EFS on Compute On Bar Close Only is causing NO SOUND

[potye2]

hi - i have a number of efs modules and they each use one or more sounds by calling a wav file

it works fine when i do not use "Compute On Bar Close Only" in the EFS settings

however when i do, there is no sound

now i am sure that i cam executing the wav files when the bar closes not on pulswes

does anyone have any idea of what is going on here?

thanks

[Doji3333]

My assumption would be...

That setComputeOnClose() causes the EFS to run as though "not in realtime". The ALERT features are designed to operate when the getCurrentBarIndex() == 0. I believe when you use setComputeOnClose(), the getCurrentBarIndex() == -1 - thus not operating in Realtime.

Jason or Alex would probably be able to confirm this assumption.

Most of the system I create are designed to run in Realtime - thus I don't run into this problem that often.

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[potye2]

thanks doji - how can i send this to jason or alex - and another point ...

... is that i am in real time - the bar close setting i am speaking of is in the esignal efs settings - so my efs works in real time but i have it set to bar close only because i am only interested in the state of bars etc when the bar closes

i do not do any setClose.... function calls in the EFS

it is still a mystery to me - why i can not get it to work

thanks for your help

[ACM]

potye2
At this time the alert functions do not trigger if the global Compute On Close is set. eSignal is already aware of this.
I would suggest that you use the setComputeOnClose() function in the efs which accomplishes the same task and allows the alerts to be triggered.
Alex

[potye2]

HI ALEX AND THANK ... also ....

... that has driven me crazy for a long time ... i wish there was some documentation on the web that this was a problem because i kept reading and re-reading the alert function description and could not see the problem --- then tried again and again, etc --- big waste of time - someone at esignal --- when aware of something like this --- should change the documentation

but, i am wondering if there are any other anomalies because i have another efs that only does calculations on bar close and yet i get different results when running live (no-close) and setting bar close only

thanks again

[Doji3333]

Developing into a solution..

You should probably see this thread regarding "creating Real-time EFS scripts". It illustrates how I create real-time scripts that will allow your alerts and other features to continue operating.

Basically, it is a matter of designing for what you want to accomplish.

RT EFS Thread

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