Line Style as input variable

[Hawk Arps]

I would like to create an indicator which draws trendlines and I would like to make the line stye a serializable input variable. Any help how I can do this?

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello Hawk Arps,

You could create a enum type for the differnt line styles like in the following indicator might be the easiest way.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/local_links.php?catid=4&linkid=426

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.

[Hawk Arps]

I have done that and still get the following error message. Any ideas???

"Cannot convert type 'System.Drawing.Drawing2D.DashStyle' to type 'LineStyle'. "

My code is like this...

//in variables region
private LineStyle trendLineStyle;

//in Initialize( ) method
switch (trendLineStyle)
{
case LineStyle.Dash:
{
trendLineStyle=DashStyle.Solid ;
break;
}
}

//in Properties region
[Category("Parameters")]
[Gui.Design.DisplayName ("\t\t\Trend Line Style")]
public LineStyle TrendLineStyle
{
get { return trendLineStyle; }
set { trendLineStyle = value; }
}

//just before Ninja created code section

public enum LineStyle
{
Dash,
DashDot,
DashDotDot,
Dot,
Solid,
}

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Hawk Arps,
You can simply use the DashStyle C# enum to do it. Please change your code as below to do it.

//in variables region
private [B]DashStyle[/B] trendLineStyle = DashStyle.Dot;


[Category("Parameters")]
[Gui.Design.DisplayName ("\t\t\Trend Line Style")]
public [B]DashStyle[/B] TrendLineStyle
{
get { return trendLineStyle; }
set { trendLineStyle = value; }
}

You can then call the property in the code as

this.DrawLine("tag", false, 10, Close[0], 0, Close[0], Color.Blue, trendLineStyle, 2);