Plotting Text

[koganam]

I have long been frustrated with DrawText(). The Help sections DrawText() section includes this sample...

DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);

If I put that into an indicator under OnBarUpdate I get nothing drawn.

So I tried your example:

DrawText("Shooting Star" + CurrentBar, false, "SS", 0, High[0] + 3, 0, Color.Black, new Font("Arial", 10, FontStyle.Bold), StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Yellow, 5) ;
And still get nothing. It should run everytime OnBarUpdate runs.... but I get no text drawn.

The reference code example, Indicator: Drawing unique objects and objects that update, says in its discription that it includes DrawText(), but it doesn't... it only has examples for DrawTriangle() etc.

I really need to figure out how to use DrawText() as DrawTextFixed() is so limited.

Why will even the example youhave given cut and pasted into my indicator not draw?

That should draw. It sounds like something else is wrong with your indicator. Are there any messages in the log?

[Crassius]

I got it plotting Koganam... it was plotting all along, just so high I couldn't see it. The currency is trading at 1.34XX and the drawing was set to be 3 above the bar, not .0003.

Thanks for the help.. hope this thread helps more in the future.