possible to draw a Line from drawing Tools but with Draw.Line and not with SharpDX

[artson]

Hi,

I'm with my drawing tool......

I want to draw some lines, but with Draw.Line, like in an indicator.
Why?
Because:
- I don't need to create the points with SharpDX vectors
- I can create as many lines as needed with iterations:
Draw.Line(this,"ln1"+i.ToString(), false,....... // where "i" is increasing
I don't know how many lines I will need to create

I try to use the Draw.Line sentence like in an indicator,
Draw.Line(this, "ln1"+i.ToString(), false, PivotTime[1], PivotPr[1], PivotTime[2], PivotPr[2], Brushes.DarkGreen,DashStyleHelper.Solid, 1);
but I get some errors:
- I get an error in the "this"
- I get an error in the DateTime parameters, as Ninja tries to get there an integer


Is it possible to use Draw.Line in this manner?

Thanks!

[cincai]

you can refer link below :

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?draw_line.htm

[artson]

Thanks cincai,

This is what I tried with
Draw.Line(this, "ln1"+i.ToString(), false, PivotTime[1], PivotPr[1], PivotTime[2], PivotPr[2], Brushes.DarkGreen,DashStyleHelper.Solid, 1);
but I get some errors:
- I get an error in the "this"
- I get an error in the DateTime parameters, as Ninja tries to get there an integer

Later, I tried it with "RenderTarget.DrawLine" and I got it!
I could create the points and vectors as arrays, so that I had enough of them.

But maybe there is still a way of using "Draw.Line" in a drawing tool.....

[cincai]

how you initialize PivotTime[1] ??

At the same time, can you screenshot the error ?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello artson,

Thank you for your post.

I see you stated in post #3 that you were able to accomplish your goal using RenderTarget.DrawLine.

Draw methods such as Draw.Line should not be called from a Drawing Tool. Only SharpDX methods should be used in your drawing tool such as RenderTarget.DrawLine. Please see the documentation linked below for more information about RenderTarget.DrawLine and SharpDX.

RenderTarget.DrawLine - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t_drawline.htm

SharpDX - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._reference.htm

Also, please note that Drawing Tools cannot be hosting scripts and we would not use barsAgo indexing in a drawing tool.

Let us know if you have further questions.