Displaying output from a study ONLY in the cursor window?

[tbodnar]

I have an EFS that gives a result that I would like to be able to view in the cursor window, but that I prefer not be displayed directly on the chart. How is this most easily accomplished?

[JayF]

Tom,

We stumbled upon a way to do this. First setPriceStudy(true); in preMain(), then return the desired result as a string. To convert a number to a string concatenate a "" to the result. Here's an example displaying the mid-point between the high and low of a bar.

/***********************************************
Copyright © eSignal, 2003
Title:        Mid-Point in Cursor Window
Version:    1.0

==============================================
Fix History:
n/a

==============================================
Project Description:  
This EFS displays the midPoint ((H+L)/2) on the Cursor Window, but returns
no other visible value to the chart.

***************************************************/


function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("MidPoint");
    setCursorLabelName("MidPoint");
}

function main() {

    var vHL2;

    // Get High and Low values
    var vHigh = high();
    var vLow = low();
    
    // Check for valid High and Low
    if (vHigh == null || vLow == null) return;
    
    // Calculate Mid-Point
    vHL2 = (vHigh + vLow) / 2;
    
    // Convert to string
    vHL2 = vHL2 + "";
    
    return vHL2;
} 

[tbodnar]

Thank you.

[JT47319]

Could this be applied to ATR?

[ACM]

JT
Yes you can do it with ATR too. Here enclosed is an example of the same workaround suggested by Jay and applied to an ATR Study.
Alex

var vATR14 = new ATRStudy(14);

function preMain() {

    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("ATR");
    setCursorLabelName("ATR", 0);
}

function main() {
 
    return formatPriceNumber(vATR14.getValue(ATRStudy.ATR))+"";
}