Strange issue - DrawText and DrawTextFixed only work in indicators

[justmyname]

Hi guys,
I am about to give up. Tried 3 installations on two different systems (64 bit pc and 32 bit notebook) now and can not get anything printed on the chart in a strategy. When I paste simple code like

DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);

into the OnBarUpdate() method nothing is drawn. It works in an indicator and I have seen other threads with the exact same problem - and no solution.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=21843

I have already tried the following things

- reinstall
- install on other pc
- several overloaded / adapted versions
- changed colors
- run prescripted strategies that use DrawXXX


and I have already uninstalled NinjaTrader completely a few minutes ago. I have developed strategies in MQL4 and MQL5, bought the launch pad book and invested almost 14 days now. If someone can tell me what I am missing, I will give Ninjascript another try. Does it work for you?

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Justmyname,

Thank you for your note.

I noticed that your Text code is setting the Y Value to 1000, which will directly translate to the chart as well. You could use something like High[0] to get the High price series

What instrument are you trying this piece of code on?

[justmyname]

Hello NinjaTrader_Cal,
unfortunately it is not an positioning issue. I also thought that could be the case, but it never works in any strategy, neithter with DrawText nor with DrawTextFixed. It DOES work in indicators.

If you create a clean strategy and change the OnBarUpdate method like this

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
DrawTextFixed ("STRING1","STRING2",TextPosition.Center);
}

does it work for you?

Thank you in advance,
justmyname

P.S. I use 1M charts and the FXCM live feed, so it is not an CalculateOnBarClose problem...

[koganam]

Hello NinjaTrader_Cal,
unfortunately it is not an positioning issue. I also thought that could be the case, but it never works in any strategy, neithter with DrawText nor with DrawTextFixed. It DOES work in indicators.

If you create a clean strategy and change the OnBarUpdate method like this

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
DrawTextFixed ("STRING1","STRING2",TextPosition.Center);
}

does it work for you?

Thank you in advance,
justmyname

P.S. I use 1M charts and the FXCM live feed, so it is not an CalculateOnBarClose problem...

After you applied the strategy to the chart, have you actually enabled the strategy?

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello justmyname,

Yes, this code works just fine in a clean strategy for me. Have you made sure your strategy is enabled like koganam suggested?

If so but still not seeing anything, do you get an error message in your Log tab?

[justmyname]

Hello guys,

well this is kind of embarrassing! Of course it works!

I was used to enable a strategy once in MT4 and MT5 and didn't notice that it has to be enabled again when I detach it from a chart and attach it again. I feel really stupid now. Sorry for that! Thank you for your kind help

[justmyname]

Thank you again, you can close this thread now, because everything works fine. Often small issues take lots of time to solve for a newbie like me. I really appreciate the good support here!

Best regards from Germany,
Raimund