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Thanks so much Jayson - your reply was very helpful and much
appreciated. Again thanks for taking the time and effort to pass this
information on - this should get me going in the right direction.
Best Regards,
Dean
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx> wrote:
> Dean,
> in help click the AFL icon on the tool bar. Syntax and examples for
writif()
> and writeval() can be found there. Here is a simple example
>
> Plot(c,"price",colorgreen,stylecandle); //plots a simple candle
chart
>
> since we are plotting close then AFL will by default place the
close value
> in the title line of the chart. By adding a Title expression we
gain far
> more flexibility...
>
> title=" Close "+C+" High "+H;
>
> We can gain a bit more format control using writeval()
>
> title=" Close "+C+" High "+H+ "Average Price "+Writeval
((h+l+c)/3,1.2);
> //where 1.2 offers us 2 decimal places
>
> Writeif allows us to add conditional text....
> Title=" Close "+C+" High "+H+ " Average Price "+WriteVal
((H+L+C)/3,1.2)+
> WriteIf(V>Ref(V,-1)," Increasing Volume", " dwindling Volume");
>
> Using encodecolor you can even chane the color of portions of the
title....
>
> Title=" Close "+C+" High "+H+ " Average Price "+WriteVal
((H+L+C)/3,1.2)+
> WriteIf(V>Ref(V,-1),EncodeColor(colorBrightGreen)+" Increasing
Volume",
> EncodeColor(colorRed)+" dwindling Volume");
>
> For more examples you should visit the AFL library (from amibroker
web
> page)......
>
> Regards,
>
> Jayson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Hodgins [mailto:deanhodgins@x...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:22 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Display Values
>
>
> Thanks Jayson - I tried that for over an hour and I couldn't find
> anywhere instructions for adding captions to charts.
>
> Please understand I do not have good programming ability - I'm
just
> trying to find some clear easy examples as a starting point.
Thought
> I might find these writeval()and writeif() functions somewhere in
the
> existing indicators but no luck there either.
>
> Somewhere that says these are the instructions for performing this
> task in a language that doesn't require programming knowledge -
>
> Anything a bit more specific would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean
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