can't find instruction for last chart bar?

[joemiller]

please tell me where in the nt user guide I can find something like ''islastbar'' so I can take an ''if'' action on the last bar in my indicator. I've seen it before but can't find it.

[koganam]

please tell me where in the nt user guide I can find something like ''islastbar'' so I can take an ''if'' action on the last bar in my indicator. I've seen it before but can't find it.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=261631

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello joemiller,

Thank you for your post.

Koganam's referenced post is a great way to do so. I added the full quote from the post here for ease:

I am going to assume then that all you want is how to get the index of the last bar showing on the screen, and that you know how to query and display the information on the screen with DrawTextFixed()? If that is correct, then there are 2 ways to get the last bar painted, both undocumented and unsupported by NT Support, so do not even ask.

1. int intLastBarOnChart = ChartControl.LastBarPainted;
2. int intLastBarPaintedOnChart = this.LastBarIndexPainted;

The first index is dependent on the COBC property; the second one is absolute.