Rectangle overlay and mix color ...

THX,

ok and how about making them intransparent?

Actually this is, at least for lines Displaying of Support/Resistance Levels - MQL4 Articles

Won't help with rectangles though. You'll have to split the 'non-top' rectangle into pieces and remove the overlapped portions.

rectangleMinus(
    string name, double hi, double lo, datetime left, datetime right, color clr,
    double top_h, double top_l, datetime top_left, datetime top_right
){
    if (hi > top_h){
        rect(name+"1", hi, MathMax(lo, top_h), left, right, clr);
        hi = top_h;
    }
    if (lo < top_l){
        rect(name+"2", MathMin(hi, top_l), lo, left, right, clr);
        lo = top_l;
    }
    if (left < top_left){
        rect(name+"3", hi, lo, left, MathMinDt(right,top_left), clr);
        left = top_right;
    }
    rect(name+"4", hi, lo, left, right, clr);
}
datetime MathMaxDt(datetime a, datetime b){ if (a > b)  return(a);  return(b); }
datetime MathMinDt(datetime a, datetime b){ if (a < b)  return(a);  return(b); }
void rect(string name, double hi, double lo, datetime left, datetime right, clr)
    if (hi <= lo || left >= right) return;
    if      (ObjectMove( name, 0, left, hi ))     ObjectMove(name, 1, right, lo);
    else if (!ObjectCreate( name, OBJ_RECTANGLE, WINDOW_MAIN, left, hi, right, lo ))
        Alert("ObjectCreate(",name,",OBJ_RECTANGLE) failed: ", GetLastError() );
    if (!ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_COLOR, clr )) // Allow color change
        Alert("ObjectSet(", name, ",Color) [2] failed: ", GetLastError());
}

Thank you for that code, although this would be to complicated for that issue ... i chooesed colores that mix up to the color i want it to be ...

The graphical interface of mt4 ist not very friendly ;-)

It is a lot simpler, the color is a bit mask

This function gives you the required value

color mask_color(color back, color front)
{
back ^=front;
return(back);

}

The first object you give any color you like, IE, Blue, the second object you do:

ObjectSet(objname, OBJPROP_COLOR, mask_color(Blue,Green)); -> green is the desired color

Have fun ;-)

@bruceloco:

Oh thank you, that is a nice way!

Excuse me for dredging up an old thread, but this has been bugging me for a while. I've been having to use rect labels in my indis to get overlapping colours to display how I want them.

The function above works great, but only on a chart with a black background. If your chart has a background of any other colour, you need to add a third parameter to get the correct mask colour:

color MaskColour(color back, color front, color chartBackground) {
   back ^= front;
   back ^= chartBackground;
   return back;
}

I connect to this old thread because I'm looking for a solution without using bitmap images. I do not understand how I can integrate this code in my:

color mask_color(color back,color front)
     {
      color chartBackground=(color)ChartGetInteger(0,CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND);
      back^=front;
      back^=chartBackground;
      return(back);
     }
     
     

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| 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[])
  {
   
         ObjectCreate("Up",OBJ_RECTANGLE,0,Time[0],High[7],Time[5],Low[5]);
         ObjectSet   ("Up",OBJPROP_COLOR,mask_color(White,Blue));
         
         ObjectCreate("Dw",OBJ_RECTANGLE,0,Time[0],High[7],Time[7],Low[7]);
         ObjectSet   ("Dw",OBJPROP_COLOR,mask_color(White,Blue));
    
       
      
   return(rates_total);
  }