Chart Redraw

[Turtle Trader]

Hello,

It appears the chart redraws just when there is a new tick....yes?

I have an indicator that wants to DrawTextFixed on the chart every 1 second (under certain conditions).

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Turtle Trader,

If you script is running on a 1 tick chart, or there is a 1 tick secondary series added to the script, or if the script is running with 'Calculate on bar close' set to false, then the script will update on each tick.

To have a script update once per second, you would need to use a 1 second chart, add a 1 second secondary series, or use C# winform timer (with NinjaTrader 7).
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...v=vs.110).aspx

[Turtle Trader]

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Hi Chelsea,

Yes, I have the indicator that executes DrawTextFixed every second with a winform timer as you indicate.

The problem is this timer goes off every second, but on a slow chart, the ticks are slower, and then the DrawTextFixed (on the panel) is in synch with the ticks and not the (second) timer.

(The DrawTextFixed is being executed every second, but it is only current on the chart panel when a new tick comes in...)

Is there any way to have the DrawTextFixed update the panel immediately when it is executed? That is, every second?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Turtle Trader,

Ah, the Plot method is not being triggered until a tick comes in.

To force the refresh in NT7 use ChartControl.Refresh();.

[Turtle Trader]

perfect

works well...thank you!