How to code change of color of a panel background

[supernatural]

Hello,
What's the most straightforward way to programmatically (in an indicator's code) change the background color of a panel? I mean all the background of the panel at once, not just the part corresponding to one given bar. Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello supernatural,

You can work with BackColorSeries for this.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/backcolorseries.htm

You would have to program a loop that iterates through all bars of the series.

if (Close[0] > Open[0])
for (int x = 0; x < CurrentBar, x++)
{
BackColorSeries[x] = Color.Black;
}

[supernatural]

Hello RyanM,

Thank you. Can the original (unmodified) color be accessed somewhere or do I have to store it in a variable if I want to get it back after I modified the values of BackColorSeries?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

You would have to store it somewhere. Once it's been changed by code, any calls to the BackColor property will return the modified color.

Here's a quick snippet that tests for conditions in real time and changes background colors. When the conditions aren't true, it colors red.

 
if (!Historical && Close[0] > Open[0])
for (int x = 0; x < CurrentBar; x++)
{
BackColorSeries[x] = Color.Green;
}

else
for (int x = 0; x < CurrentBar; x++)
{
BackColorSeries[x] = Color.Red;
}

[supernatural]

Thanks a lot. I understand the values in BackColorSeries can't be recalled once they're modified but is there a property that contains the background color for the panel as it is defined by the user in the graphical interface?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Unfortunately this is not supported for programmatic access supernatural.