"Hide/Show studies" Buttons Study

February 11th, 2019, 10:33 AM

slickiam

https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/Tools.html

I know... that's even worse than trying to show/hide studies LOL...

February 14th, 2019, 05:20 AM

Rrrracer

I know... that's even worse than trying to show/hide studies LOL...

what do you mean and what do you want to have?

February 16th, 2019, 08:39 AM

slickiam

what do you mean and what do you want to have?

@ slickiam, the show/hide studies ACS buttons you came up with a long time ago was a great idea and something I feel Sierrachart should have built in.

@ swandro was kind enough to modify that study for 64 bit machines.. it works great along with the upgrades he added. I was simply stating that it would be nice to have the same functionality for chart drawings...

For example, press one ACS button to display/hide all horizontal lines, another for fib extensions, or whatever (1 click) on the focused chart... instead of Tools->Manage Chart Drawings Window->Select symbol->Select drawing type->Show/hide->close window (4-6 clicks.)

I envision it being similar in operation to the show/hide studies buttons in this thread. Not sure if this is possible with SC, but it would go a long way towards improving functionality and ease of use.

February 16th, 2019, 09:03 AM

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Not sure if this is possible with SC, but it would go a long way towards improving functionality and ease of use.

it looks possible

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For example, press one ACS button to display/hide all horizontal lines, another for fib extensions

so .. one button per DrawingType objects to hide/show it all?

imho, it might be done, i'll try to make it real within a month or post a fail result here.

gd lck

February 16th, 2019, 12:33 PM

slickiam

it looks possible

so .. one button per DrawingType objects to hide/show it all?

imho, it might be done, i'll try to make it real within a month or post a fail result here.

gd lck

Interesting, yes that sounds correct. The drawing types would be user-definable as it is with the hide/show studies.

Please, take your time... the effort is greatly appreciated. I would be glad to assist in whatever limited capacity I can

February 18th, 2019, 10:13 AM

Rrrracer

Interesting, yes that sounds correct. The drawing types would be user-definable as it is with the hide/show studies.

Please, take your time... the effort is greatly appreciated. I would be glad to assist in whatever limited capacity I can

so .... the idea is to hide all of drawings were equal to a last added drawing_type in case "drawing type number" is 0
or one could define a drawing_type number from the scconstants.h file from ./SierraChart/ACS_Source/ folder
like this:

Code

enum DrawingTypeEnum
{ DRAWING_UNKNOWN = 0
, DRAWING_LINE = 1
, DRAWING_RAY = 2
, DRAWING_HORIZONTALLINE = 3
, DRAWING_VERTICALLINE = 4
, DRAWING_ARROW = 5
, DRAWING_TEXT = 6
, DRAWING_CALCULATOR = 7
, DRAWING_RETRACEMENT = 8
, DRAWING_UNUSED = 9           // old fan drawing type
, DRAWING_UNUSED_10 = 10
, DRAWING_PRICE_PROJECTION = 11
, DRAWING_RECTANGLEHIGHLIGHT  = 12
, DRAWING_ELLIPSEHIGHLIGHT = 13
, DRAWING_FAN_GANN = 14
, DRAWING_PITCHFORK = 15
, DRAWING_UNUSED16 = 16      // was DRAWING_FLOWELLIPSEHIGHLIGHT
, DRAWING_WORKING_ORDER = 17
, DRAWING_POSITION_LINE = 18
, DRAWING_CYCLE = 19
, DRAWING_TIME_EXPANSION = 20
, DRAWING_GANNGRID = 21
, DRAWING_UNUSED_22 = 22   
, DRAWING_UNUSED_23 = 23 
, DRAWING_ORDER_FILL = 24
, DRAWING_ENTRYEXIT_CONNECTLINE = 25
, DRAWING_RECTANGLE_EXT_HIGHLIGHT = 26
, DRAWING_FAN_FIBONACCI = 27
, DRAWING_PARALLEL_LINES = 28
, DRAWING_PARALLEL_RAYS = 29
, DRAWING_LINEAR_REGRESSION = 30
, DRAWING_RAFF_REGRESSION_CHANNEL = 31
, DRAWING_EXTENDED_LINE = 32
, DRAWING_PITCHFORK_SCHIFF = 33
, DRAWING_PITCHFORK_MODIFIED_SCHIFF = 34
, DRAWING_PRICE_EXPANSION = 35
, DRAWING_VOLUME_PROFILE = 36
, DRAWING_STATIONARY_TEXT = 37
, DRAWING_TIME_PROJECTION = 38
, DRAWING_MARKER = 39
, DRAWING_HORIZONTAL_RAY = 40
, DRAWING_REWARD_RISK = 41
, DRAWING_SWING_MARKER = 42
, DRAWING_DATE_MARKER = 43
, DRAWING_OHLC_RAY = 44
, DRAWING_HORIZONTAL_LINE_NON_EXTENDED = 45
, DRAWING_TRIANGLE = 46
, SC_NUM_DRAWING_TYPE
};

and the study might be as follows:

February 18th, 2019, 10:18 AM

Rrrracer

Please, take your time...

i'm spending some time to play with SC in only case i'm tired or fill ill so no need to worry about that

gd lck

February 18th, 2019, 01:00 PM

slickiam

and the study might be as follows:

_beta2 "online version" for SC ver 1865 and below

Code

#include <windows.h>
#include "sierrachart.h"

SCDLLName("hideDrwng_b2");

SCSFExport scsf_hideDrwng_b2(SCStudyInterfaceRef sc) {		
	
	if(sc.SetDefaults) {
		sc.GraphName="hideDrwng_b2";
		sc.StudyDescription="Hide/Show drawings >>beta2<<  @ganz  ";		
		sc.AutoLoop = 0;
		sc.GraphRegion = 0;		
		
		sc.Input[0].Name = "Button#1 Name";
		sc.Input[0].SetString("Name");
		
		sc.Input[1].Name = "Button#1 Description";
		sc.Input[1].SetString("Dscr");
		
		sc.Input[2].Name = "drawing type number";
		sc.Input[2].SetInt(0);
		sc.Input[2].SetIntLimits(0, 46);	
			
		return;
	}	
	
	int& drwng_last = sc.GetPersistentInt(1); sc.SetPersistentInt(1, 0);
	int& drwng_type = sc.GetPersistentInt(2); sc.SetPersistentInt(2, 0);
	
	int& isHide = sc.GetPersistentInt(3); sc.SetPersistentInt(3, 0);	
	
	s_UseTool ChartDrawing;
	if (sc.GetUserDrawnChartDrawing(sc.ChartNumber, DRAWING_UNKNOWN, ChartDrawing, -1) > 0) {				
		
		if ( drwng_last == ChartDrawing.LineNumber ) return;
		else sc.SetPersistentInt(1, ChartDrawing.LineNumber);
	
		if ( sc.Input[2].GetInt() ) sc.SetPersistentInt(2, sc.Input[2].GetInt());
		else sc.SetPersistentInt(2, ChartDrawing.DrawingType);		
	
		sc.SetACSToolButtonText(1, sc.Input[0].GetString());
		sc.SetACSToolToolTip(1, sc.Input[1].GetString());
			
		if  ( sc.MenuEventID == ACS_BUTTON_1 ) {
			if (sc.PointerEventType == SC_ACS_BUTTON_ON ) sc.SetPersistentInt(3, 1);
			else sc.SetPersistentInt(3, 0);
	
			for (int lineNumber = drwng_last; lineNumber < 0 ; lineNumber++) {
					if ( sc.GetUserDrawnChartDrawing(sc.ChartNumber, drwng_type, ChartDrawing, lineNumber) > 0 ) {
						ChartDrawing.HideDrawing=isHide; // hide  drwng				
						sc.UseTool(ChartDrawing);			
					}
			}
		}		
	}
	return;
}

February 18th, 2019, 02:14 PM

slickiam

_beta2 "online version"

Cool! How do I use it lol... I assume it needs to be compiled or something... sorry, I'm completely useless when it comes to coding.

February 18th, 2019, 02:30 PM

Rrrracer

Cool! How do I use it lol... I assume it needs to be compiled or something... sorry, I'm completely useless when it comes to coding.

- get attached file or
- copy all from code_frame to file hideDrwng_b2.cpp using Notepad
- save it as *.cpp file into ~/SierraChart/ACS_Sources/ folder
- start SC
- Analysis ->Build Custom Studies DLL -> File -> Select Files
- select file -> Open
- Analysis ->Build Custom Studies DLL ->Build -> Remote Build
- take a sip
- close Build A_C_S_DLL window
- F6 -> Add Custom Study - > choose it -> OK

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