DrawRectangle

[TAJTrades]

When using DrawRectangle how can I set the OutLine width and line style. Mine defaults to drawing the outline with a Dotted pen. Would like to make it Solid. Would also like to control the width of the draw.

I have tried but failed using:

Pen OutLinePen = new Pen(Brushes.Black);
OutLinePen.DashStyle = DashStyle.Solid;

DrawRectangle(string tag, bool autoScale, int startBarsAgo, double startY, int endBarsAgo, double endY, OutLinePen, Color areaColor, int areaOpacity)

OutLinePen.Dispose();

[koganam]

When using DrawRectangle how can I set the OutLine width and line style. Mine defaults to drawing the outline with a Dotted pen. Would like to make it Solid. Would also like to control the width of the draw.

I have tried but failed using:

Pen OutLinePen = new Pen(Brushes.Black);
OutLinePen.DashStyle = DashStyle.Solid;

DrawRectangle(string tag, bool autoScale, int startBarsAgo, double startY, int endBarsAgo, double endY, OutLinePen, Color areaColor, int areaOpacity)

OutLinePen.Dispose();

Those do not look like correct parameters for the NT override of DrawRectangle. To do what you want, you are probably going to have to use the original C# DrawRectangle() function. e.g.,

 
public void DrawRectangleInt(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Create pen.
Pen blackPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 3);
// Create location and size of rectangle.
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int width = 200;
int height = 200;
// Draw rectangle to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, x, y, width, height);
}

You will have to calculate int x and int y using the NT functions:

 
int x = ChartControl.GetXByBarIdx(BarsArray[0], idx);
int y = ChartControl.GetYByValue(this, val);

The functions are spoken about in the NinjaScript Code Breaking changes document avaialble from the NT WebHelp site. http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...er_11_2010.pdf

You can see some other examples in the CustomPlotSample indicator that ships with NT.

[TAJTrades]

koganam,

Was hoping that would not be the case. I already utilize that method for custom plots and other drawings. For some reason I thought that NT had an overload that would do this without going down the override Plot path.