EFS feature request

[gspiker]

Due to the issues of resource usage even with the getMinute() and getHour() functions, much less the older getValue("time") functions I think it would be great if we have a method to tell the EFS engine itself to alert us when a specific time was hit.

eg:

SetAlertOnTime(hh:mm, function to call);

so:

SetAlertOnTime(13:10, fAtEOD());

Would call our fAtEOD() function (End Of Day function) each and everytime it was 1:30pm (but only on the first tick for that time).

Similarly:

SetAlertOnTime(6:30, fAtSOD());

Would call our fAtSOD function (Start Of Day) function eachand every time it was 6:30am (or the first tick after 6:30 if there was no 6:30 tick).

I'm assuming of course that the issue related to EFS date object creation will not be an issue for the engine itself...

Thanks!

Garth

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Garth,

Great suggestion. I've submitted this request to the development team. You may also want to submit your request to [email protected].

This is a new feature request I believe. What I am looking for is a cross between the functions drawTextRelative() and drawTextPixel().

What I want is to be able to stick some labels at a fixed height in the price pane similar to what you can do with drawTextPixel(), yet I want the label to stick with the associated bar similar to drawTextRelative().

Now if I wanted to stick it in the non-price pane it would behave similarly, kind of, however, the efs I want it in is already writing in the price pane, and I do not want to write a seperate redundant efs.

I went ahead and submitted this to [email protected]. If anyone knows how to do this already, pls advise.

TIA,

Looks like the feature already exists, someone sent me this note "Can't you already do that with drawTextRelative using a fixed value for the y-axis with a Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM (or Text.RELATIVETOTOP) flag and the relative bar index for the x-axis?"

Subsequently we put together this efs that demonstrates what I was doing and then what I wanted to do using Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM

var barcount = 0;
var init = false;
var testarray = new Array(-5,-10,-15,-20,-25);
var colorarray = new Array(Color.red,Color.blue,Color.green,Color.black,Color.brown);

function preMain(){
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setShowTitleParameters(false);
    setStudyTitle("Vert lines");
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
 
}
function main(){

    if (getBarState() == BARSTATE_ALLBARS) {//true once during initial load and subsequent reload
        barcount = 0;
    }
    //if (getCurrentBarIndex() < -2 )return;
    
    if (getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {     

        
        
        
    }
    if (getCurrentBarIndex() == 0 && init == false ){
        init = true;
        var i;
        //DONE THE WAY I ORIGINALLY HAD IT
        for (i=0;i<testarray.length;i++){
            addLineTool(LineTool.VERT, testarray[i], 3, colorarray[i], "vert"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], low(testarray[i])-1.5, i, colorarray[i], null,Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert1"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], low(testarray[i])-1.75, close(testarray[i]), colorarray[i], null,Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert2"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], low(testarray[i])-2, timec(testarray[i]), colorarray[i], null,Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert3"+i);
        }
        // DONE THE WAY I WANTED
        var nPixHeight = getTextHeight( "A", "Comic Sans MS", 13);
        for (i=0;i<testarray.length;i++){
            //addLineTool(LineTool.VERT, testarray[i], 3, colorarray[i], "vert"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], 20+nPixHeight*2, i, colorarray[i], null,Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM|Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert01"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], 20+nPixHeight, close(testarray[i]), colorarray[i], null,Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM|Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert02"+i);
            drawTextRelative(testarray[i], 20, timec(testarray[i]), colorarray[i], null,Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM|Text.CENTER|Text.VCENTER|Text.FRAME, "Comic Sans MS", 13,  "vert03"+i);
        }
    }

//put stuff u want implemented every tick in here

//
}

function timec(n){// bar time
    ntime = (getHour(n)+":"+getMinute(n)+":"+getSecond(n));
    return ntime;
}