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Line Style broke down

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[2018-10-02 23:58:33]
sampater - Posts: 243
I upgraded SC to version 1814 from 1808, and the Line Style broke down, especially the Dot Style.
The type of styles from version 1808 is the best of all so far!
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[2018-10-03 00:28:50]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
We are not going to respond to this other than to say that what you see is the true Dot style now and we plan to add another style which gives the prior appearance. It is not as though we are trying to solve this, we just have not yet gotten to adding another style.

And we also want to find out what detrimental performance impact impact all these years that particular style that you think was "dot" was actually having.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2018-10-03 00:29:02
[2018-10-03 22:17:21]
sampater - Posts: 243
Because English is not my mother language, I did not understand your last sentence.

What I care about above all is to have a line style called "Dot" (in ACSIL: LINESTYLE_DOT), which is available in version 1808 and earlier.
If this style appearance in the next version of SC will also be under a different name in ACSIL, then I will have to make changes to many of my indicators that draw lines and rectangles with an edge with this style. In this case, I would ask for appropriate information in "What Is New" and for the documentation to be updated.

Thank you
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[2019-06-07 03:20:41]
WarriorTrader - Posts: 245
We are not going to respond to this other than to say that what you see is the true Dot style now and we plan to add another style which gives the prior appearance. It is not as though we are trying to solve this, we just have not yet gotten to adding another style.

And we also want to find out what detrimental performance impact all these years that particular style that you think was "dot" was actually having.


Hello,

I like you new addition to the line styles but I would not call it a Dot. It is more like a "small dash." It is more visually appealing than the regular Dash, but it is NOT a Dot. How can I access the old style "Dot" line in ACSIL? Sierra Chart only takes up 10% to 15% of my CPU. The performance is not an issue for me or most users.


Please add a new selection to ACSIL. You have six selections for LineStyle in the user interface but only five selections in ACSIL.

The new "Small Dash" is great and I plan to use it, but the Dot is very visually appealing as well.


Thanks,
--WT
[2019-06-07 03:36:49]
U_winks - Posts: 190
Hi WT,

The "original" Dot style has been recreated by SC as 'Alternate' style.

Not sure if they have done so for ACSIL as well.
[2019-06-07 03:41:33]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
From ACSIL you just need to use this constant for the Line Style:
LINESTYLE_ALTERNATE
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[2019-06-07 04:19:27]
WarriorTrader - Posts: 245
From ACSIL you just need to use this constant for the Line Style:
LINESTYLE_ALTERNATE

Great! Just noticed "Alternate" in the user interface before I came back here.

But come on now, "Small Dash" is a better name. When you guys get over it in a few more months maybe you could put the Dot back to how it was and name the new type "Small Dash" :-)

lol

Thanks,

WT

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