set BarBgColor Problems

[Alan2004]

Is there a referance for the types of colors which can be used in the setBarBgColor function? Once the color is set, can the color be set back to the background color?

Best Regards,

Alan

[ACM]

Alan
You can use any RGB value or one of the available "plain language" colors. For a list of these see the EFS KnowledgeBase under EFS Function Reference
Alex

[Alan2004]

Thank you for the assistance.

Best Regards,

Alan

[ACM]

Alan

Once the color is set, can the color be set back to the background color?

Depends by what you mean with "set back to the background color". If you mean can one remove the color applied with setBarBgColor() then that cannot be done. However using the setBar() function you can paint the bar background in the same color as the chart background.
To simplify the process you may want to set a global variable before preMain() such as for example var vColor = Color.white;
Then in premain add setDefaultChartBG(vColor);
At that point when using setBar() to repaint the background of an historical bar you can reference the same vColor variable used to paint the chart background.
Alex

[Alan2004]

Works great !

Thank you,

Alan

[Alan2004]

setBar Color Updating

The following code sets the color based on the formula logic. The colors update correctly when using historical data but not on real time tick data. The colors only change when reentering the symbol of reloading the efs. Is it possible to have the color run real time on tick data as the formulas change?

Best Regards,

Alan










if(MA6 >= MA4) {
setBarBgColor(Color.blue);

}


if((MA5 <= MA3)){
setBarBgColor(Color.white);

}

return new Array (MA6, MA4);



}

[ACM]

Alan
It is possible and there are several examples available in these Forums.
If this is not happening with your code there probably is an error in the logic.
Alex

[Alan2004]

set bar

I found my formula error. Thank you for the guidance.

Best Regards,

Alan