Help with paintbar - should be an easy one!

February 13th, 2012, 01:44 PM

Never worked with paintbars before and am still new to programming. In Multicharts I am trying to paint/color the bars of a 24 hour chart that aren't during regular session hours a different color. I've tried this but nothing happens:
Inputs:
starttime(1516),endtime(829);
IfCurrentTime>starttimeandCurrentTime<endtimethen
PlotPaintBar(High,Low,Open,Close,"",Red)

I'm sure I'm doing something simple wrong but I don't have a clue! Thanks!

February 14th, 2012, 11:00 AM

Hi,

I see several problems:
- your code does not respect MultiCharts syntax, it does not compile
- your start time is after your end time
- CurrentTime refers to the time of the computer whereas you should refer to the time of the bar (Time).

The following code works on my computer:

Code

Variables:
    StartTime    ( 829 ),
    EndTime    ( 1516 );
    
If Time > StartTime AND Time < EndTime then
    PlotPaintBar(High, Low, Open, Close, "", Red);

Nicolas

February 14th, 2012, 11:40 AM

Thanks Nicolas. This sort of works but now it paints the regular session instead of the after hours session. Maybe I need to have it change the bar color from 1516 to 2400 and then again from 0 to 829? I'll try that. Thanks for your help.

Nicolas11

Hi,

I see several problems:
- your code does not respect MultiCharts syntax, it does not compile
- your start time is after your end time
- CurrentTime refers to the time of the computer whereas you should refer to the time of the bar (Time).

The following code works on my computer:

Code

Variables:
    StartTime    ( 829 ),
    EndTime    ( 1516 );
 
If Time > StartTime AND Time < EndTime then
    PlotPaintBar(High, Low, Open, Close, "", Red);

Nicolas

February 14th, 2012, 11:44 AM

My mistake. I read your first message too quickly.

Try:
If Time < StartTime OR Time > EndTime

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Help with paintbar - should be an easy one!