drawTextRelative barIndex maximum?

[fish7]

I have the attached EFS script that reads a simple text file and then marks the "buy" and "sell" signals on the chart.

An example of the format of the text file is this:
"1D BUY @ 12715 1/15/2008 9:32:01 AM"
"1D SELL @ 12720 1/15/2008 9:33:02 AM"

It is intended to be run on a 1minute chart of YM #F, using a 7:15-16:15 time template.

The bug/problem I am running into is that it does not print any of the buy or sell markers whenever the barIndex parameter for drawTextRelative (see line 65 in the code) is larger than -400 (given by the parameter called "shift").

Is there some inherent limit for the barIndex parameter for drawTextRelative, that it cannot be greater than -400 ?

[Doji3333]

do yourself a favor and change your file to a comma delimited file with all dates and times fixed to a proper value.

I use this to format all my date/time variables for comparison.

//  Get Time Variables 
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  var vTime = new Date();
  vRTHour = vTime.getHours();
  vRTMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vRTSec = vTime.getSeconds();
//  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
//---------------------------------------------------
//  Get Time Variables 
  vTime = getValue("Time", 0);
  vHour = vTime.getHours();
  vMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vSec = vTime.getSeconds();
  vDay = vTime.getDate();
  vMonth = vTime.getMonth() +1; 
  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
  var vYear = vTime.getYear();
  var nTimeMin = (vHour*60)+vMin;
  nTime = (vHour*100)+vMin;
  vRTTimeMin = (vRTHour*60)+vRTMin;
  nRTTimeMin = (vRTHour*100)+vRTMin;
  vtDate = ""+vmonth+""+vDay+""+(vYear+1900); 

Notice that all the date and time variables are stored as follows.

6AM = 600
11:59AM = 1159
12:01PM = 1201
1500PM = 1500

04/10/07 = 4102007
05/15/08 = 5152008

Now, making comparisons on values like these will greatly improve your ability to write cleaner code because you make one or two comparisons instead of more.

For example.
// as strings
if ((filedate == vtDate) && (filetime == (""+nTime )) {

}


// as numbers
if ((parseFloat(filedate) == (vtDate*1)) && (parseFloat(filetime) == nTime) {

}

What I'm trying to teach you is a better way of handling all the date/time functions in your code.

B

[ACM]

Re: drawTextRelative barIndex maximum?

John

Is there some inherent limit for the barIndex parameter for drawTextRelative, that it cannot be greater than -400 ?

Not that I am aware of (see enclosed screenshot)
Alex

Originally posted by f1sh7
I have the attached EFS script that reads a simple text file and then marks the "buy" and "sell" signals on the chart.

An example of the format of the text file is this:
"1D BUY @ 12715 1/15/2008 9:32:01 AM"
"1D SELL @ 12720 1/15/2008 9:33:02 AM"

It is intended to be run on a 1minute chart of YM #F, using a 7:15-16:15 time template.

The bug/problem I am running into is that it does not print any of the buy or sell markers whenever the barIndex parameter for drawTextRelative (see line 65 in the code) is larger than -400 (given by the parameter called "shift").

Is there some inherent limit for the barIndex parameter for drawTextRelative, that it cannot be greater than -400 ?

[fish7]

Thanks, fellas, both of you.

It appears it was a quirk of YM (being translated exchanges) and eSignal now has it fixed.

I don't know what eSignal did, but the same code that did not work right since Monday (when YM moved exchanges), now works correctly.

Thanks, anyway, for your time and suggestions.

JOHN