drawTextRelative() question

[rw580]

Hi all,

Is there a way to have two different texts drawn on the same bar? I have two drawTextRelative() statements in different parts of the program. They have different TagID's but if they both happen to fire on the same bar, only the last statement called shows up.

thanks in advance.

[ACM]

rw580
That is done by using TagIDs that are unique to each text object. If you are seeing only one text object drawn that could suggest that either the TagID you are applying is common to both the drawTextRelative() calls used in the script or that you may be drawing both text objects in the same location
Post the script or a working example that illustrates the issue you are seeing and someone will be able to help you
Alex

[rw580]

Thanks for your reply

If you run the attached file, it should count every third bar and number it above the bar, and count every fifth bar and number it below the bar. If I understand correctly, I have different TagID's, and it is not drawing in the same place. But, on my end at least, it only draws the red number below the bar on bars that are multiples of 15, where both should show up.

I hope this makes sense. If you would like a picture, please explain how to do it and I will

Thanks again

Randy

[ACM]

Randy
That is happening because on the bars that are multiples of 15 the two counters ie num and num1 have the same value hence because the TagID is the same only one text will be drawn on that bar specifically the one drawn by the last of the drawTextRelative() calls.
Change the TagID inside each drawTextRelative() function to [for example] "a"+num and "b"+num1 and you will see both text objects drawn on those bars (see enclosed screenshot)
Alex

[rw580]

Thank you very much Alex

I had no doubt that I was missing something, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what.

Randy

[ACM]

Randy
You are most welcome.
FWIW unless you have a specific need for maintaining separate counters you could slightly simplify your script by replacing the following lines of code

cnt++;
cnt1++;
num++;
num1++; 

with the following

var myCounter = getCurrentBarCount(); 

Then in the rest of the script replace each instance of num, num1, cnt and cnt1 with myCounter. The values drawn on the chart will be the same as those generated by the various counters.
Alex