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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 9, 2019 10:23pm Jan 9, 2019 10:23pm
Hey guys,

Just a quick question where for the life of me, I can't find an answer to. Also keep in mind that I have zero programming skills, so I don't know how to adjust the code, which I think would be another option.
Now to the question. Most custom or default indicators on MT4/5 have an option to change the color on the various settings. I know how to do that. But what if there are two colors options in one input field that are side by side. In the attached screenshot you can see the top input field has a blue and pink option. I can easily adjust one but not the other. I've tried right clicking, left clicking and every other combination, without luck. Basically I want to either blank out both (none) or have them both the same color. I know it will be something simple, but it has me beat. Thanks.
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  • #2
  • Jan 9, 2019 11:19pm Jan 9, 2019 11:19pm
Quoting buff
Hey guys, Just a quick question where for the life of me, I can't find an answer to. Also keep in mind that I have zero programming skills, so I don't know how to adjust the code, which I think would be another option. Now to the question. Most custom or default indicators on MT4/5 have an option to change the color on the various settings. I know how to do that. But what if there are two colors options in one input field that are side by side. In the attached screenshot you can see the top input field has a blue and pink option. I can easily adjust...
Dear buff,

I am not sure if I have come across any that use 2 colours in a single slot, but if you have the mq4 you can try the following:

Go into the editor for the code, and just look for #property indicator_color1 or 2 or 3 .... located in the first few lines of code. Here you can then change it to any other colour if you look it will either say Blue or clrBlue. Or simply delete it if you are sure it is the unwanted colours corresponding to the lines.

Otherwise feel free to post a copy of the trouble indicator and I cna make the change for you

Best Regards,
Tzamo
"Work hard, put in the effort, and follow your dreams..." -Me
  • #3
  • Jan 9, 2019 11:28pm Jan 9, 2019 11:28pm
Thanks for the quick response tzamo and your offer to help.
It is actually a MT5 indicator and I have attached the source code below. So not sure if you have those skills.
Ideally, I would like to remove one of the colors and just have one color only as I don't really need to know which way it is sloping.
So this would then give me a choice of no color at all by selecting 'none' in the color box, or just one color if I chose to go down that path.
I hope that made sense. Cheers.
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File Type: ex5 tma_centered_bands_mtf_2.ex5   25 KB | 495 downloads
JAGfx
  • #4
  • Jan 10, 2019 12:14am Jan 10, 2019 12:14am
Quoting buff
Thanks for the quick response tzamo and your offer to help. It is actually a MT5 indicator and I have attached the source code below. So not sure if you have those skills. Ideally, I would like to remove one of the colors and just have one color only as I don't really need to know which way it is sloping. So this would then give me a choice of no color at all by selecting 'none' in the color box, or just one color if I chose to go down that path. I hope that made sense. Cheers. {file}
Dear buff,
That one is .ex5 which can not be edited, do you have the .mq5 ?

I know the mt4 version of the indi

Kind Regards,
Tzamo
"Work hard, put in the effort, and follow your dreams..." -Me
  • #5
  • Jan 10, 2019 4:36am Jan 10, 2019 4:36am
My apologies Tzamo. That's probably why I went and had a three hour sleep in the middle of the day as I wasn't concentrating well enough. Now I am up, I can see that I sent your the wrong indicator. Well it was the right indicator, just the wrong file. Checking my records, I don't actually have the .mq5 file for this particular version of it. This being the multi time frame version. But I will make an effort to track it down.

I have attached a a .mq5 file for a similar version that has the same dual colors but does not include the multi time frame feature (which I need). But if you could modify the code on that version, that would be appreciated. Here, when I do track down the correct source code, I should just be able to compare the coding and modify it myself. Sorry about the confusion there.

In the meantime, it would be great if someone just knew the trick to adjusting these dual colors in the color field. That would be the simple solution. Cheers.
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File Type: mq5 tma_centered_bands.mq5   7 KB | 550 downloads
JAGfx
  • #6
  • Last Post: Jan 10, 2019 9:33pm Jan 10, 2019 9:33pm
Quoting buff
My apologies Tzamo. That's probably why I went and had a three hour sleep in the middle of the day as I wasn't concentrating well enough. Now I am up, I can see that I sent your the wrong indicator. Well it was the right indicator, just the wrong file. Checking my records, I don't actually have the .mq5 file for this particular version of it. This being the multi time frame version. But I will make an effort to track it down. I have attached a a .mq5 file for a similar version that has the same dual colors but does not include the multi time frame...
Dear buff,

You can do the following to remove the 2nd colour box.
Change the following:
Inserted Code
#property indicator_type1   DRAW_COLOR_LINE
#property indicator_color1  clrLimeGreen,clrPaleVioletRed

to:
Inserted Code
#property indicator_type1   DRAW_COLOR_LINE
#property indicator_color1  clrLimeGreen

Best Regards,
Tzamo
"Work hard, put in the effort, and follow your dreams..." -Me
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