Enact Drawing Tool Rectangle

[trader3419]

I have been looking for how to enact the drawing tool for a rectangle from within an indicator, but have it attached to the indicator and control over the drawing template

ChartControl.TryStartDrawing("NinjaTrader.NinjaScr ipt.DrawingTools.Rectangle");

I have used that line of code, but it just draws a normal rectangle attached to the chart/instrument.

Any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello trader3419, and thank you for your question.

To attach a rectangle to an indicator, you just need to feed values from your indicator into the rectangle's arguments. This code sample should help. Please let us know if there are any other questions we could answer.

We will use this syntax from the help guide.

DrawRectangle(string tag, int startBarsAgo, double startY, int endBarsAgo, double endY, Color color)
DrawRectangle(string tag, bool autoScale, int startBarsAgo, double startY, int endBarsAgo, double endY, Color color, Color areaColor, int areaOpacity)
DrawRectangle(string tag, bool autoScale, DateTime startTime, double startY, DateTime endTime, double endY, Color color, Color areaColor, int areaOpacity)

Code

[FONT=Courier New]int width=3, height=3;[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]DrawRectangle("MyRectangle", -width, Values[0][0], 0, Values[0][0] + height, Color.ForestGreen);[/FONT]

You will want that code at the end of your OnBarUpdate method.

[trader3419]

Thank you Jessica.

Although I want to enact the drawing tool, not just draw the rectangle. How might I do that, while having the rectangle the user draws, attached to my indicator.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

The feature you are describing was a new feature added to NinjaTrader 8. In order to do what you are describing you will need to upgrade to that platform. When you have, these help guide links will have more information.

Programmatically, through NinjaScript, we may use anchors

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/anchors.htm

By hand, we can draw objects on charts and attach them to indicators as well, check out "snap mode"

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/working_with_drawing_tools__ob.htm

[trader3419]

Thanks Jessica.
Awesome Response