Re: Condition Indicator

["Jim Bronke" <jvbronke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

excellent
I expected that it would go in the system and this is an approach that
anyone could use.

thanks,

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DH" <catapult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Condition Indicator


> > I want to place text on the chart as an indicator giving the
> > status of the many Conditions that I use.
> <snip>
> > I wish to create a word of T's and F's that reflect the current
> > status of the Conditions of my system.
>
> You can't create an indicator that knows what the variables inside your
> system are doing. You have to code it within the system using the text
> functions. The samples Mark posted give examples of the using the text
> functions. What you want can be done but nobody is going to be able to
> write exact code to do it without seeing the code of your system. Since
> it's unlikely you want to share that, I suggest you study up on the text
> functions.
>
> Here's a pseudo-code snippet showing how to approach it.
>
> var: string1(""), string2(""), {.... stringx(""),} string("");
>
> if condition1 then string1="T" else string1="F";
> if condition2 then string2="T" else string2="F";
> {repeat for all the conditions you use}
> string = string1 + string2 {.... + stringx};
>
> The variable string will be "TT", "TF", "FF" or "FT" if you have 2
> conditions.
>
> Then use text_delete to erase the old text and use the variable string
> for the value of the text in the text_new function.
>
> -- 
>   Dennis
>
>