DrawText()

[JerryWar]

Using DrawText() with Barsago to set the x position. Is there a way to Reposition/DrawText
again without having to remember the Color etc. that was used. I am able to recompute the Tag that was used for the DrawObject of interest so possibly the The color and other attibutes of the object could be read before drawing. Or do I have to just create an array of variables for all this stuff.

thanks
Jerry

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Jerry,

Thank you for your note.

If I'm following you, you can change the DrawText() placement by changing the BarsAgo and using the same tag name for the first instance.

[JerryWar]

Ninjatrader_Cal,

I did not think that Drawtext[] had an overload method which took only two arguments. Tag and Barsago, So on your suggestion I tried it. It doesn't. So I think your not following me. I don't want to have to recompute the color, background, opacity etc. for each object I want to move. I know calling DrawText again with the same Tag and different Barsago will move the object. However, How do you get around having to either remember or recompute all the other variables used at the initiation of the DrawObject in order to move it without changing it.

Jerry

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Jerry,

It does not have two overloads. You will need to reference the same line of code for the first placement as you would in the second. You can Copy and paste the first line that it is written and change the BarsAgo in the second one.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[JerryWar]

Jerry,

It does not have two overloads. You will need to reference the same line of code for the first placement as you would in the second. You can Copy and paste the first line that it is written and change the BarsAgo in the second one.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

NinjaTrader_Cal

Your not answering my question, I have explained that all those other variables in the line your talking about copying have changed. So in order to execute that line properly
to move the text without changing it all those variables would need to be "example" read back from the DrawObject to properly execute the draw Statement. Is there a way to read back those parameters ?

Jerry

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Jerry,

I think we getting lost here.

Let me give you an example of what you can do here.

Let's say that the you draw the line using the below -

DrawLine("myTag",  10, Low[0], 0. High[0], Color.Black);

Now we move on a couple bars and want to change the look back for the bars ago in the first property, 10. We will call the same line as above but change the 10 value

DrawLine("myTag",  15, Low[0], 0. High[0], Color.Black);

By using the same tag name it will grab the first draw object and redraw it with the updated values.



Let me know if this makes more sense.

[JerryWar]

Cal,

And that does not work because when the second Draw is done we don't know what color it was drawn with unless we either remember it or can read it back from the draw object which the question I keep asking but you seem unwilling to answer.

Jerry

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Jerry,

I think I see what you are saying now.

Let me try this approach, if it is not what you are looking for let me know and I'll consulate with some colleagues.

You would want to create an IDrawObject here or an ILine object more specifically.

This will allow you to get and set the values with having to call the entire DrawLine() method again.

Example -

OnBarUpdate()
{
     ILine myLine = DrawLine("myTag",  10, Low[0], 0. High[0], Color.Black);

     myLine.StartBarsAgo = 15;
}

You can reference myLine at any point in the script to change these values.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...html?iline.htm

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[JerryWar]

Assuming this works for DrawText() as well this is Exactly what I was looking for. Although it requires rewriting all my DrawText(). In the end it will be more efficient without a lot of overhead code to remember and or recompute variables.

Thanks
Jerry

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Jerry,

With text, use the IText object -
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...html?itext.htm

[koganam]

Cal,

And that does not work because when the second Draw is done we don't know what color it was drawn with unless we either remember it or can read it back from the draw object which the question I keep asking but you seem unwilling to answer.

Jerry

If you use an IDrawObject, you can always query its properties.

More usually, I write a new method that calls the Draw...() method that I want to use. This method gets passed only the parameters that I will be changing. I call the Draw...() method with the invariant parameters fixed, and the other parameters assigned from what was passed in the calling signature.

[JerryWar]

If you use an IDrawObject, you can always query its properties.

More usually, I write a new method that calls the Draw...() method that I want to use. This method gets passed only the parameters that I will be changing. I call the Draw...() method with the invariant parameters fixed, and the other parameters assigned from what was passed in the calling signature.

I didn't understand quite how you do this. So I did a bit of searching. Are you using params in the argument list ?

[JerryWar]

Cal
Yes , I got that from the link you posted before that.

J~

[koganam]

I didn't understand quite how you do this. So I did a bit of searching. Are you using params in the argument list ?

Not quite what I meant here, but one could of course do so for extreme flexibility, in which case one would set defaults inside the method, and call the base Draw...() method using those local variables to override whatever is passed in the calling signature for the custom method.

An example would probably make it clearer, so here goes.

		private void CustomDrawText(string strTag, string strText, int barsAgo, double yValue)
		{
			using (Font drawFont = new Font("Arial", 10.0f))
			DrawText(strTag, true, strText, barsAgo, yValue, 10, Color.Black, drawFont, StringAlignment.Near, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0); 
			return;
		}

Now you need to specify only 4 parameters, in this case. You can cut that down by simply following the scheme of what to make invariant in the base Draw() call. Needless to say, you can create multiple overrides using different numbers of parameters.

[JerryWar]

Koganam,
Its not what I thought you meant. Its pretty close to what I do now that is not flexible enough. So I guess I move to IText so I can just change individual elements.

Thanks,
J~