C# Newbie -- Helpful Percentage Loaded Function

[TallTim]

Hey there, just sharing something that might help while you are debugging. I found that when loading intraday I wanted to get a better sense of how much was left to process, so I made this function to do it.

        // You can paste this anywhere inside the "public class <your indicator name> : Indicator" block of code, right before the  "protected override void OnStateChange()" block

        // Function that displays chart loading progress for debug
        public void chartLoadProgress(string myTimeframe) // Takes "Intraday" or "Daily" edit as needed
        {
            double tempProgress = 0;
            double loadedProgress = 0; // For % loaded counter
            double myBars = 0;

            if (myTimeframe == "Intraday")
            {
                myBars = Convert.ToDouble(CurrentBars[0]);
            }
            else if (myTimeframe == "Daily")
            {    
                myBars = Convert.ToDouble(CurrentBars[1]);
            }

            tempProgress = (myBars / Convert.ToDouble(Count));
            loadedProgress = Math.Round(tempProgress, 2, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero) * 100;

            if (loadedProgress < 100)
            {
                Print("Chart load progress: " + loadedProgress + "%");
            }
        }​

To use, just call the function anywhere in the "protected override void OnBarUpdate()" block, optionally you can specify what series you are dealing with, if you're doing multi-timeframe like this:

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {

            if(BarsInProgress == 0) // Primary intraday bar series
            {
                chartLoadProgress("Intraday"); // Display loaded percentage​
            }

        }

Of course if you were using it for Daily you'd have it inside a statement like "BarsInProgress == 1" and such... easy enough to edit for your own usage depending on what data series you have.

Enjoy!