Draw a Line with ability to define opacity

[soulfx]

Is there a way to DrawLine within NT7 with opacity. I dont see a parameter for this.

Obviously draw rectangle has this but only applies to the region between the 4 points ? Not sure the effect of having outer rectangle drawn as a line ie 0 value for the Y value on begin and end points and then defining the opacity.

Perhaps there is a way in overriding the Plot but even then looking at the MSDN .NET documentation for draw methods i dont see anything.

Perhaps this is something that can be performed more readily with DirectX in the NT8 release?

any insight or workaround appreciated

thanks

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

You can use alpha in NinjaTrader 7, you would need to use Color.FromArgb(20, Color.Red) instead of just a Color.

You can supply a Color or an RGB value to FromArgb, the 20 is the Opacity between 0 and 255.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[eDanny]

From 0 to 255.

[soulfx]

Thanks guys testing it out. Appreciate prompt replies

[ttodua]

for NT 8 :
MyColor =Color.Red;
int MyOpacity = 30;
TransparentColor = new Color {A = Convert.ToByte(MyOpacity), R=MyColor.R, G=MyColor.G, B=MyColor.B} ;

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the reply.

For NT8 items, in the future please post new questions to the NT8 subforum and if needed please provide a link to relevant nt7 posts.

NT8 uses Brushes now, for opacity on a Brush please see the following documentation: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...th_brushes.htm

The Custom brush documentation shows some example of how to define a custom brush with opacity. Because NT8 no longer uses the System.Drawing namespace, the way colors are handled has changed as well. You should also note that any item which had "color" in its name for nt7 will now be replaced as "brush".

I look forward to being of further assistance.