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Date/Time: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 22:03:35 +0000
[Programming Help] - sc.ReadIntradayFileRecordForBarIndexAndSubIndex and Volume Based Bars
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| [2026-01-24 17:36:25] |
| brianmonagha - Posts: 12 |
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I would like to use ACSIL to get the exact 09:30 am open (as would be displayed on a time-based chart), and display this price as a line on my Volume Bar Chart. I have successfully written the code that will do this. However, per a previous thread with engineering, the code only works properly when the setting: Chart Settings > Chart Data > “Split Data Records” is turned OFF. If that setting is ON, the code works sometimes and not other times. Presumably, it fails when attempting to read from a bar where the first trade of the bar is part a summary trade. When the failure state occurs, the first call is successful and reports total volume of 1, however once SubIndex is incremented by 1, sc.ReadIntradayFileRecordForBarIndexAndSubIndex returns false then. I do not want to set this setting to OFF, because I believe it alters the appearance of the bars that I am using in the chart. The only possible alternative I see is to use the functions sc.FileRecordIndexOfLastDataRecordInChart and sc.ReadIntradayFileRecordAtIndex per the scsf_ReadFromUnderlyingIntradayFileExample in Studies2.cpp. In this case, it seems I start with the last data record on the chart and loop back through each record to find the stuff I’m looking for. Can anyone think of a more efficient way? I am aware that I could use Study overlay from a time-based chart to create this line. The reason for attempting it in ACSIL is to avoid using multiple charts in different time-frames during reply. Thanks |
| [2026-01-24 18:18:54] |
| User431178 - Posts: 837 |
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The only possible alternative I see is to use the functions sc.FileRecordIndexOfLastDataRecordInChart and sc.ReadIntradayFileRecordAtIndex per the scsf_ReadFromUnderlyingIntradayFileExample in Studies2.cpp. In this case, it seems I start with the last data record on the chart and loop back through each record to find the stuff I’m looking for. Can anyone think of a more efficient way? Don't loop back through the records, use a binary search, it'll be orders of magnitude faster. |
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