MT4 OBJ_VLINE future vertical line

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Hello, Is it possible to draw OBJ_VLINE vertical line in the right empty space of the price ( future bars ) by knowing the date/time only For example current time is 2019.05.17 00:00 and I want a line at 2019.06.04 16:00 Is it possible to draw that line using this information ?

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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                    TestLines.mq4 |
//|                                             Copyright 2019, Alfa |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2019, Alpha"
#property version   "1.00"
#property strict
 
datetime PreTradeDOT, Symb_Chart_Dates, Exit_SymDOT;
string   Exit_SymSymbol = "Exit_Sym", ExitLine = "Exit";
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
//---
    OnTick();
//---
    return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert deinitialization function                                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
//---
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
{
//---Object creation
    ObjectCreate(0, Exit_SymSymbol, OBJ_ARROW_DOWN, 0, Time[0] + Period() * 60 * 40, High[0]);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_COLOR, Red);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 3);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_RAY, false);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_BACK, True);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_NAME, True);
    ObjectSet(Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_TEXT, True);
    ObjectSetText(Exit_SymSymbol, "Exit_SymSymbol", 1);
 
    datetime TimeExit_SymSymbol = (datetime) ObjectGetInteger(0, Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_TIME1);
    string   TxtExit_SymSymbol  = TimeToStr(TimeExit_SymSymbol, TIME_DATE | TIME_SECONDS);
//---
    if (ObjectFind(0, Exit_SymSymbol) == 0) // Object is found on main screen when its ==0
    {
        Exit_SymDOT = (datetime) ObjectGetInteger(0, Exit_SymSymbol, 0, 0);
        //Alert(Exit_SymDOT );
        SaveDates();
    }
    if (ObjectFind(0, ExitLine) != 0)
    {
        ReadDates();
        datetime Symb_Dates = StringToTime(StringSubstr(Symb_Chart_Dates, 0, 16)); // OK
        // TimeToStr(Symb_Chart_Dates, TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES );
       //datetime  Symb_Dates= StringReplace  (Symb_Chart_Dates, ":00;" , ","); NO
      //string Symb_Dates=TimeToStr(Symb_Chart_Dates, TIME_DATE );  NO
 
        Alert(Symb_Dates);
        VLineCreate(0, "VLine", 0, Symb_Dates, clrRed, STYLE_SOLID, 1, false, true, true, true, 0);
 
/*
       // ObjectCreate(0,ExitLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, StringToTime(Symb_Dates), Low[0]);
        ObjectCreate(ExitLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, StringToTime( Symb_Dates), Low[0]);
       // ObjectCreate(vLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, Time[0] + (Symb_Dates-TimeCurrent()) , Low[0]);
        //ObjectCreate( ExitLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, Symb_Dates, 0 );
        ObjectSet(ExitLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, Orange);
        ObjectSet(ExitLine, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
        ObjectSet(ExitLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 3);
        ObjectSet(ExitLine, OBJPROP_RAY, false);
        ObjectSet(ExitLine, OBJPROP_BACK, True);
 */
    }
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//-- Function:  ReadSpread
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void ReadDates()
{
    string fileName = getFileName(1);
    int    file     = FileOpen(fileName, FILE_CSV | FILE_READ);
//--- This is a protection to avoid low spread and also for the expert
//--- if the file has not been created then create a new file
    PreTradeDOT = (datetime) ObjectGetInteger(0, Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_TIME, 0);
    Symb_Chart_Dates    = (datetime) ObjectGetInteger(0, Exit_SymSymbol, OBJPROP_TIME1, 0);
    Exit_SymDOT = (datetime) ObjectGetInteger(0, Exit_SymSymbol, 0, 0);
    int ShiftEntryBar = 10, TradeExit_SymBar = 30;
    if (file <= -1)
    {
        PreTradeDOT = iTime(NULL, 0, 0);
        Symb_Chart_Dates    = Time[0] + Period() * 60 * ShiftEntryBar;
        Exit_SymDOT = Time[0] + Period() * 60 * TradeExit_SymBar;
        SaveDates();
    }
//--- If there is a file then save the spreads
    if (file > 0)
    {
        PreTradeDOT = FileReadNumber(file);
        Symb_Chart_Dates    = FileReadNumber(file);
        Exit_SymDOT = FileReadNumber(file);
        FileClose(file);
    }
}
 
//
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//-- Function:  saveSpread
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void SaveDates()
{
    string fileName = getFileName(1);
    int    file     = FileOpen(fileName, FILE_CSV | FILE_WRITE);
    if (file > 0)
    {
        FileWrite(file, PreTradeDOT, Symb_Chart_Dates, Exit_SymDOT);
        FileClose(file);
    }
}
 
//+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
//--                                   Function:  getFileName
//+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
string getFileName(int FileNo)
{
    string filename;
//--- The spread file will be used for all time frames
    if (FileNo == 1)
        filename = " # " + "Lines" + ".txt";  // spread file
    return(filename);
}
 
 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Create the vertical line                                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool VLineCreate(const long chart_ID = 0,                   // chart's ID
                 const string name = "VLine",               // line name
                 const int sub_window = 0,                  // subwindow index
                 datetime time = 0,                         // line time
                 const color clr = clrRed,                  // line color
                 const ENUM_LINE_STYLE style = STYLE_SOLID, // line style
                 const int width = 1,                       // line width
                 const bool back = false,                   // in the background
                 const bool selection = true,               // highlight to move
                 const bool ray = true,                     // line's continuation down
                 const bool hidden = true,                  // hidden in the object list
                 const long z_order = 0)                    // priority for mouse click
{
//--- if the line time is not set, draw it via the last bar
    if (!time)
        time = TimeCurrent();
//--- reset the error value
    ResetLastError();
//--- create a vertical line
    if (!ObjectCreate(chart_ID, name, OBJ_VLINE, sub_window, time, 0))
    {
        Print(__FUNCTION__,
              ": failed to create a vertical line! Error code = ", GetLastError());
        return(false);
    }
//--- set line color
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_COLOR, clr);
//--- set line display style
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_STYLE, style);
//--- set line width
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_WIDTH, width);
//--- display in the foreground (false) or background (true)
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_BACK, back);
//--- enable (true) or disable (false) the mode of moving the line by mouse
//--- when creating a graphical object using ObjectCreate function, the object cannot be
//--- highlighted and moved by default. Inside this method, selection parameter
//--- is true by default making it possible to highlight and move the object
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_SELECTABLE, selection);
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_SELECTED, selection);
//--- enable (true) or disable (false) the mode of displaying the line in the chart subwindows
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_RAY, ray);
//--- hide (true) or display (false) graphical object name in the object list
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_HIDDEN, hidden);
//--- set the priority for receiving the event of a mouse click in the chart
    ObjectSetInteger(chart_ID, name, OBJPROP_ZORDER, z_order);
//--- successful execution
    return(true);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Thanks Beerrun for the reply but I am looking to use the information I have as date in the future for example its something like that ObjectCreate(vLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, Time[0] + (2019.06.04 16:00-TimeCurrent()) , Low[0]); Or something like that ObjectCreate(vLine, OBJ_VLINE, 0, 2019.06.04 16:00 , Low[0]); The target is to use a specific time in the future " in this case 2019.06.04 16:00 " to create the line in the future , because this is the information I have , but I wasn't able to create this line and I have tried many alternation ( convert to...

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