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I witnessed the same behavior in SP2......
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bengtsson, Mats [mailto:mats.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 5:14 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: how to get drawn lines in a signal to be visible
>
>
> I have received a solution using showme that really improves showing
> trailing stops. I have also learned that Tradestation 2K servicepack 2
> behaves inconsistent when it comes to drawing trendlines from within
> systems.
>
> It is possible to get into a "do not show drawn lines mode" in
> systems. I do
> not know why, and I have a number of systems that behaves this way. I have
> been experimenting, and it is also possible to get the lines drawn again,
> question is just how.
>
> For example: I had a signal with the code for the "show trailing stops
> trendline problem" I mailed about a couple of days ago. It did
> not show the
> trendlines, but it did draw them. Using commentary, I could se them be
> drawn, and then removed again (commentary seems to slow things
> down quite a
> lot).
>
> I planned to send the code out to the group, so others could test this
> problem. What I did was to take a copy of the signal with the
> draw trenline
> code in it just by saving it as a differently named signal. Then, to test
> it, I included it into the system where the trendlines were not
> drawn, still
> having the very same signal I had taken the code from included in the
> system.
>
> Suddenly, the trendline was shown, to my amasement. Errhhhmmm... So I then
> removed the original signal that did not show the trendline, to
> see that my
> new copy was the signal that did draw them. It was. I then removed the
> signal that was the copy of the original, the one I planned to
> send out, and
> reinserted the original one. TRENDLINES WERE STILL SHOWN! I had not even
> reverified the code of the old signal, it just suddenly did show what was
> not shown before.
>
> so now that system shows trendlines, I have gotten another system to show
> trendlines as well. I have had the same problem with showing text objects,
> and probably there is a cure for that as well.
>
> My current guess is that if you add a trendline to a signal after
> the signal
> is included in a system, it will not be shown, but if you place it in the
> signal before including the signal into the system, it will be shown.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bengtsson, Mats [mailto:mats.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 9:10 PM
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: how to get drawn lines in a signal to be visible
> >
> >
> > I have a signal that sets stops on ATR Loss. What I would
> > like to do is to
> > show this level on screen when I am at the last bar on chart.
> > Sounds easy,
> > if lastbaronchart then tl_new...
> >
> > This sort of works, but I can not see the line. If i bring upp the
> > commentary, then I can see the line be drawn and removed
> > again, so it is
> > clearly working but not visible.
> >
> > Trying to draw the line from an indicator is no good either,
> > since I need
> > the entryprice to calculate the ATRLoss level, and position
> > information may
> > not be used in indicators.
> >
> > What is the solution to this? I do not want to have to put
> > the information
> > in the commentary, since that is not easily visible and gives no fast
> > overview.
> >
> > --- Mats ---
> >
> >
>
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