print "Tag" of DrawText

[nicbizz]

Hello,

Could anyone help me with the syntax to print the tag of a DrawText object within the DrawText itself?

For example,

DrawText ("mytag", "Hello World", 0, Close[0], Color.Black),

how do I get it the append "mytag" after "Hello World"?

THanks!

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

nicbizz,

I am happy to assist you.

You will want to use iText objects for this. Please see the following link.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?itext.htm

Also, you can combine two strings into one as follows :

String1 + String2

Please let me know if I can assist further.

[nicbizz]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the quick response!

If I understand you correctly, for each text box I'd like to draw, I'll have to use the following syntax:

IText text = DrawText("myTag", "Text to draw" + text.Tag, 10, 1000, Color.Black);

Can I just use the same 'text' reference for all my DrawText objects (and changing only the tag), or do I need a unique reference for each object?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello nicbizz,

One way to provide a unique tag per bar is to add + CurrentBar to the tag.

IText text = DrawText("myTag" + CurrentBar, "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);

You only need 1 named object if it does all that you're looking for. This one object can draw multiple times. (Provided the tag is unique).

You can also create multiple objects. You would do this if you can't accomplish all you want with only one.

If you wanted to access its properties, would use something like:

Print(text.Tag);

[nicbizz]

Hi Ryan,

Assuming I create a DrawText object using IText above (with "MyTag" as the Tag), how can I change, say the Color parameter, of that object?

Thanks!

-Nick

[nicbizz]

Hmm, would this be the most efficient solution:

IText myText = (IText) DrawObjects["MyTag"];
myText.TextColor = Color.Chocolate;

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

In the example we're working from the draw object is named text. You can specify the color directly in the overload -- the last parameter.

To assign the color later on, could use:
text.Pen.Color = Color.Red;