Buttons with setComputeOnClose

[alexmihh]

It seems that if you have a text button that you want to be mouse- clickable and do something, it only works and if there is NO "setComputeOnClose" statement in Premain(). Is this correct? Is there some way to have a button on your chart that still will do something (like change a value of a variable) even if there is "setComputeOnClose?"

[Doji3333]

My Solution

I use buttons all the time and write my code to calculate all EB OF BAR functions at the BEGINNING OF A NEW BAR. This way, the code actually runs in realtime, but handles all END OF BAR functions in a unique condition (if statement) based on the formation of a new bar.

This way, I can have END OF BAR functions and REALTIME functions running at the same time. The only trick is you have to shift all END OF BAR function BACK ONE BAR (-1).

Here is an example..

var nLastRawTime = 0;
var BarCount = 0;


function main() {

  //  EDIT BUTTON
   drawTextPixel(4,10, " Edit "+"@URL=EFS:Editbutton" , Color.black, Color.RGB(0xE0, 0xE0, 0xE0), Text.FRAME | Text.ONTOP | Text.RELATIVETOLEFT | Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM, null, vFontSize, "CEdit");

 //  New Bar Function
 if (getValue("rawtime", 0) != nLastRawTime) {
   nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime", 0);
   BarCount += 1;

  // Test sample entry condition
   if ( (high(-1) > high(-2)) && (close(-1) > close(-2)) ) {
     //  Fire entry order
   }
 } else {
   //  Realtime code portion.
   //  Used for stops, profit targets and others
 }

  return;
}


function Editbutton() {
Alert.playSound("click.wav");
 askForInput("Edit Your Settings");
}