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Talky_Zebra

Ok, this clarifies most of it for me. But I have another question about the timezones:

When I select "GMT" or "Local" on export, does that convert the time to that timezone upon exporting?

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I had to learn several new C# and Multicharts concepts for this, but its been fun. Please try this out, let me know if there are bugs to be fixed, but hopefully someone will find use for this as a filter on trades. RangeFinder.pln Some example settings: GBPJPY_1Hour.JPG GBPUSD_1Day_with_consolidatio...

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Hi Multicharts team and expert coders - I have changed my original question from above. I have noticed that when changing an [Input] property in an indicator or signal programmatically after the indi or signal is initialized causes unexpected behaviors - ie: it breaks. Using a similar example to the...

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Multicharts team - what is BeforeInitializeImpl(), AfterInitializeImpl()? I cannot find entries on these signal and indicator functions.

Similarly what are BeforeConstructImpl(), AfterConstructImpl()?

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I would like to start preparing backtest data, and get familiar with how MC updates charts and data. I found the following inconsistencies, and would like to better understand it. Below I am proceeding on the assumption that if I already have the QMS data with its downloaded values from my source, I...

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What I would like to do: Add indicators to signals programmatically Change their input settings programmatically Get data from them to use in signal logic See them on the chart The only one I really understand is the "original method" where I might do something like this: private VariableSeries<doub...

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Ok, this might seem a small thing, but I might want my study to be "intelligent" and change an input setting after the study is initialized. For instance, I am working out a way to save Input preferences so if I remove a study, I can reload them later, especially if there are different inputs for di...

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Ok, an inherent limitation due to the design of the application. Not a bug. Understood

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BD , thank you for joining the conversation. Upon seeing your post, I did a similar test to print out the chartpoints. I am not getting the erroneous dates, I see correct datetimes. I changed the bar numbers a few times to be sure. I don't think that is the issue. Although, while knocking my way th...

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HellGhost - Thank you! Awesome, that helps, and I can see that I can even set a default. You deserve two thanks for that. MultiCharts team - why the heck does it work this way? While I understand that a manual input as described above is needed for non-coding users, I can intelligently and programm...

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Hi HellGhost - not quite what I wanted to do, but it got me a little closer. Thank you for the inspiration. I still have an error that I cannot get past. :?: Noting that you made a list of ChartPoints, I made my list of IRectangleObjects, and that allowed me to access the Properties of the rectangle...

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While I have not yet tried this (I am using 4.0) some users here have moved to 4.8 and it works for them.

But I also would like to know the timeline

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Hi all, I have been working through JoshM's tut on managing drawing objects as collections https://www.tradingcode.net/multicharts-net/recipes/manage-drawings-single-collection/ Good stuff. But, I am looking for examples for the following use case: I want to keep a list of rectangles (for instance, ...

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Still building my MC coding skills, and hit a really curious issue. I used one of the community made signals (ATR, thank you tradetree) as the basis for making a reusable function that could be called by either a signal or an indi. Additionally, just to make it more interesting, I made a separate in...

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Follow up question, are there any programmatic commands for this? (C#)

Talky_Zebra

I don't see examples of this... Are there commands / controls for opening the "format..." dialogs (ie: studies, instrument, etc)

ie: from a windows form, can I make a button that would pop open the native "Format Study" dialog?

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Hi Polly, to the above, can you direct me to a full list of CommandLine commands and their syntax? I am looking to understand what's in the toolkit. The best I could find was a few from Josh's tutorials and this page: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php?title=CommandLine Is that t...

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I knocked my head against this a bit more. It isn't as elegant as I would like it to be, but it is workable. I am left with a question for the MultiCharts staff and the experienced coders on this forum: When the signal or indicator class' constructor is called, as you insert the study - is there any...

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Hi all, As a matter of learning both MC and C# I have been trying to save the Inputs to a file. This is so that I can change the inputs, and even remove the study from the chart, but be able to apply optimized/changed inputs from a file when applied to a new chart - especially for inputs that change...

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Polly and Hellghost thank you. I am new to C# so did not initially understand that TimeSpan is not part of the PowerLanguage namespace. (I am coming over to MC from MT4/MT5, and I am not really a coder.) I'm very comfortable with C style syntax.... but still naive about many details about both MC an...

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Thanks Polly, I will try these out and learn how to use them.

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you don't need a Visual studio downgrade. I also use Visual Studio 2022. When I open it, a warning message should appear: select update the target framework to .net Framework 4.8 (recommended). If necessary, download the latest framework beforehand using the Visualstudio installer. In any case, I h...

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Ah HA! I finally cracked this. I really wish the docs were a bit more clear with more examples. But finally I was able to extract Balance and Equity from account information. Here is a first cut at it. I am sure I can smooth it out somewhat, but it may be helpful for others. using System; using Syst...

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Thanks again Polly. I found the following code, which when added to a simple indicator will update most , but not all charts. ExecControl.RecalcLastBarAfter(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1)); This leads to another question. I cannot seem to find a description of the parameters for TimeSpan() in any of the code...

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After wrestling with this a bit more, I was able to get the name of the Account and the other TradeProfiles info. But, I need the Balance and the Equity. How do I get this? FYI, it is an Demo account with OANDA, if that matters. using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using PowerLangu...

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I would like to access Account details. I have tried making a simple indicator and attaching it to a chart connected and getting data from my broker. See the attached code sample and the attached image. I have tried numerous fields: Name, ID, Equity, etc. Nothing is returned. I have also tried Trade...

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Thanks Polly, I see what needs to be done.

But wait, are those regular PowerLanguage commands? I don't see them in the .NET docs.

Talky_Zebra

After doing some research the best option seems to be downgrading to Visual Studio 2019 so there is support for .NET 4.0. Now it seems to work.

The framework is very old. When will MultiCharts be upgrading the .NET framework?

Talky_Zebra

Thanks Kate!

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Thanks Kate, when I do that, I get a dialog notifying me that I will need the .net 4.0 framework. On Microsofts site, there is no 4.0 framework, so which should I download? Version Developer Pack Runtime Release notes End of support .NET Framework 4.8.1 Developer Pack Runtime Release notes .NET Fram...

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Thanks Kate, I did not know about the Backup app. I will look into it.

Talky_Zebra

But, is there a way to set it up to refresh each day with "yesterday's" update?

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Hi all, I noticed that daily updating for Free Quotes (ie: ^VIX, ^IXIC from yahoo) does not occur automatically after applying it to a chart. For instance, I set up a chart with IXIC on Friday, but as of this morning (more than one full trading day had past) it did not have the data for yesterday. W...

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Hello Talky_Zebra, AM/PM will appear if time in your file is in 12-hour format. When importing tick data, you can have Date , Time , Price and Volume columns. Other values cannot be imported. See What values can be imported . You can only import data for one field at a time: Ask, Bid or Trade. If y...

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Honestly, I don't understand what "big point value" means from that description. Also, since I am importing data from a third party, and I don't see that they reference that... its hard to tell what to do with it.

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In reviewing the documentation, it looks like there is some functionality in the MC NET code to support aspects I like to use in my strategies. Is there example code I could look at either on the forum here or in the default indicators + studies? - Getting account balance, margin, and account equity...

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@JoshM - your tutorials are really, really good. Thank you for sharing them!

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I knocked my head against this over the weekend and finally got a little progress. Why the import could not manage importing the columns is a real mystery, but I worked around it. I found a "good enough" data source for tick, minute and daily data from Tickstory/Dukascopy for backtesting. But, I wou...

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I think I may have figured this out by looking at some of the other pre-made settings, but I am not really sure. I ended up not using the price multiplier - it made things more confusing. But, in the symbol settings there is a relationship between the exchange listing and a multiplier and "big point...

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Support team: I am seeing an issue where QuoteManager is truncating prices on import: the price supplied in the source csv file is showing a proper 5 decimal precision (ie: 1.60377), yet after importing to the database, the precision is cut at 2 places (ie: 1.60, or 1.6). I am guessing that I need ...

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I am trying to switch my studies path to a location for backup, as suggested in this EXCELLENT set of tutorials: https://www.tradingcode.net/multicharts-net/net-editor/backup-mcnet-scripts/ Support team: When I try to change the path in the application preferences, I get the error "User doesn't have...

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Messing around with the latest MC.NET IDE to see how I can customize it. I noticed that sometimes when I click and hold on the names on the top tabs it will allow me to rearrange the tabs into a panel view between two files. SideBySide.JPG On the other hand, sometimes it will not respond to the clic...

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Ok, just realized something: the PLE IDE is automatically opening VS Code instead of my Visual Studio Community edition.

How to I redirect the IDE to open the right VS application?

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Hi all. New MC.NET user with another (probably) stupid question. Since I already had Visual Studio up and running on my PC, it was no problem getting the MC IDE to open Visual Studio. But: saving even simple changes is broken on my environment. See the attachments using a standard "new indicator" as...

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Hi all, I am new MC.NET user here. While I have started to scour the forum for good info, I am still getting the feel of things around here, and getting myself set up for coding/backtesting. Pardon me if I have not yet found the obvious solutions for typical issues... please just point me in the rig...

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