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[Programming Help] - Force a new bar to be created even if there are no trade occuring?

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[2023-01-16 19:02:28]
BenjFlame - Posts: 305
Hi,
I have a 1-second chart, and I need ALL the bars to be created, so even if no event is triggering the creation of a new bar, I would need the bar created even if there is no trade occurring.

Is there a way to cheat this?
On an alternative software, I could code a function that would self-repeat every 1 second and does nothing but force a new bar to be created.

Do you know a similar way to achieve this with ACSIL ?
[2023-01-16 19:35:33]
User431178 - Posts: 410
Chart Settings: Include Columns With No Data (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Bar Period >> Chart Bar Settings menu)

If you are opening the chart via ACSIL (using sc.OpenChartOrGetChartReference()) then you can set the IncludeColumnsWithNoData member of s_ACSOpenChartParameters.
[2023-01-16 19:38:02]
BenjFlame - Posts: 305
I have this set already. But the chart will still update only on incoming data.
I want it to update each second, even if there is no incoming data.
I'm looking for a kind of cheat of a self-repeating function that could achieve this kind of thing.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-01-16 19:38:48
[2023-01-16 21:59:09]
Sawtooth - Posts: 3973
Here's the documentation on ACSIL custom chart bars:
ACSIL Interface - Custom Chart Bars

All bar types create a new bar according to their parameters, except time-based bars.
This is because all chart updates are based on incoming data, not time intervals.

You are not the only one who would like a new time-based bar based on a time interval.
[2023-01-16 22:17:33]
User90125 - Posts: 715
+1

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