Ontick and OnTimer not working for an indicator

[Simon Liu]

Hello all,

I have tried searching for this answer, but could not find the answer I am looking for.

I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price.

To test if OnTick or OnTimer were working I used these:

void OnTick() {

Print("onTickworking");

}

void OnTimer() {

Print("onTimer working");

}

Both don't seem to work for an indicator. Is there any other way?

Thanks.

Simon

[William Roeder]

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   OnTick is only called on EAs.
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3. Did you enable the timer? The call can fail — retry in OnCalculate if necessary.
   

[Mehmet Bastem]

Simon Liu:

Hello all,

I have tried searching for this answer, but could not find the answer I am looking for.

I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price.

To test if OnTick or OnTimer were working I used these:

Both don't seem to work for an indicator. Is there any other way?

Thanks.

Simon

int OnInit()
  {
 
 EventSetTimer(60);
   
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }

void OnDeinit(const int reason)
  {
//--- destroy timer
   EventKillTimer();
   
  }
void OnTimer()
  {
//---
OnSMSKontrol();
  
  }

 void OnSMSKontrol()
  {
Print(" xx");
}

[Mehmet Bastem]

Simon Liu:

Hello all,

I have tried searching for this answer, but could not find the answer I am looking for.

I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price.

To test if OnTick or OnTimer were working I used these:

Both don't seem to work for an indicator. Is there any other way?

Thanks.

Simon

"I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price."

It is unnecessary to use Timer for this.

You do the desired action at each tick. Using a timer is to process without waiting for a tick.

void OnTick() {

ObjeCiz();

}

void ObjeCiz() {
    // example 
   ObjectCreate(0,"SMSClose",OBJ_BUTTON,0,0,0);
   ObjectSetInteger(0,"SMSClose",OBJPROP_XDISTANCE,150);
   ObjectSetInteger(0,"SMSClose",OBJPROP_YDISTANCE,25);
   ObjectSetInteger(0,"SMSClose",OBJPROP_XSIZE,100);
   ObjectSetInteger(0,"SMSClose",OBJPROP_YSIZE,50);

}

[Keith Watford]

Mehmet Bastem:

You do the desired action at each tick. Using a timer is to process without waiting for a tick.

As William has already pointed out, indicators do not use OnTick(), EAs do.

[Paul Anscombe]

Simon Liu:

I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price.

Why don't you just enable "Show bid price line" in chart properties !

[Ahmad Zuhairdi Noh]

Simon Liu:

Hello all,

I have tried searching for this answer, but could not find the answer I am looking for.

I would like my OBJ_HLINE to update every tick to be at the current bid price.

To test if OnTick or OnTimer were working I used these:

Both don't seem to work for an indicator. Is there any other way?

Thanks.

Simon

I think indicator use onCalculate() instead of onTick(). Then if there is no data from server eg. during weekend, it won't triggered because there is basically no data received. Try onChartEvent() instead. For a timer, you need to activated it first.

[Simon Liu]

Hello all,

Thank you for your comments.

As mentioned before: OnTick() and OnTimer() seem to be inactive. As for OnCalculate(), this one seems to only trigger once.

As to why i dont just use show bid price line. That's because its part of something bigger. I just wanted to know how to trigger methods each tick or second.

[Keith Watford]

Simon Liu:

Thank you for your comments.

As mentioned before: OnTick() and OnTimer() seem to be inactive. As for OnCalculate(), this one seems to only trigger once.

As to why i dont just use show bid price line. That's because its part of something bigger. I just wanted to know how to trigger methods each tick or second.

All of these have already been addressed

OnTick() is for EAs, not indicators

Have you actually enabled OnTimer()?

OnCalculate() will only be called after the indicator is initialized and when there is a new incoming tick. At the weekend there are no new ticks for most symbols.