displaying calculated variables

[NinjaCustomer]

I have some variables calculated in the initialize method part of the indicator.

I want to display these somehow.

1) I would prefer to display them in databox. How can I do this?

2) I would also like to know how to display them in top left or bottom left corner of chart.

thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

1) Unfortunately this is beyond what we provide support for.
2) NT6.5: please check out the new DrawTextFixed method

[NinjaCustomer]

1) can you outline the general steps involved? I am really lost how to approach this. And what methods or properties might be useful for me to achieve this one way or another?

2) And how would I do this in 6? I don't use 6.5 beta anymore... it crashes way too often. 6 is far more stable.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

1) Unfortunately this is beyond what we provide support for.
2) Unfortunately this feature only is available in NT6.5

[NinjaCustomer]

1) ok, I will ask a different question then. Not what I wanted, but I guess this is an easy workaround.

how do I modify the value of an existing indicator property from within the indicator's initialize section?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Not sure I follow. You can modify/access any property like:
MyProperty = myValue;

[NinjaCustomer]

I think I tried that yesterday but after running the indicator, I went back into the indicator properties dialog and the old values were still displayed there. Is that normal behaviour?

although I may have been modifying the underlying variable for the property. I can't remember.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Likely yes. I suggest trying that only in OnBarUpdate method or the new event handling methods but not in Initialize to avoid confusion.

[NinjaCustomer]

ok thanks .