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[Programming Help] - ACSIL: Color Background by Bar and Price

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[2018-08-31 15:07:22] #1 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
Is there any ACSIL function to color the background of the chart by individual price and bar like the "Market Depth Historical Graph" study does, or must it be done in the GDIFunction if the user wants to customise this?

[2018-09-01 20:41:35] #2 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
We cannot see a Subgraph Draw Style that does exactly this. So we need to see about adding a new Draw Style for this. Something like this: "Color Background at Price". It would color the background using the full width of the chart column and color from half the tick size above the center point of the price to half the tick size below. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2018-09-01 20:43:34

[2018-09-12 20:51:21] #3 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
That definitely sounds useful. Is that something you are planning to work on for a coming release?

[2018-09-13 04:59:07] #4 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Yes we can add this. We will try to get it done soon. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2018-11-13 14:25:48] #5 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
Could you please advise if this has been implemented in recent releases?

[2018-11-13 18:35:30] #6 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Yes. It is called: Color Background at Price We see a problem with it though and we are looking into this. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2018-11-13 19:00:53] #7 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
In most cases there is not a problem. We just see an issue where sometimes it does not appear based on the scaling if the height of a tick size is too small. This will be resolved in the next release. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2018-11-26 09:13:14] #8 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
I have been searching for this function but cannot find it. Could you please share with me the function call or the link to the documentation.

[2018-11-26 18:42:26] #9 [Go To First Post]
John - SC Support - Posts: 31063
It is a new subgraph Draw Style. You will find the information for it here: Chart Studies: Color Background At Price (ACSIL: DRAWSTYLE_COLOR_BACKGROUND_AT_PRICE) For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2018-11-27 04:15:33] #10 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
I am not clear how to use this. If I set: sc.Subgraph[0].DrawStyle = DRAWSTYLE_COLOR_BACKGROUND_AT_PRICE; How do I set individual colors at each price? I was looking for a function to draw the color at a given price and index. e.g. sc.SetBackgroundColor(price, idx, color); or similar.

[2018-12-01 09:58:56] #11 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
Any feedback on this? I need to set a different colour at every price level on the same bar.

[2018-12-01 10:08:54] #12 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
How do I set individual colors at each price? You need to use a separate sc.Subgraph for each price level. There is no other way so the maximum number of price levels you can color would be 60 per bar. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2018-12-01 10:10:18] #13 [Go To First Post]
Cavalry3162 - Posts: 523
SC, how do you do it in your market depth history? any chance we could use that and just alter colors?

[2018-12-01 10:17:46] #14 [Go To First Post]
BlakJak - Posts: 108
Could you please allow a separate GDI_Function call in the WM_ERASEBKGND message which would allow us to draw in the background of the chart (i.e. underneath the bars). GDI_Function is basically called from WM_PAINT in Sierra's chart drawing code. If we could set up a separate function called GDI_Bkgnd_Function which was called at the end of WM_ERASEBKGND it would give the user control over the background of the chart as well as the foreground.

[2018-12-01 11:01:43] #15 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Sierra Chart never uses WM_ERASEBKGND. The background is always drawn on the standard paint message. You need to enable this option for the study to do what you want: Chart Studies: Settings and Inputs Tab >> Draw Study Underneath Main Price Graph (in the same Chart Region) Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

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