Displaying a diamond over a bar

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Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby arjfca » 05 May 2011

Hello

How can i display a diamond over a bar.
I know how to plot a dot, or put text, but can't figure how to display a diamond.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 05 May 2011

Hello

How can i display a diamond over a bar.
I know how to plot a dot, or put text, but can't figure how to display a diamond.

Martin
There is no "diamond" drawing object.

You can draw an arrow, if that helps.

if you insist on a diamond,
you can use the text objects, and select the diamond character.

use Text_SetFontName to select the font "Wingdings".

then use the corresponding diamond character as the text object.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingdings

[edit] Also, please do a google search for
wingdings character map

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby arjfca » 05 May 2011

Thanks TJ

Your a real encyclopedia :) :)

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 05 May 2011

Thanks TJ

Your a real encyclopedia :) :)

Martin
you are welcome.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Hello,

has anyone the PDF for download? The link is defect.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 15 Mar 2013

Hello,

has anyone the PDF for download? The link is defect.

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Kinko
please do a google search for

wingdings character map

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Hello TJ,

thank you. But how can i plot the diamond to the Chart?

Can you give me an example?

If... then plot ???

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 15 Mar 2013

Hello TJ,

thank you. But how can i plot the diamond to the Chart?

Can you give me an example?

If... then plot ???

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Kinko
At MultiCharts,
Press [F1], do a search for Text_SetFontName.
Usage example is there.

You replace whatever alphabetic character with the mapping.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Hello TJ,

i think you mean this.
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But i don´t know, how i can plot it in the Chart, excuse me. :-)

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 15 Mar 2013

Hello TJ,

i think you mean this.

But i don´t know, how i can plot it in the Chart, excuse me. :-)

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Yes, you have the right page.

Did you read any of the links on the page?

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Yes, so i try this:

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if RSi > 40 then

Plot Text_GetFontName(3);
But it doesn´t create s symbol in the Chart.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

look at this please.

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That is my target. :-)

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 15 Mar 2013

Yes, so i try this:

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if RSi > 40 then
Plot Text_GetFontName(3);
But it doesn´t create s symbol in the Chart.
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Please read the information on that page carefully.

Please refer to post #2.
Please refer to post #8 AGAIN.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

I think i have no change. It doesn´t running.

Here is my code:

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inputs:
Price( Close ),
Length( 14 ),
OverSold( 30 ),
OverBought( 70 ),
OverSColor( Cyan ),
OverBColor( Red ) ;

variables: var0( 0 ) ;

var0 = RSI( Price, Length ) ;

Plot1( var0, "RSI" ) ;
Plot2( OverBought, "OverBot" ) ;
Plot3( OverSold, "OverSld" ) ;


if var0 > OverBought then
Text_SetFontName(3, "Verdana")
else if var0 < OverSold then
Text_SetFontName(3, "Verdana");
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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby TJ » 15 Mar 2013

I think i have no change. It doesn´t running.

Here is my code:
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Please start here:

EasyLanguage Essentials Programmers Guide
Text Objects.... pg 112

https://www.multicharts.com/multicharts ... mentation/

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby furytrader » 15 Mar 2013

When the signal generates, you set the character to display using the Text_New command and then set you the font for the text you just created to windings, so it's something like:

value1 = Text_New(bar date, bar time, price value, "u")
value2 = Text_SetFontName(value1, "Wingdings")

... since "u" corresponds to the diamond symbol in wingdings.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Yeah! That looks fine. Now i have the Text in the Chart.

Image

With this Code.

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if High > Highest(High,10)[1] then
Value1 = Text_New (Date, Time, High, "10-Bar High");

if High > Highest(High,10)[1] then
Value1 = Text_SetFontName(3, "Verdana");
The second part is not needed. Can you tell me, how i made the text "10-Bar-High" to an diamond?

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby furytrader » 15 Mar 2013

Change your code as follows:

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if High > Highest(High,10)[1] then begin
Value1 = Text_New (Date, Time, High, "u");
Value2 = Text_SetFontName(value1, "Wingdings");
End;
I'm assuming you have a font called "Wingdings" on your computer.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Hello furytrader,

that runs very fine. Can you tell me, how i can change the color from the object? Not in the Chart, but in the formula.

Thank you very much.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby furytrader » 15 Mar 2013

You would do something like:

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if High > Highest(High,10)[1] then begin
Value1 = Text_New (Date, Time, High, "u");
Value2 = Text_SetFontName(value1, "Wingdings");
value3 = Text_SetColor(value1, yellow);
End;
There is a whole list of colors you can use, and you can also use RGB values too. See the sections on the Wiki and in the documentation on colors.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

Thank you very much and have a great day.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby furytrader » 15 Mar 2013

You're welcome. Can we see what the chart looks like? (I've never seen this used before!)

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

yes, but im not ready for this time. :-)

I search the things who are red in the picture, but i don´t find them by the wingdings.

Image

Have you an idea?

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby furytrader » 15 Mar 2013

I see them in Wingdings as character code 217 -- maybe try this character: ȗ and Ș

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby Kinko Hyo » 15 Mar 2013

hm, these symbols are not accept by easy language.

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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby MAtricks » 16 Mar 2013

It looks like everyone is trying things the hard way..

Kinko, give my edit to your code a try:

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inputs:
Length( 14 ),
OverSold( 30 ),
OverBought( 70 ),
OverSColor( Cyan ),
OverBColor( Red ),
ArwSize( 1 ),
ArwUpColor( Green ),
ArwDownColor( Red ) ;

variables: var0( 0 ), arw( 0 ) ;

var0 = RSI( C, Length ) ;

Plot1( var0, "RSI" ) ;
Plot2( OverBought, "OverBot" ) ;
Plot3( OverSold, "OverSld" ) ;


if var0 crosses over OverBought then begin
arw = arw_New(Date, Time, Low, false );
arw_setsize(arw, arwsize);
arw_SetColor(arw, arwupcolor);
end ;
if var0 crosses under OverSold then begin
arw = arw_New(Date, Time, High, true );
arw_setsize(arw, arwsize);
arw_SetColor(arw, arwdowncolor);
end ;
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Re: Displaying a diamond over a bar

Postby NW27 » 18 Mar 2013

Or, you could just download the code I wrote and do it in a single line.
http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/v ... 785#p46708

As per -

if var0 crosses over OverBought then begin
PrintText_S(date,time_s,Low-4,2,2,DarkGreen,10,False,"TriHollowDn",True); // Display a Hollowed triangle
end ;

Neil.


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