Alert for a New Bar in range bar chart

[axel]

Hello I 'm using range bar chart ; as it is not related to time but to range bar exceeding , we don't know when the new candlestick shall appear,.

Rather staying in front of my computer , I would like to know if it exists a pop up window /sound alert that tells me a new bar just appear.

Thanks for your help

Axel

[ACM]

Re: Alert for a New Bar in range bar chart

Axel
You can do that through efs using the getBarState() function to check for BARSTATE_NEWBAR [ie the first tick of each new bar] and then execute any one of the Alert functions eg
if(getBarState()==BARSTATE_NEWBAR) Alert.xxx()
where xxx is the type of alert you want ie popup, sound, etc
For the syntax required by these functions see the links to the related articles in the EFS KnowledgeBase
Alex

Originally posted by axel
Hello I 'm using range bar chart ; as it is not related to time but to range bar exceeding , we don't know when the new candlestick shall appear,.
Rather staying in front of my computer , I would like to know if it exists a pop up window /sound alert that tells me a new bar just appear.
Thanks for your help
Axel

[axel]

thanks Alexis, but I thought the EFS would already exist as I 'm not a pogrammer yet.

Is there anyone using Bar chart here ??

[axel]

....I wrote it , that's fine

[Guest]

Hi axel,

FWIW, I recommend you post your completed code to the forum, then the code would be available (as you expressed in a previous post). This would be a contribution to the forum, and a potential resource for others.

Based on my experience, posting code with your questions, then following up with completed working code reinforces what you have learned. I've also observed you will be more likely to get followup help on the code or any future questions on code you post.

Steve

Originally posted by axel
....I wrote it , that's fine

...

Originally posted by axel
thanks Alexis, but I thought the EFS would already exist as I 'm not a pogrammer yet.

Is there anyone using Bar chart here ??

[axel]

debugging...no errors in myscript but nothing happens !?!

function main() {
var nState;
nState = getBarState();
if (nState == BARSTATE_ALLBARS) {
//the bars are being loaded by the script. This happens when a script is first loaded
debugPrint("Script is loading\n");
}
else if (nState == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
//this flag is set when a new bar is coming in
//debugPrint("The first tick of a new bar has arrived\n");
Alert.playSound( "beep.wav" );
}
// else if (nState == BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR) {
//this flag is set as each new tick comes in
// debugPrint("A new tick has arrived\n");
// }

}

[ACM]

axel
FWIW the script is working at my end ie it is printing the debug line when the script is first loaded and sounding an alert at each new bar
Alex

Originally posted by axel
debugging...no errors in myscript but nothing happens !?!

function main() {
var nState;
nState = getBarState();
if (nState == BARSTATE_ALLBARS) {
//the bars are being loaded by the script. This happens when a script is first loaded
debugPrint("Script is loading\n");
}
else if (nState == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
//this flag is set when a new bar is coming in
//debugPrint("The first tick of a new bar has arrived\n");
Alert.playSound( "beep.wav" );
}
// else if (nState == BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR) {
//this flag is set as each new tick comes in
// debugPrint("A new tick has arrived\n");
// }

}

[axel]

I simplified the script and it works now :

function main() {
var nState;
nState = getBarState();
if (nState == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) Alert.playSound( "Chime Down.wav" );
}