Clearing clutter from graphs with attached EA..

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Hi

I have an EA that draws the objects on the chart, but after a while I find this slows down metatrader, I ma trying to add some code to delete the graphics at specified times, here is my current code:

double BB(string up_dn, int barback){int tf = 0;

int theBandsPeriod;
 if(Period() == PERIOD_M1)
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod2;
   else
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod;
      
   double hi = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_UPPER,barback);
   double lo = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,barback);
   double md = iMA   (Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,0,0,PRICE_CLOSE,barback);
   if(BandsSetArrow){    
      SetArrow(4,Teal,hi,"BB hi",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,md,"BB midle",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,lo,"BB lo",Time[barback]);
   }
   if(up_dn == "up"){
      return(hi);
   }
   if(up_dn == "dn"){
      return(lo);
   }
   return(md);
}

Now here is what I have tried but with little success:

double BB(string up_dn, int barback){int tf = 0;

int theBandsPeriod;
 if(Period() == PERIOD_M1)
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod2;
   else
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod;
      
   double hi = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_UPPER,barback);
   double lo = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,barback);
   double md = iMA   (Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,0,0,PRICE_CLOSE,barback);
   if(BandsSetArrow){    
      SetArrow(4,Teal,hi,"BB hi",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,md,"BB midle",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,lo,"BB lo",Time[barback]);
   }
   if(TimeHour(TimeCurrent())==8){
   ObjectDelete(hi);
   ObjectDelete(md);
   ObjectDelete(lo);
   }
   
   if(up_dn == "up"){
      return(hi);
   }
   if(up_dn == "dn"){
      return(lo);
   }
   return(md);
}

Thanks

Antony

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https://docs.mql4.com/objects/ObjectDelete

Why are you giving it double as argument? It takes a string. The same string that you used in ObjectCreate() that you haven't pasted here.

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Hi

Thanks for the reply, is this better? I am new to this mind:

double BB(string up_dn, int barback){int tf = 0;

int theBandsPeriod;
 if(Period() == PERIOD_M1)
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod2;
   else
      theBandsPeriod = BandsPeriod;
      
   double hi = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_UPPER,barback);
   double lo = iBands(Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,BandsDeviation,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,barback);
   double md = iMA   (Symbol(),Period(),theBandsPeriod,0,0,PRICE_CLOSE,barback);
   if(BandsSetArrow){    
      SetArrow(4,Teal,hi,"BB hi",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,md,"BB midle",Time[barback]);
      SetArrow(4,Teal,lo,"BB lo",Time[barback]);
   }
   if(TimeHour(TimeCurrent())==8){
   bool ObjectDelete("BB hi");
   bool ObjectDelete("BB middle");
   bool ObjectDelete("BB lo");
   }
   
   if(up_dn == "up"){
      return(hi);
   }
   if(up_dn == "dn"){
      return(lo);
   }
   return(md);
}

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Yes this should work.

However after some searching I found that SetArrow() is a part of MQL3. You could change the SetArrow(4,Teal,hi,"BB hi",Time[barback]); (and the other 2 that are the same) part with:

if(ObjectFind("BB hi")  > 0){

     ObjectSet("BB hi", OBJPROP_TIME1,  Time[barback] );

     ObjectSet("BB hi", OBJPROP_PRICE1, hi);   

}else{

   ObjectCreate("BB hi", OBJ_ARROW, 0,   Time[barback] , hi);

     ObjectSet("BB hi", OBJPROP_ARROWCODE, 3);  // jsut define whatever arrow type you want from here 

}

Hope this helped.