This little indicator can save a screenshot of a chart (the chart the indicator is applied to) to a user selected folder.
It works with a little button on the chart:
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or with the hotkey Alt+P (this can be changed in line 160 of the code).
These are the parameters:
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The first is the most important, if set to true it will hide the ChartTrader fields on the screenshot to protect the account number.
#2 determines what should happen with the screenshot.
#3 is the path to the folder NT shall save the screenshots to, default is C:\NTScreenshots
#4 if the picture is being uploaded (to bmcharts.com) this sets the format for the url that is being returned.
#5 either copies the url to the clipboard or prints it to the output window.
#6 an option to either use the chart-button, toolbar-button or the hotkey.
#7 can play a sound after upload.
It can easily be applied to many charts without having to fear performance issues.
Changelog Archive:
October 25 2012: v1.1
Added safety net to protect account number when ChartTrader is visible.
Changed picture format from .jpg to .png
October 26 2012: v1.2
Now supports automatic upload to www.bmcharts.com
URL can be copied to clipboard or printed to output window.
October 26 2012: v1.3
Upload and save operation now run in their own thread, so the main thread is not waiting for it.
Fixed bug with sound play throwing error.
October 26 2012: v1.4
Added the option to use a toolbar button.
Added a message after successful upload that displays for 1.5 seconds on the chart.
October 26 2012: v1.5
Fixed serious performance issue, was hogging CPU due to a programming error.
October 26 2012: v1.6
Changed the filename to something a bit more logical, looks like this now: FDAX 12-12-5 Min-10.26.2012-18.48.7.png
October 312012: v1.8
Added option to display the chart button on the right.
If the location has to be changed, this can be done in lines 80, 415 and 416 of the code.
October 312012: v1.9
Chart Button is now always on top.
Tooltip of toolbar button disabled.
Crosshair now gets hidden on screenshot.
November 15 2012: v2.0
Protect Account number does not hide chart trader anymore but spares the area on the screenshot, so no more flicker.
Added an option to plot or hide execution markers on the screenshot.
November 15 2012: v2.1
Changed the option for the buttons or hotkey, now more than one can be selected.
November 20 2012: v2.2
Fixed a bug that made the plotting of executions unreliable (i.e. they did not always plot when they were expected to).
December 11 2012: v2.3
Added a timer option to take periodic screenshots. This will ONLY work with the "Save" option, neither with "Upload" nor with "Save/Upload". The interval can be changed in the settings.
The indicator can be found in the download section: vvScreenShot (