on script load

[Chris747]

Hi,
Is there a call to tell the script that it is just being loaded and then perform a task (based on the fact that it's just this moment been loaded)...?
I was sure i'd read something in one of the postings in the past but can't find it now.

Thanks,

[ACM]

Chris747
You can use BARSTATE_ALLBARS. For the complete syntax see this article in the eSignal KnowledgeBase
Alex

[Chris747]

Hi Alex and thanks,
It seems to me that that should in fact work but it does not, what I'm trying to do is fairly straight forward.... at midnight and/or on a reload of the script i wish to erase a bunch of text generated from the previous days trading. If vBarMinutes and vBarHours arn't being set on re-load, they are coming from a global which is working fine.

if ( getBarState( ) == BARSTATE_ALLBARS )
{
vBarMinutes = 0
vBarHour = 0;
gCleaned = 0;
}

if (vBarMinutes == 0){
var gCleaned=0;
}

if (vBarHour==0 && vBarMinutes==0 && gCleaned==0)
{
var nit = 1500;
while( nit < 25500 )
{
removeText(nit);
nit = nit + 1500;
}
gCleaned=1;
}


the gCleaned variable is just to make sure it only runs once. If i replace the first loop (ALLBARS) with hardcoding vBarMinutes = 0 , then it runs fine on script load (obviously not after though).
Any ideas where i might be missing something here ?

Thanks,
Chris

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Chris,

A simpler alternative would be to look for the first bar of each day using the following routine, which will only execute once for each new day found. See if this does the trick.

if (getDay(0) != getDay(-1) && getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
  ...your formula code
}