Market Analyzer Alert Message

[jerryvellutini]

got it, thanks.

Is there a way to pop up a text box? Maybe programatically open a notepad message?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Great - this could be done via C#, but unfortuantely we don't support this.

As a workaround, you could for example draw on the chart with DrawTextFixed - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...TextFixed.html

[jerryvellutini]

Is it possible to utilize carriage returns in the DrawTextFixed() method in order to move the message up from a corner? How would I do that?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Just choose one of the 5 predefined textPositions for the placement of the DrawTextFixed label.

[jerryvellutini]

My question is how can I include carriage returns in the text message in order to adjust the position from the pre defined one.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Jerry, you could pick out of 11 predefined literals for this -

 
\' single quote
\" double quote
\\ backslash
\0 null character
\a alert
\b backspace
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab

[jerryvellutini]

Thank you,

How would I incorporate these into my text?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

For example like this -

 
DrawTextFixed("myTag", "Current Close:" + "\r\n" + Close[0].ToString(), TextPosition.BottomRight);

[jerryvellutini]

Thanks for all the help.

How do I control the font, size and color?

The links are incomprehensible to me.

[velocity]

Jerry,

Try this.

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20460

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks velocity, for more control and paramters you can work with the regular DrawText then Jerry instead of DrawTextFixed -

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/DrawText.html