Fixed position for text on a chart

June 1st, 2010, 01:09 PM

Hi!

I have a question

Is there a way to fix a textposition for example on the top right on a chart (no matter of zoomlevel)?

In manuals I find only a way to set position to a position depend of the price. But in this case, when I zoom or scroll the chart, the text goes away....

But I want always see (for example) the number of open trades and the netto profit in the top right in the chartwindow. No matter of scroll right or left or zoom.
In MT4 I can do this. But in MultiCharts?

Thank you for help!

June 1st, 2010, 01:47 PM

My MC trial ended, but in Tradestation there is an indicator called Text_Float, and a similar function that it calls. You basically create a text object, then call the funcion on each tick/bar to update its location.

June 1st, 2010, 01:49 PM

Thank you, aslan,
actually I use Text_float, but the position depends on the price...

I want to fix position, for example: 5 pixels left from right corner etc...

June 1st, 2010, 02:05 PM

You have to attach the text to price/time. The price part can be worked around with the floating function. The time portion (to get to the right edge) can only be moved so far. You can use a time value of MinutesToTime(TimeToMinutes(time+1)) to push it one bar into the future, but that is as far as you can go. The horizontal alignment of the text object can also be used to push it as far right as it can go. To my knowledge, that is the best you can do.

June 1st, 2010, 09:44 PM

You can use the built in functions GetAppInfo to tell you the min/max x-axis value.

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Text_SetLocation(mytextid, date, time, GetAppInfo(aiHighestDispValue) - (10 * MinMove/PriceScale));

Mike

August 8th, 2010, 02:19 PM

From the TS support site:

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{================================================= ==================== 
    NAME:      text_FloatLocation 
     
    TYPE:    Function 
    AUTHOR:    Bill Conley (AKA Kahuna) 
     
    OUTPUT: 
            Similar to the TS text_Float function except does not use 
            the "Date[TextBarsBack]" construct for horizontal spacing. 
            The code used (borrowed from text_SetVertLocation) does a better 
            job of locating text a consistent distance from the last bar 
            on tick and volume charts where bars may share the same time. 
 
    COMMENTS: 
            None. 
 
    RELEASE NOTES: 
            1.0        10/08/09    Initial Version 
 
== Inputs & Variables =================================================} 
 
inputs: 
    TxtID( NumericSimple ),    // ID of Text Object to be relocated 
     VertPct( NumericSimple)    // Verticle Pct of Chart for Location 
; 
 
vars: 
    ValidTextID(false), 
    RightDateTime(0) , 
    HighestDispValue(0) , 
    LowestDispValue(0) , 
    TextDispValue(0) 
; 
 
{== Calculations ================================================== ====} 
 
    if LastBarOnChart then begin 
        ValidTextID = Text_Exist(TxtID); 
        if ValidTextID then    begin 
            RightDateTime = GetAppInfo(aiRightDispDateTime); 
            HighestDispValue = GetAppInfo(aiHighestDispValue); 
            LowestDispValue = GetAppInfo(aiLowestDispValue); 
            TextDispValue = LowestDispValue + 0.01 * VertPct * (HighestDispValue - LowestDispValue) ; 
            Text_SetLocation(TxtID, JulianToDate(IntPortion(RightDateTime)),  
                MinutesToTime(FracPortion(RightDateTime) * 60 * 24), TextDispValue);  
            Text_SetStyle(TxtID, 1, 1) ; // Left & Above  
        end  
        else  
            RaiseRunTimeError("TextID does not exist."); 
    end ; 
 
{== Returns ================================================== =========} 
 
    text_FloatLocation = 1;

This code was submitted as part of a bar countdown timer. Neat stuff, but I only needed this function and I thought I would pass it along.

Regards,
-C

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