Strings

[fliesen]

You'll find it ridiculous, but I'm not yet familiar with strings.
I tried this simple script for changing background colors according to the alert kind:

private string text = @"Red"; // Alert Background Color
.............
Alert("MyAlert, ....., Color."+Text+", Color.White);

but this doesn't result into an

Alert("MyAlert, ....., Color.Red, Color.White);

as I hoped.
What is wrong here ?
And what does the @ before "Red" involve ?

[koganam]

You'll find it ridiculous, but I'm not yet familiar with strings.
I tried this simple script for changing background colors according to the alert kind:

private string text = @"Red"; // Alert Background Color
.............
Alert("MyAlert, ....., Color."+Text+", Color.White);

but this doesn't result into an

Alert("MyAlert, ....., Color.Red, Color.White);

as I hoped.
What is wrong here ?
And what does the @ before "Red" involve ?

I am not sure why you would not just use a switch or nested ifs to select the correct color, but if you insist on using a method that requires the translation of text, you should be looking at the Color.FromName() method.

ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.90%29.aspx

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello fliesen,

Thank you for your post.

I believe what you are looking for is user definable colors, you can find information on how to create these at the following link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=4977

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[fliesen]

Ok, thanks to you both.