Text justification

Hello there. I found this function somewhere. It's not mine, but work pretty good.

Hope this helps a bit.

void CreateTextLable
(string TextLableName, string Text, int TextSize, string FontName, color TextColor, int TextCorner, int X, int Y)
{
//---
ObjectCreate(TextLableName, OBJ_LABEL, 0, 0, 0);
ObjectSet(TextLableName, OBJPROP_CORNER, TextCorner);
ObjectSet(TextLableName, OBJPROP_XDISTANCE, X);
ObjectSet(TextLableName, OBJPROP_YDISTANCE, Y);
ObjectSetText(TextLableName,Text,TextSize,FontName,TextColor);
}

CreateTextLable("label_object8",nametext8,20,"Times New Roman",COL8,0,30,160);

COL8 = COLOUR eg. Yellow etc. Textname8 is where the text will go.

Hi Blooper,

unfortunately doesnt help... this function shows how to set properties of a Label object, not Text.

The difference is that Label are fixed in position as defined by X,Y values while Text is positioned on the chart and moves with the time.

Tnx anyway :)

Zyp

I see what U mean.. If U find out, please post it. I also would like to know. :)

I have written this very simple function to align numbers to the right:

If you test this make to to save it as "SetTextCorner.mq4"

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                SetTextCorner.mq4 |
//|                                      Copyright 2017, nicholishen |
//|                         https://www.forexfactory.com/nicholishen |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2017, nicholishen"
#property link      "https://www.forexfactory.com/nicholishen"
#property version   "1.00"
#property strict
#property indicator_separate_window

input ENUM_BASE_CORNER Corner = CORNER_RIGHT_UPPER;

#include <ChartObjects\ChartObjectsTxtControls.mqh>
CChartObjectLabel label;
int OnInit()
{
//--- indicator buffers mapping
  SetLabel();
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
//---
   
//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

void SetLabel()
{
   int subwin = WindowFind("SetTextCorner");
   label.Create(0,"__label__",subwin,0,0); 
   switch(Corner)
   {
      case CORNER_LEFT_UPPER:
         label.Anchor(ANCHOR_LEFT_UPPER);
         label.Corner(CORNER_LEFT_UPPER);
         break;
      case CORNER_RIGHT_UPPER:
         label.Anchor(ANCHOR_RIGHT_UPPER);
         label.Corner(CORNER_RIGHT_UPPER);
         break;
      case CORNER_LEFT_LOWER:
         label.Anchor(ANCHOR_LEFT_LOWER);
         label.Corner(CORNER_LEFT_LOWER);
         break;
      case CORNER_RIGHT_LOWER:
         label.Anchor(ANCHOR_RIGHT_LOWER);
         label.Corner(CORNER_RIGHT_LOWER);
         break;
   }
   label.Description("This is a test label.");
   label.Font("Consolas");
   label.FontSize(8);
   label.Color(clrWhite);
}

The function is great! Many thanks!

almost 3 years later, thank you very much, it's exactly what I was looking for! :)

Same thing, but a bit different coding..

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|    String Alignment                                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
string StringLeftPad(string str, int n=1, string str2=" ")
{
        return(StringRepeat(str2,n-StringLen(str)) + str);
}

string StringRepeat(string str, int n=1)
{
        string outstr = "";
        for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
        {
                outstr = outstr + str;
        }
        return(outstr);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

1. Perhaps you should read the manual.
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2. What part of "Anchor point position relative to the text can be selected from ENUM_ANCHOR_POINT enumeration," and "InpAnchor" in the examples, was unclear?
            OBJ_TEXT - Object Types - Objects Constants - Constants, Enumerations and Structures - MQL4 Reference