Text on chart

[Leeroy_Jenkins]

Hi,

1. I searched the way to draw smaller dots and found this thread https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...-a-smaller-dot
So I tried to convert code to NT8.

NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont myFont = new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Wingdings 3", 20) { Size = 50, Bold = true };

Draw.Text(this, "myTag"+CurrentBar, true, "p", 0, Low[0], 5, Brushes.Blue, myFont, TextAlignment.Center, Brushes.Black, null, 1);


But It's drawn on indicator panel. How to make it on chart? It doesn't have drawOnPricePanel bool.

And what does "Size = 50" mean? We defined font size "20", right?


2. How to use data series from another custom indicator? I "member it should be done by adding declaration in new indicator.

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Leeroy_Jenkins,

You could consider the following to force the Drawing object to draw on the price panel.

bool drawOnPricePanel = DrawOnPricePanel;
DrawOnPricePanel = true;
Draw.Text(this, "myTag"+CurrentBar, true, "p", 0, Low[0], 5, Brushes.Blue, myFont, TextAlignment.Center, Brushes.Black, null, 1);
DrawOnPricePanel = drawOnPricePanel;

You are specifying the size within the constructor for the SimpleFont object to have a font size of 20, and then you are setting the SimpleFont's Size property to 50.

Indicators will return a Series<double> of their output values. If you would like to reference an indicator like a data series, you could instantiate the indicator.

Example:

private SMA SMA1;

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
    if (State == State.SetDefaults)
    {
        ...
    }
    else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
    {                
        SMA1                = SMA(Close, 14);
    }
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    Print(SMA1[0]);    
}

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

[REI140205]

Perhaps worth mentioning that unicode symbols can be used in the text string of a Draw.Text statement. Google "unicode" to see the many symbols available.