Assigning an alert to a Drawing object programmatically

[MattDavid]

Hi All,

I have an self-made indicator that mark lines according to my code logic using the following code

Draw.HorizontalLine(this, "AutoLine:" + priceNow.ToString(), priceNow, Brushes.Aqua);

Is there a way to programmatically assign an alert to this Object? The same way I would do on the Graph (right-click --> Alert...)

Gracias!

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello MattDavid,

Thank you for your post.

You can certainly create alerts programmatically. Here's the section of our help guide on Alerts/Sharing:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/alert__debugging_and_sharing.htm

I'm assuming you'd want an alert based on whether the current price hits or crosses the lines you're creating, is that correct? In that case, you'd likely need to store a reference to the object in a variable and refer to that to grab the price it's set at, then compare the current price to that.

Here is an example one of my colleagues created that creates an alert based on a horizontal line being drawn, publicly available on our User App Share:

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...d/price-alert/

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

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[MattDavid]

Hello Kate,

Thank you for your reply.

I just have a look at the reference and the code example and that is not quite the functionality I am looking

I would like to use the already built-in "Alerts" functionality of NT8, the one that can be seen in this screen -



So that I will Draw an object and set an Alert (as If I was using in this screen) just programmatically


Thank you for the help!

Mat

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello MattDavid,

Thank you for your reply.

There would not be a single method to draw an object and set an alert on that object at the same time programmatically. You would need to draw the object and then check the conditions based on that object in your code and then trigger the alert if those conditions are met, as in the examples previously provided. It is not possible to access the Alerts dialogue programmatically.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[MattDavid]

Thank you for the help, that was my question