Call indicator color

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hi all,


i'm tring to call the "new" color i have given to the indicator in the ObjectSetText funtion, however, the "new" color is still "Red",

What should i be using to call the latest color assigned to the indicator & apply it to the text.


#property indicator_color1 Red
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ObjectSetText ( bla bla bla, indicator_color1)


Thanks.

 

Indicators indexes are not Objects.

see SetIndexStyle()

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As for your problem, you have not shown enough code to make a better reply.

  
double ma_1;
ma_1=iMA(0,0,MA_Period,0,MA_Method,AppliedPrice,0);   
 
   ObjectDelete("MA"+MA_Period);
   ObjectCreate("MA"+MA_Period ,OBJ_TEXT, 0, Time[0], ma_1+ 0.0020); 
   ObjectSetText("MA"+MA_Period,short_name+ MA_Period+") ",12, "Arial", indicator_color1);  
   return(0);

in a MA code,

the MA color is red, becasue 

 #property indicator_color1 Red

If i change it to black when adding the MA to my chart, the ObjectText doesnt read it black.

It reads indicator_color1 as per the originally given (red).

how to read the updated MA color ?

Thanks phy.

 

Use ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, yourColor);


Put this on a 1 minute chart to play with:


#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_color1 DodgerBlue
static double lastTick;
int init()
  {
 lastTick = Close[0];
   return(0);
  }
int start()
  {
   int    counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
 
 string name = "test_text";
 
 ObjectDelete(name);
 ObjectCreate(name, OBJ_TEXT, 0, Time[0], High[0]+5*Point);

 ObjectSetText(name, DoubleToStr(Close[0], Digits));

 if(Close[0] > lastTick) ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, Lime);
 else if(Close[0] < lastTick) ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, Red);
 //else ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, Yellow);
 else ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, indicator_color1);

 lastTick = Close[0];   
 return(0);
  }
 

Use ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, yourColor );

isnt there any way to GET the current MA color, & Plug it on "yourColor" instead ?

 
i've defined the color as a variable, not as a property, and it worked. :)
 

I tried setting an object to the color of one of the buffers, like this:

ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, indicator_color1);

and it did not work.

Any ideas?

Larene

 
larenespitler:

I tried setting an object to the color of one of the buffers, like this:

ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, indicator_color1);

and it did not work.

Any ideas?

Larene


ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, color);

 

I was trying to grab the color from the parameters. I wanted my objects to match the colors the user chose for the indicators.

Larene

  
extern color XXX = Red; //let the user to choose the color

ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, XXX); // & set the color to the user choice
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