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Hello,
> Thanks Graham, I am aware of these functions. But since the plots are
> in bar/dollar coordinates, I cant go to barcount + 2 to write text, or
> mark area.
Actually you CAN.
PlotText() and PlotShapes use BAR (x) and VALUE (y) co-ordinates, not pixel.
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?plottext
Only Gfx* funcitons use PIXEL co-ordinates
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "kar_avi" <kar_avi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:25 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: How to you use the low-level graphics to plot text?
> Thanks Graham, I am aware of these functions. But since the plots are
> in bar/dollar coordinates, I cant go to barcount + 2 to write text, or
> mark area. Cant draw a vertical line as x0 has to be SMALLER than x1.
> This is possible with GFX, but then I cant get the coords in pixel of
> H[barcount-1] or any other. If this was possible, it would open a new
> vista for me to put MM, Triggers, Comments all on the chart that I am
> viewing to trade.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Graham <kavemanperth@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> to write text at bars use plottext function, to plot shapes at bars
>> use plotshapes function
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Graham Kav
>> AFL Writing Service
>> http://www.aflwriting.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/08/07, kar_avi <kar_avi@xxx> wrote:
>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jerry Gress"
>> > <pleasenospamplease@> wrote:
>> > >
>> >
>> > > So the question is how do I put some fancy text on a 2 minute
> chart at
>> > > specified price points? The best this lowly programmer can tell
> all this
>> > > graphic stuff is to the pixel not price. Example:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > SYNTAX GfxTextOut( "text", x, y )
>> > > RETURNS NOTHING
>> > > FUNCTION Writes a character string at the specified location
> using the
>> > > currently selected font.
>> > >
>> > > Parameters:
>> > >
>> > > "text" - Specifies the character string to be drawn
>> > > x - Specifies the x-coordinate of the starting point of the text
>> > > y - Specifies the y-coordinate of the starting point of the text
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> > >
>> > > Jerry Gress
>> > > Stockton, Ca.
>> > >
>> >
>> > exactly my problem also. I want to plot lot of texts, arrows, shapes
>> > etc near range bar breakouts. but the coordinates are in pixels, and I
>> > do not know any way to get the pixels of the High of a bar identified,
>> > unless its built from scratch as the code posted here previously. so
>> > the low level functions may not be useful to traders who write their
>> > own systems with some amount of coding, but more to developers who can
>> > enhance features for Amibroker.
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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