set custom color

June 12th, 2011, 10:56 AM

Hallo,

i want to set custom colors in my strategy like this:

BarColor = "106, 142, 236";
CandleOutlineColor = Color.CornflowerBlue;
BackColor = Color.MidnightBlue;

but i can�t compile this. I get this message:

An implicit conversion from type "string ", "System.Drawing.Color"is not possible.

Do you have any ideas?
Thx Blackburn

June 12th, 2011, 11:26 AM

Blackburn

Hallo,

i want to set custom colors in my strategy like this:

BarColor = "106, 142, 236";
CandleOutlineColor = Color.CornflowerBlue;
BackColor = Color.MidnightBlue;

but i can�t compile this. I get this message:

An implicit conversion from type "string ", "System.Drawing.Color"is not possible.

Do you have any ideas?
Thx Blackburn

Try

Code

BarColor = Color.FromArgb(106,142,236);

March 4th, 2012, 10:56 AM

Hi all

is it possible to use Color.FromArgb(...) in an indicator so that a user can choose the rgb values under the indicator parameters. ?

For me it only works with Color.Blue, Color.Yellow - not with Color.FromArgb(...)

March 4th, 2012, 12:26 PM

puma

Hi all

is it possible to use Color.FromArgb(...) in an indicator so that a user can choose the rgb values under the indicator parameters. ?

For me it only works with Color.Blue, Color.Yellow - not with Color.FromArgb(...)

Yes of course this is possible. You just need to declare the properties for three user selectable integers, which can then be used to create the color of your plot.

NinjaTrader · March 5th, 2012, 10:26 AM

puma

Hi all

is it possible to use Color.FromArgb(...) in an indicator so that a user can choose the rgb values under the indicator parameters. ?

For me it only works with Color.Blue, Color.Yellow - not with Color.FromArgb(...)

Users can just type the RGB values directly into the plot color property, no need to create three separate properties for each RGB value. Check out the NT8 wishlish thread, this was recently discussed there.

March 5th, 2012, 11:42 AM

here is the link to the post

Unofficial NinjaTrader 8 wish list thread (NT8)!

I just tried that: you can either type hex prefixed with # (e.g. type #7ea02f) or three rgb dec numbers separated by commas (e.g. type 126,160,47).

Thanks for the tip, but it is not obvious.

TY all - will try that

March 5th, 2012, 02:28 PM

NinjaTrader

Users can just type the RGB values directly into the plot color property, no need to create three separate properties for each RGB value. Check out the NT8 wishlish thread, this was recently discussed there.

Did not know this, thank you for your answer.

The screenshot below shows how to enter that information. In line with the different signatures for ColorFromArgb(), you can enter 4 values (the first one is the alpha value for determining opacity) or 3 values, which is equivalent to alpha = 255 (full color).

March 5th, 2012, 03:01 PM

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