Using Time

[suprsnipes]

I'm wondering why the following code is not working. I'm trying to draw text on the bottom left hand side of panel 1 if the current time is between a start and end time.

At the moment this code display these text "Check news" all of the time.

  protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {  
        // If time is between 11:08 AM and 11:10 AM, draw text in the bottom left corner of panel 1    
            if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 110800 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 111000) 
                {
                DrawTextFixed("BoxBottom",("Check news"), TextPosition.BottomLeft, Color.Black, new Font("Arial", 14), Color.Blue, Color.GreenYellow, 7);
                }   
        }

[roonius]

I'm wondering why the following code is not working. I'm trying to draw text on the bottom left hand side of panel 1 if the current time is between a start and end time.

At the moment this code display these text "Check news" all of the time.

  protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {  
        // If time is between 11:08 AM and 11:10 AM, draw text in the bottom left corner of panel 1    
            if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 110800 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 111000) 
                {
                DrawTextFixed("BoxBottom",("Check news"), TextPosition.BottomLeft, Color.Black, new Font("Arial", 14), Color.Blue, Color.GreenYellow, 7);
                }   
        }

After you put the Fixed Text you have to remove it when conditions are no longer met.
RemoveDrawObject("BoxBottom");

[suprsnipes]

Thanks for your reply Roonius, but how do I remove it? And where would I place the code?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Suprsnipes,

Add the snippet below to remove your box when you're not using it. This goes after the last closing bracket } of your if statement.

[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]else[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]{[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]RemoveDrawObject([/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"BoxBottom"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]); [/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT]

[suprsnipes]

Really appreciate the help guys.

This is the code, however, it does not behave as expected...

The "BoxBottom" text still remains.

 protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {            
        // Time between 12:01 PM and 12:03 PM    
            if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 120100 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 120300) 
                {
                DrawTextFixed("BoxBottom","Check news", TextPosition.BottomLeft, Color.Black, new Font("Arial", 14), Color.Blue, Color.GreenYellow, 7);
                }
                    else
                    {
                        RemoveDrawObject("BoxBottom"); 
                    }
        }

[suprsnipes]

Ok, the code is working no problems (I had it on an instrument that wasn't trading any volume)

Thanks alot for your help Roonius and NinjaTrader_RyanM.

Really appreciate the help guys.

This is the code, however, it does not behave as expected...

The "BoxBottom" text still remains.

 protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {            
        // Time between 12:01 PM and 12:03 PM    
            if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 120100 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 120300) 
                {
                DrawTextFixed("BoxBottom","Check news", TextPosition.BottomLeft, Color.Black, new Font("Arial", 14), Color.Blue, Color.GreenYellow, 7);
                }
                    else
                    {
                        RemoveDrawObject("BoxBottom"); 
                    }
        }

[Mindset]

Alternative solution

See here

Produced by Roonius himself - a masterclass in NS - very useful and completely non intrusive

[suprsnipes]

Thanks alot Mindset