Changing programmatically the border with of text objects

[Gianpiero]

Hi!

Given some conditions, I've written an indicator drawing text above or below the candles. To do this, I used this syntax for Draw.Text():

Draw.Text(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, bool isAutoScale, string text, int barsAgo, double y, int yPixelOffset, Brush textBrush, SimpleFont font, TextAlignment alignment, Brush outlineBrush, Brush areaBrush, int areaOpacity)

It works like a charm. The problem is that the border thickness is set automatically to 2 px. Is it possible to put it to 1 px from within the indicator's code?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Gianpiero,

Assign to a variable and set the OutlineStroke property.

NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.Text myText = Draw.Text(this, "tag1", "Text to draw", 10, High[10] + (5 * TickSize), Brushes.Black);
myText.OutlineStroke.Width = 1;

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

[Gianpiero]

Hello Chelsea,

Thank you for your quick answer. Since this need is repetitive, I want to wrap this code into a function. How would you suggest I do that? I was thinking something like this:

public void myFunction(string alpha, int offset)
{
    NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.Text myText = Draw.Text(this, "tag1", alpha, 10, High[10] + (offset * TickSize), Brushes.Black);
    myText.OutlineStroke.Width = 1;​
}​

What do you think? Where should I put this function definition?