Audible alert when simple condition trigerred

[skiguy]

I have a custom indictor that draws a circle on a bar when a condition is met.

Now I would like to add an audible alert when the condition is met.

When the condition is satisfied:

DrawText("tag01"+CurrentBar, true, "l", 0, ((High[0] + Low[0])/2), 0, Color.DarkGreen, new Font("Wingdings", 40), StringAlignment.Center, Color.DarkGreen, Color.DarkGreen, 0);

Works perfectly.

To play the alert can I just add?
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert1.wav");

I have confirmed the wav file exists in that location.

so the code wld be:

condition code......

DrawText("tag01"+CurrentBar, true, "l", 0, ((High[0] + Low[0])/2), 0, Color.DarkGreen, new Font("Wingdings", 40), StringAlignment.Center, Color.DarkGreen, Color.DarkGreen, 0);

PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert1.wav");

is that all I need to add?

[skiguy]

it wld seem not as I have audible alerts firing all the time. Not sure what they are triggered by.

I only want the sound to be triggered when the condition is met.

NB: That was after I added the
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert1.wav");

line to the code

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello skiguy,

Thanks for your posts.

You will want to tie the two actions together with the condition, so your structure would look like:

if (your conditions are true)
{
// do action 1 - draw text on chart
DrawText("tag01"+CurrentBar, true, "l", 0, ((High[0] + Low[0])/2), 0, Color.DarkGreen, new Font("Wingdings", 40), StringAlignment.Center, Color.DarkGreen, Color.DarkGreen, 0);
// do action 2 - play sound file
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert1.wav");
}

The use of the {} contain all of the actions to be performed if the condition is true. This could be one action or several actions as long as they are within the braces {}

[skiguy]

Thanks Paul. I made that change and will test. Compiled without errors.

I used {} as you provided but I was wondering if it needs to specifically be {} or would () also work.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello skiguy,

Thanks for your post.

In the context of an "if" statement, it may be helpful to think of the "()" as defining the extent of the question and the "{}" as containing all of the actions to perform if the result of the question is true. You would not be able to use "()" is place of "{}" and vice-versa.

References:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...sic_syntax.htm

http://li153-236.members.linode.com/...harp/index.php

[skiguy]

Thanks for the further clarification and additional info. Very helpful.

Hello skiguy,

Thanks for your post.

In the context of an "if" statement, it may be helpful to think of the "()" as defining the extent of the question and the "{}" as containing all of the actions to perform if the result of the question is true. You would not be able to use "()" is place of "{}" and vice-versa.

References:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/?basic_syntax.htm

http://li153-236.members.linode.com/...harp/index.php