of the improvements will require minor source code changes when you upgrade to Version 12.6 of Investor/RT and build with the latest irtsdk.h SDK. The CPEN data type in Version 12.5 RTX is a C structure containing a pen color, pen width and pen style setting. In 12.6, CPEN is now a C++ class with a proper constructor and methods for working with CPEN instances. Version 12.5 declarations of CPEN looked like this:
Each pane in a multi-pane chart has a chart element menu that is accessed by clicking a hot spot located at the top center of the pane. Click (or right-click) the hot spot and a menu of the elements in the pane appears. The visible instruments and indicators in the menu are checkmarked. Elements listed without a checkmark are presently hidden. Each chart element has its own submenu for selecting, editing, deleting, or revising the visibility state of the element.
Version 12.3 now offers an alternative connection method for direct connectivity of Investor/RT to OEC market data and order execution. The direct method works in an integrated fashion with OEC enabled trading DOM execution software such as OEC Trader, and S5 Trader.
To add or remove holidays from Investor/RT, follow these steps:
Sharing to charthub is no longer supported. Instead, you can export your charts directly to linnsoft.com and make them either private or public using Linnsoft Chartshare.
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