How to use the Current chart color pallet within RenderTarget.DrawTextLayout()

[Wessel]

Please assist,

I'm trying to re-use the chart color pallet in my, so I don't have to bother about whenever I use a white or a black chart the number will always be visible as I use the colors of the chart axis..

Getting the color brush I found the "ChartControl.Properties.ChartText"
Now I want to use this color in my "RenderTarget.DrawTextLayout()" and here I struggle...

// Snippet

// Get the color of the Chart Text
SharpDX.Direct2D1.Brush aapBrush = chartPanel.ChartControl.Properties.ChartText.ToDxBrush(RenderTarget);

// Can't convert from Direct2D1 to SharpDX
SharpDX.Direct2D1.SolidColorBrush customDXBrush = new SharpDX.Direct2D1.SolidColorBrush(RenderTarget, aapBrush);
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RenderTarget.DrawTextLayout(new SharpDX.Vector2((float)drawAtX, (float)(y - textFormat.FontSize / 2)), textLayout, customDXBrush, SharpDX.Direct2D1.DrawTextOptions.NoSnap);

Now I'm hitting the wall of the conversion of the brush.. how to approach this? Or is there a much simpler way to use the current chart pallet in the DrawTextLayout function?

UPDATE:
The brutal version that is working is forcing in a cast but I hope it can be more elegant than this.

SharpDX.Direct2D1.SolidColorBrush customDXBrush = (SharpDX.Direct2D1.SolidColorBrush)ChartControl.Properties.ChartText.ToDxBrush(RenderTarget);

Kind Regards,
Wes

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Wessel,

Do you absolutely need a sharpdx solidcolorbrush?

Below is a link to User App Share script that uses DrawTextLayout but doesn't use a solid color brush.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/symbol-watermark/

Just using the sharpdx brush should be sufficient.

[Wessel]

Thank you!

[ClarissaGalloway]

Instead of creating a new SolidColorBrush, you can directly use the brush returned by ToDxBrush(RenderTarget) as it should already be a SharpDX.Direct2D1.Brush, which is what DrawTextLayout() expects. Here's how you can modify your code: // Get the color of the Chart Text SharpDX.Direct2D1.Brush chartTextBrush = chartPanel.ChartControl.Properties.ChartText.ToDxB rush(RenderTarget); // Use the chart text color brush directly in DrawTextLayout RenderTarget.DrawTextLayout(new SharpDX.Vector2((float)drawAtX, (float)(y - textFormat.FontSize / 2)), textLayout, chartTextBrush, SharpDX.Direct2D1.DrawTextOptions.NoSnap);