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Hi Gary,
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:20:33 you wrote
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> > Is there a way to get TS4 to display the system name on a chart?
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> I use the attached indicator to place arbitrary labels on a chart. I
> don't know any way in EL to get the current system name, but you
> could manually apply the indicator with the correct system name.
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> The trouble I had was placing the text on the chart. I wanted it to
> stay near the right side of the chart, so I had to place it
> explicitly in the code. As far as I know, there is no way to find
> the current max & min price displayed on a chart, so I fudged by
> looking at the max/min price in the last 200 bars. This doesn't
> always work very well, but usually it works "well enough."
>
Here is an email I sent to omega. If TS had these two new (easily
programed) functions, text could accurately be placed on charts and kept
there.
Anyone who wants these functions, please email omega. Even if you think
you do not need them now, email the request anyway, as you probably will
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Two new functions would be handy in TS2000.
One that reads the BAR SPACING (1,2,3, etc.). When text is added to a
chart, changing the bar spacing can move the text off the chart or to
the inside since the text is not affected by bar spacing. When Bar
Spacing is changed, the text could be KEPT AT A CONSTANT HORIZONTAL
POSITION if in: Text_New(cDate, tTime, nPrice, str1) or
Text_SetLocation(TX_Ref, cDate, tTime, nPrice) one had the choice of
multipling cDate or tTime by (factor/Bar Spacing).
Also a function that reads the MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SCALING VALUES on the
chart. These values are known and can be manually read from Format
Symbol - Scaling. Why can not they be made available via a PowerEditor
function? If there was such a function (call it Max) it could be used to
KEEP USER TEXT AT A CONSTANT VERTICAL POSTION on a chart. Just
substitute Max*factor (or Min*factor) for nPrice.
Two more plot statements (6 total) would be useful.
Wayne Mathews, id 147690
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