Custom Indicator

[Daniel Cioca]

Hello! I have a problem with getting the values for an indicator  into a script.

It is about ZigZag indicator, I am only getting the values for the default inputs as setted in the indicator.

If I change the input in my iCustom function it will not have any efect.

This is how I get the indicator values:

#define  ZigZagindicator "Indicators\\ZigZag.ex4"
#resource "\\" + ZigZagindicator


double GetLastZigZag(int _timeframe,int InpDepth,int InpDeviation,int InpBackstep,int Buf_High1Low2)
  {
  
   double val=0;

   for(int i=4; i<300; i++)
     {

      val=iCustom(_Symbol,_timeframe,"::"+ZigZagindicator,InpDepth,InpDeviation,InpBackstep,Buf_High1Low2,i);
      if(val!=0)
         break;
     }

   return(val);
  }

I acces function like this:

void OnStart()
  {

double high=GetLastZigZag(_Period,6,3,1);
double low=GetLastZigZag(_Period,6,3,2);
Print("high=",high);
Print("low=",low);

  }

it wont matter what input values I put, because I am still getting the result for the default inputs.

Kindly advice!

[William Roeder]

Daniel Cioca: it wont matter what input values I put, because I am still getting the result for the default inputs.

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 1 
#property indicator_color1  Red
//---- indicator parameters
input int InpDepth=12;     // Depth
input int InpDeviation=5;  // Deviation
input int InpBackstep=3;   // Backstep

ZZ only has one visible buffer (index zero)

[Daniel Cioca]

William Roeder #:

ZZ only has one visible buffer (index zero)

Thanks!

My version has 3 buffers, but is only showing one. The other two are for calculation:

int OnInit()
  {
   if(InpBackstep>=InpDepth)
     {
      Print("Backstep cannot be greater or equal to Depth");
      return(INIT_FAILED);
     }
//--- 2 additional buffers
   IndicatorBuffers(3);
//---- drawing settings
   SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_SECTION);
//---- indicator buffers
   SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtZigzagBuffer);
   SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtHighBuffer);
   SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtLowBuffer);
   SetIndexEmptyValue(0,0.0);
//---- indicator short name
   IndicatorShortName("ZigZag("+string(InpDepth)+","+string(InpDeviation)+","+string(InpBackstep)+")");
//---- initialization done
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }

Anyway, I have tried using only Buffer 0 as sugested, but still it will show the same value, regardless of what inputs I use