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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 27, 2011 6:18pm Jan 27, 2011 6:18pm
Is there any way to change the chart background color based on a variable's value.

ie.
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   switch(varValue)
   {
      case 0:/*Change chart background color to light red*/ break;
      case 1:/*Change chart background color to light blue*/ break;
      case 2:/*Change chart background color to white*/ break;
      default:/*Change chart background color to white*/ break;
   }
  • #2
  • Jan 27, 2011 10:10pm Jan 27, 2011 10:10pm
Quoting nondisclosure00
Is there any way to change the chart background color based on a variable's value.
I do not know of a way to do this directly. Depending on your needs, there are workarounds that might work. For example, try the attached indicator. It will change the chart background (at least visually) depending on the current candle.

Red background when close < open.
Blue background when close > open.
Black background when close = open.

There are side effects using this workaround. But it might give you a way of doing what you want.
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  • #3
  • Jan 28, 2011 3:10pm Jan 28, 2011 3:10pm
Theres a lot easier way and that is to draw a box using an
WindowPriceMax() and WindowPriceMin() and from bar
WindowFirstVisibleBar() +1 to Bar[0] as your 4 points put
the box as background. you will need to update it to keep
it current but with just one ObjectSet() you can change
the color at will

Keit


Quoting zznbrm
I do not know of a way to do this directly. Depending on your needs, there are workarounds that might work. For example, try the attached indicator. It will change the chart background (at least visually) depending on the current candle.

Red background when close < open.
Blue background when close > open.
Black background when close = open.

There are side effects using this workaround. But it might give you a way of doing what you want.
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  • #4
  • Jan 28, 2011 3:30pm Jan 28, 2011 3:30pm
Quoting CockeyedCowboy
Theres a lot easier way and that is to draw a box using an
WindowPriceMax() and WindowPriceMin() and from bar
WindowFirstVisibleBar() +1 to Bar[0] as your 4 points put
the box as background. you will need to update it to keep
it current but with just one ObjectSet() you can change
the color at will

Keit
I don't agree that your way is easier. Using 1 text label anchored at the top left corner of the chart, you never have to do anything to it except change the color...it is always there...no need to change anything according to price or visible bars or anything like that.

However, everyone has their own way of doing things. Like I said, there are workarounds (plural)...it's nice for the thread originator to have options.
  • #5
  • Jan 28, 2011 3:50pm Jan 28, 2011 3:50pm
I agree. Thanks everyone for the multiple options!

Quoting zznbrm
I don't agree that your way is easier. Using 1 text label anchored at the top left corner of the chart, you never have to do anything to it except change the color...it is always there...no need to change anything according to price or visible bars or anything like that.

However, everyone has their own way of doing things. Like I said, there are workarounds (plural)...it's nice for the thread originator to have options.
  • #6
  • Jan 28, 2011 7:27pm Jan 28, 2011 7:27pm
for those who didn't know (like me) what the webdings were, here's a chart: http://www.purplehell.com/riddletool...dingschart.htm
  • #7
  • Edited 9:55am Jan 29, 2011 9:38am | Edited 9:55am
Quoting zznbrm
I don't agree that your way is easier. Using 1 text label anchored at the top left corner of the chart, you never have to do anything to it except change the color...it is always there...no need to change anything according to price or visible bars or anything like that.

However, everyone has their own way of doing things. Like I said, there are workarounds (plural)...it's nice for the thread originator to have options.


Your quite right theres many ways to go about doing things.

One note on your method, the name you choose to call the label will have some unforseen results. If I may seggest, you may want to add a sereis of zeros, (as in, 0000yourname) in front of your name. MT uses the name to set the graphic lays. they convert the nameing into the character ascii set. The lower you name the sooner it will be displayed. Numbers come before letters.

Why do I seggest this? If you have any other graphics displayed on the screen that are lower then the name given this routine, they will not be visable as your going to cover them as well.


Keit

edit[better yet, would be a series of ' !!!! ' as they are the lowerest ASCII code (except for a space) that will asure that your back ground will be applied first and not cover anything else that may be added]
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  • #8
  • Jan 29, 2011 9:49am Jan 29, 2011 9:49am
Quoting nondisclosure00
for those who didn't know (like me) what the webdings were, here's a chart: http://www.purplehell.com/riddletool...dingschart.htm

If you look for a program on your computer called 'CHARMAP.EXE' it can display all the different character set that are on your computer. It is located in your ' windows/system32/charmap.exe ' directory*(FF does not allow a back shash to be printed so used forward shashes). make yourself a short cut. and when your looking for something special this will display samples to all the font you currently have available. You can download many more but if your programing something for general use its best to stay with the ones windows supplies because if you use something that you downloaded the users of your work will not get the same results.

Keit
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  • #9
  • Jan 30, 2011 3:30am Jan 30, 2011 3:30am
Quoting CockeyedCowboy
If you look for a program on your computer called 'CHARMAP.EXE' it can display all the different character set that are on your computer. It is located in your ' windows/system32/charmap.exe ' directory*(FF does not allow a back shash to be printed so used forward shashes). make yourself a short cut. and when your looking for something special this will display samples to all the font you currently have available. You can download many more but if your programing something for general use its best to stay with the ones windows supplies because if...
hello Keit.. how are you..? hope you're ok..
your object nameing method work awesome..

I implemented it on my dashboard.. which had 3 layers(background, highlighter and text)
it's great... thank a bunch...
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  • #10
  • Jan 30, 2011 10:39am Jan 30, 2011 10:39am
nondisclosure


I should of mentioned also that;

If you use zznbrm method you can completely cover over your chart, by using the name too. Adding minus signs in front of the name as in (---YourName) and change the objects background to forground you will cover all graphics including the price series. if the color is also the charts back ground color it will look as though there were nothing on the chart but in reality everything is still there but covered.

and if you use;

The method that I mentioned you can get other displays as well, see attached.
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  • #11
  • Edited 11:04am Jan 30, 2011 10:47am | Edited 11:04am
bandung

Good to see you. Nice job, now you should add some life to your graphics. as in drag and drop or mouse over or some key board events. The attach is a mouse over menu that I have to establish lot sizing. The software I use does not capture the mouse pointer but you can see the windows tool tip were my mouse is. as you can see it graphic page 5.00. The pop up window changes depending which menu tab you mouse over. this is taken on the week end and the markets are closed so the trade tab is dimed out and the trade block is turned off.

Keit

edit[added a second screen shot]
Quoting bandung
hello Keit.. how are you..? hope you're ok..
your object nameing method work awesome..

I implemented it on my dashboard.. which had 3 layers(background, highlighter and text)
it's great... thank a bunch...
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  • #12
  • Jan 30, 2011 11:17am Jan 30, 2011 11:17am
Quoting CockeyedCowboy
One note on your method, the name you choose to call the label will have some unforseen results.
I simply provided a very basic example of how it can be done. Actual implementation of a solution would need to accomodate all user requirements and MT4 rules/standards/nuances.

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If I may seggest, you may want to add a sereis of zeros, (as in, 0000yourname) in front of your name. MT uses the name to set the graphic lays. they convert the nameing into the character ascii set. The lower you name the sooner it will be displayed. Numbers come before letters.

Why do I seggest this? If you have any other graphics displayed on the screen that are lower then the name given this routine, they will not be visable as your going to cover them as well.

Yes, this is good information. Again, depending on the needs of the end user, the object display order (z-order) would certainly need to be taken into consideration.

Anyone looking for a robust solution would be wise to follow your suggestions.
  • #13
  • Feb 7, 2011 6:52am Feb 7, 2011 6:52am
Quoting bandung
hello Keit.. how are you..? hope you're ok..
your object nameing method work awesome..

I implemented it on my dashboard.. which had 3 layers(background, highlighter and text)
it's great... thank a bunch...
Bandung, where can I get your dashboard?
  • #14
  • Feb 18, 2011 10:46am Feb 18, 2011 10:46am
Hi Guys,

I am on FXDD metatrader platform and I cannot change color of line or objects.
When I go to Trend line properties and when I click on style to change the color it gives me window to choose the color but when I select it, the color does not change. It remains same as before.. any idea how to fix it? Thanks.
  • #15
  • Feb 18, 2011 11:35am Feb 18, 2011 11:35am
That's cool. Will have to try that.

Quoting CockeyedCowboy
nondisclosure


I should of mentioned also that;

If you use zznbrm method you can completely cover over your chart, by using the name too. Adding minus signs in front of the name as in (---YourName) and change the objects background to forground you will cover all graphics including the price series. if the color is also the charts back ground color it will look as though there were nothing on the chart but in reality everything is still there but covered.

and if you use;

The method that I mentioned you can get other displays as...
  • #16
  • Feb 19, 2011 8:13am Feb 19, 2011 8:13am
nondisclosure

My eye sight is as good as my spelling, when I first looked at the ASCII chart what looked like a minus sign was actually the title symbol. so change that in you code.

I have established two new graphic pagers that is the ROOT and the CAP layers. the root page is all the graphics that are not visible and the cap is the page that is the cover. Now I can have graphic pages above the cap. If you apply the cap then you can create seperate graphic pages above it. The cap is nothing more then " ~ 0.00" page, any page with the title and a page number higher then zero will show up on top of the cap.

This is the code you'll need to change it to work out side of my library. Here I used zznbrm method posted above which works nice. I called it screen saver.


Keit

edit[I notice I used the darw statment youll have to change that its nothing more then an Objectcreate and ObjectSet statements. The second screen shot show an example]


Quoting nondisclosure00
That's cool. Will have to try that.
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  • #17
  • Feb 21, 2011 10:41am Feb 21, 2011 10:41am
In Metatrader on chart default selection is 'Cursor' can we change this default selection of 'TrendLine' instead of 'Cursor'?
  • #18
  • Feb 21, 2011 11:12am Feb 21, 2011 11:12am
Quoting 786 trading
Hi Guys,

I am on FXDD metatrader platform and I cannot change color of line or objects.
When I go to Trend line properties and when I click on style to change the color it gives me window to choose the color but when I select it, the color does not change. It remains same as before.. any idea how to fix it? Thanks.
One thing I noticed that I can change the color if I write it manually but if I want to chose through color pick window, it does not change.
  • #19
  • Feb 22, 2011 11:57pm Feb 22, 2011 11:57pm
Are you running Windows 7 by any chance?

It might sound like a crazy unrelated question, but just humor me...so you running Windows 7 and have this problem?


Quoting 786 trading
One thing I noticed that I can change the color if I write it manually but if I want to chose through color pick window, it does not change.
  • #20
  • Feb 25, 2013 11:16am Feb 25, 2013 11:16am
Was this dash board ever posted, i have never see a dashboard that logged the
pairs by time like this one


Quoting CockeyedCowboy
If you look for a program on your computer called 'CHARMAP.EXE' it can display all the different character set that are on your computer. It is located in your ' windows/system32/charmap.exe ' directory*(FF does not allow a back shash to be printed so used forward shashes). make yourself a short cut. and when your looking for something special this will display samples to all the font you currently have available. You can download many more but if your programing something for general use its best to stay with the ones windows supplies because if...
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