[MAS-discuss] Adding custom indicator to GUI

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Hi everyone!

I've a strange problem adding a custom indicator to the Java GUI.
Maybe there's someone out there, who has the same troubles... and maybe
she's/he's a little bit wiser than me :-)

Case 1
- installed MAS 1.6.6q on Windows XP Pro
- created simple new indicator called "Philipp" (SMA 20)
- added new indicator to .ma_clientrc as described in the FAQ (keep file in UNIX-format, etc)
- started the server in file-mode
- started command-line client, indicator works fine
- started GUI client, indicator not displayed under "Indicators"

Case 2
- tried the same with MAS 1.6.6r on Windows XP Pro
- in this case i started the server in web-mode (retr from Yahoo) - works perfect!
- started command-line client, indicator works fine
- started GUI client, indicator not displayed under "Indicators"

Case 3
- installed MAS 1.6.6q on Linux (SuSE Linux 9.0)
- created same new indicator called "Philipp" (SMA 20) on Linux server
- started the server in file-mode
.....and now it's getting interesting......
- started GUI client on Windows XP-Client mentioned in Case 1 & 2 and connected
 to the MAS server running on the Linux box
- indicator "Philipp" is displayed under "Indicators"!!!

Now my humble question: in all 3 cases the Java GUI reads the same .ma_clientrc on the
Windows-client - why new indicator is only displayed correct, when connecting over the
network to the Linux server???

Local attempts are still failing (MAS server & client on same WinXP machine)
I didn't change .ma_clientrc between the tests.

Any help would be appreciated - thankx a lot!
Philipp