Waiting while loading message

[blar58]

Hello,

I would like to add a message shown on the screen while my indicator is loading data.

How can I do that ?

Probably inside the initialize method


Many thanks !

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

You can use OnStartUp() to display messages as soon as the indicator is started

I guess I'm not quite sure how you want this to be handled, but one apporach would be to use the System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox on startup

		protected override void OnStartUp()
		{
			System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Please wait while the indicator calculates");		
		
		}

[blar58]

Matthew

When I do that , I have to click on OK button and the indicator just show nothing

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hi,

How would you like it to work?

My suggestion will simply display a message box that instructs to a client that the indicator may load. If this is more than you wanted, you can always use a DrawTextFixed object in OnStartUp as well.

Are you looking for something to happen such as the message to go away at the moment the indicator loaded?

To check when the indicator has finished loading, you can always compare CurrentBar to Count

            if(CurrentBar == Count - 2)
			{
				// do something				
			}