Accessing plot properties

[coolmoss]

Hi,

If possible, what is the syntax for accessing the color of a plot?

What I'm doing is coloring some other objects the same color as the plot, and trying to avoid adding separate user parameters for colors of each of the other objects. So, if I have a line like this:

Add(new Plot(Color.Blue, PlotStyle.Line, "Upper"));

there is a user parameter in the indicator setup to select a color. Ideally, I'd like to be able to access whatever that color is, programmatically.

[koganam]

Hi,

If possible, what is the syntax for accessing the color of a plot?

What I'm doing is coloring some other objects the same color as the plot, and trying to avoid adding separate user parameters for colors of each of the other objects. So, if I have a line like this:

Add(new Plot(Color.Blue, PlotStyle.Line, "Upper"));

there is a user parameter in the indicator setup to select a color. Ideally, I'd like to be able to access whatever that color is, programmatically.

Search the Help for PlotColors.

[coolmoss]

Thanks Koganam,

The most relevant link I can find is this one:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html

which doesn't address the question of programmatically accessing a color property of an already added plot. Did you have some other help page in mind?

Thanks

[koganam]

Thanks Koganam,

The most relevant link I can find is this one:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html

which doesn't address the question of programmatically accessing a color property of an already added plot. Did you have some other help page in mind?

Thanks

I am not sure, because your link is to the root of the help index. However, this is the link that I expected that you would reach: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...plotcolors.htm

[coolmoss]

I am not sure, because your link is to the root of the help index. However, this is the link that I expected that you would reach: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...plotcolors.htm

Indeed, that's the page I was looking at. No where that I can see does it show the syntax to reference the color of a plot. Yes, it does how how to specify a color. That's not what I need. I want to find out what the color assigned to a plot is, in another part of the code.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi coolmoss,

You can get the default color with:
Print(SMA(14).Plots[0].Pen.Color.ToString());

Plot colors changed dynamically through PlotColors property are not available from another indicator.

[coolmoss]

Thanks Ryan, I think that'll do the trick!