Alert.addToList problem ...

[wombat953]

Thanks Brad - will review it over weekend, but of course, RT is best!
George

[wombat953]

Brad
How does that work on a bar-only basis?
George

[Doji3333]

Bar Time Checker...

George...

It checks the current bar time against a previously stored bar time (normally the pervious bar).

So, when the time changes (or a new bar forms), it allows the code to execute ONCE - not all the time.

Brad

[wombat953]

Brad - would it be wrong (i.e. not produce the reuired results) to have something as simple as:

if (getBarState()==BARSTATE_NEWBAR) 

where you have included:

if (nLastRawTime != getValue("rawtime",0)) { 

??
Thks
George

[wombat953]

Brad - now my confusion is ended, or at least, reduced. I kept wondering how rawtime would test for a new bar when it is updated every second...now I know the answer, from another thread...it appears only to change on a new bar!!!! Is this documented anywhere, besides the thread below?

http://forum.esignal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3079&perpage=15&highlight=rawtime&pagenumber=1

As gspiker commented in that thread on 7/22...
"Verrry Interesting. You learn something new all the time (and if your lucky, you don't have to pay for it).

I ran a simple test (see attached if you are interested) and indeed the method does work. The next question is why, and as it ends up getValue("rawtime"); doesn't work the same way getValue("time"); does (as initially advertised). rawtime only returns the time at the start of the bar."
George
P.S would NEWBAR work in the same way?

George

[Highfield]

I've lost my alert window and I can't find a menu option in eSignal to bring it back up again.

I have a script that writes and alert and plays a sound file but I can;t see the window. I click off the *always on top* option but the window is nowhere to be seen although the sound file plays. Can anyone help with this please?

[ACM]

Highfield
Tools->EFS->Alert List
Alex

[Highfield]

Thanks Alexis. I kept on trying View-> alerts and trying to figure out why I couldn't get the window. Thank you for your help.