[Solved] Setting the AttachedTo Property to the Chart Programtically... Sort of

[Unsuitable]

Hello folks,

I have been hard at work trying to come up with a workaround that attaches indicator drawn objects to the chart. The solution is not 100% and there are two major flaws.

1. If an object is not moved around before the indicator is removed, moving the object once the indicator is removed makes the object jumped to the beginning of the chart.
2. It doesn't seem possible to set an object to global.

// text is a Draw.Text() object
text.DrawnBy = null;
text.IsLocked = false;

NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.DrawingToolAttachedTo newAttachedTo = new NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.DrawingToolAttachedTo();

newAttachedTo.ChartObject = ChartBars;
newAttachedTo.Instrument = this.Instrument;
// AttachedToType cannot be change is the limitation to the workwround
// attachedToObject.AttachedToType = AttachedToType.GlobalInstrument;

text.AttachedTo = newAttachedTo;
ForceRefresh();

Hope this helps

[Bidder]

Very nice solution

[Bidder]

I found an unusual situation where the attachment code would set the anchor(s) of the tool to zero.
This happened only to charts not in focus when the workspace was initially loaded.
Hence, this fix was needed in those scenarios

foreach (ChartAnchor anchor in LineObj.Anchors)
{
      anchor.Price=LinePrice; 
}