Getting Chart control background color in NT8

[mantak007]

Hello, I'm trying to detect chart background color in my indicator, but NT7 method does not work in NT8 and I was not able to find it in the forum. Would you please give me a hint, how to read the color (or the brush)? I do not need to change it, I just need to read the value. Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello mantak007, and thank you for your question.

This slightly modified excerpt from the help guide demonstrates how to access the chart's background.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...properties.htm

[FONT=Courier New]protected override void OnRender(ChartControl chartControl, ChartScale chartScale)
{
  // Instantiate a ChartControlProperties object to hold a reference to chartControl.Properties
  ChartControlProperties myProperties = chartControl.Properties;
 
  // Show the chart background color
  Print("The chart background brush is " + myProperties.ChartBackground);
}[/FONT]

Bear in mind ChartControlProperties.ChartBackground is a Brush object. You can find publicly available MSDN documentation on Brush objects here, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ing.brush.aspx .

Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.

[mantak007]

Great, that's what I was looking for, thanks.