Changing Horizontal Line Color

[Doctor JR]

I'm drawing a horizontal line intended to vary in it's Y axis placement and color. The variable Y axis placement is working as intended. As for the variable color I've studied numerous posted examples, but the compiler tells me Sytem.Windows.Media.Brush doesn't recognize the color variable ("TargetBrush") which I seem to have already established.

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{ YaxisPlacement = Position.AveragePrice + 10*TickSize;
Brush TargetBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Green);
TargetBrush.Freeze();}

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{ YaxisPlacement = Position.AveragePrice - 10*TickSize;
Brush TargetBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
TargetBrush.Freeze();}

Draw.HorizontalLine(this, "TargetLine1", true, YaxisPlacement, Brush.TargetBrush, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 2);


What am I missing here?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Doctor JR,

The error is letting you know what you used for the variable is not valid, it is expecting the actual variable and you had provided a string. "TargetBrush" is a string where TargetBrush is the variable you made. You would have to remove the quotes where you used TargetBrush.

The sample code you provided would look like:

Draw.HorizontalLine(this, "TargetLine1", true, YaxisPlacement, TargetBrush, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 2);

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[Doctor JR]

Now it's telling me "The name 'TargetBrush' does not exist in the current context"

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Doctor JR,
It looks like you are defining the variable inside your conditions:

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{ YaxisPlacement = Position.AveragePrice - 10*TickSize;
[B]Brush TargetBrush [/B]= new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
TargetBrush.Freeze();}

You would either need to move the variable definition outside of the conditions and modifiy the conditions or move the Draw. statement inside each condition.

[B]Brush TargetBrush [/B]= Brushes.Red;
if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{ YaxisPlacement = Position.AveragePrice - 10*TickSize;
[B]TargetBrush [/B]= new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
TargetBrush.Freeze();}

[Doctor JR]

That's it. Thanks.