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August 12th, 2012, 08:52 PM

lolu

@TMFT,

This thing just works GREAT !!!

Your BB (Bolliger Band) has the Z Order code to make it work on the background; so, for any indicator with fills feature (e.g. Fat Tails' BB and VWAP, etc ), they have to be tweaked with Z Order for their fill painting to appear on the background... RIGHT ? How easy is this ?

Lolu

Actually, the reason my Bollinger shows up on the image background is because I changed the Draw Region to FillPolygon and use Zorder .

The Zorder itself is very simple;

Assign a specific value

Code

protected override void Initialize()
		{
			Overlay				= true;
			ZOrder				= -10;
		}

Or assign the Max/Min level value

Code

if(UseZorder)
			ZOrder = int.MaxValue;
			else
			ZOrder = int.MinValue;

August 12th, 2012, 11:25 PM

ThatManFromTexas

@lolu

I took your suggestion of using the same image and changing the hue depending on the trend. It works great , you just have to choose a "good" image to start with.

Very creative, nice work.

Mike

August 13th, 2012, 01:01 PM

lolu

@TMFT,

This thing just works GREAT !!!

Your BB (Bolliger Band) has the Z Order code to make it work on the background; so, for any indicator with fills feature (e.g. Fat Tails' BB and VWAP, etc ), they have to be tweaked with Z Order for their fill painting to appear on the background... RIGHT ? How easy is this ?

Lolu

@lolu

I edited the BollingerEMA to change the region color in sync with the trend just like the ImageFile.

You're welcome

August 13th, 2012, 02:20 PM

Fat Tails

I first thought you made a bad joke, but then I saw that there is really somebody selling this for money.

The indicator code is rather simple, and I think that it is rather a gadget, not something that should be sold.
Here is a poor man's version that allows you to insert a background picture on the price panel.

@Fat Tails

I have been trying for a hour to make this work, if you can assist many thx. Ok I downloaded image, then copied location to your pic indi, but It wont plot. I ve tried restarting ninja etc nothing will make it plot. it shows up in indicator list???? ideas?

August 13th, 2012, 02:31 PM

Rad4633

@Fat Tails

I have been trying for a hour to make this work, if you can assist many thx. Ok I downloaded image, then copied location to your pic indi, but It wont plot. I ve tried restarting ninja etc nothing will make it plot. it shows up in indicator list???? ideas?

Use ONLY TMFT indy ... remove Fat Tails' PiccyBack.

Lolu

August 13th, 2012, 02:34 PM

lolu

Use ONLY TMFT indy ... remove Fat Tails' PiccyBack.

Lolu

thx Lolu for reply, ImagefilebyTMFT got it...thx again

August 13th, 2012, 02:57 PM

@ThatManFromTexas

I hate to bother you Ive been working for hours trying to upload picture. what I am doing, is I go to my pictures and copy paste path as shown. Ive tried restarting but nothing makes pic plot, am I not coping correct pathway?

Driving me nuts as I am not a computer savvy person

thx for everyone helping me with this

August 13th, 2012, 03:07 PM

Rad4633

@ThatManFromTexas

I hate to bother you Ive been working for hours trying to upload picture. what I am doing, is I go to my pictures and copy paste path as shown. Ive tried restarting but nothing makes pic plot, am I not coping correct pathway?

Driving me nuts as I am not a computer savvy person

thx for everyone helping me with this

TMFT has kindly posted three images in post #139 ... just save those three images with their default names, in your folder path and reload your chart ... you don't need to restart NT. And if you want images different from TMFT's, just make sure they reflect up/down/flat trends in appearance. I advise that you just load TMFT's posted images ... they are FANTASTIC.

Lolu

August 13th, 2012, 03:25 PM

Rad4633

@Fat Tails

I have been trying for a hour to make this work, if you can assist many thx. Ok I downloaded image, then copied location to your pic indi, but It wont plot. I ve tried restarting ninja etc nothing will make it plot. it shows up in indicator list???? ideas?

It should plot, if you enter the full path. If it does not plot

-> the file extension might be missing
-> you use another indicator which plots the backcolor of the chart on top of the image.

The indicator by @ThatManFromTexas uses basically the same code, but will allow you to divide the picture between several panels.

August 13th, 2012, 03:29 PM

Fat Tails

It should plot, if you enter the full path. If it does not plot

-> the file extension might be missing
-> you use another indicator which plots the backcolor of the chart on top of the image.

The indicator by @ThatManFromTexas uses basically the same code, but will allow you to divide the picture between several panels.

Yes thanks to @lolu I figured out I wasnt giving the full pathway. Works fine now

Thank you for the reply sorry for the bother

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