Indicator not displaying horizontal lines (ObjectCreate/ObjectSetInteger)

[Henka Combs]

Greets,

Would appreciate any comment on where I might be going wrong here. Creating an indicator works as expected. However, I would like to parameterize the two horizontal levels (eg, 80% and 20%) instead of using the usual #property indicator_level1 lines which are hard coded).

Here's the sample code:

#property strict
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_minimum 0
#property indicator_maximum 100
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_plots   2

// This works as expected:
//#property indicator_level1     20.0
//#property indicator_level2     80.0
//#property indicator_levelcolor clrSilver
//#property indicator_levelstyle STYLE_DOT

input int top = 80;
input int bottom = 20;

int OnInit()
{
   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0);

   // Following displays nothing:
   
   // Create a horizontal line for the top level
   if (!ObjectCreate(0, "top", OBJ_HLINE, 0, 0, top))
      Print("Error creating top: ", GetLastError());

   ObjectSetInteger(0, "top", OBJPROP_COLOR, clrBlack);
   ObjectSetInteger(0, "top", OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_DASHDOT);
   ObjectSetInteger(0, "top", OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);

   // Create a horizontal line for the bottom level
   if (!ObjectCreate(0, "bottom", OBJ_HLINE, 0, 0, bottom))
      Print("Error creating bottom: ", GetLastError());

   ObjectSetInteger(0, "bottom", OBJPROP_COLOR, clrRed);
   ObjectSetInteger(0, "bottom", OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_DASHDOT);
   ObjectSetInteger(0, "bottom", OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
   
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}

void OnDeinit(const int reason) {
        
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
{
   return 50;
}

[Fernando Carreiro]

Henka Combs: Would appreciate any comment on where I might be going wrong here. Creating an indicator works as expected. However, I would like to parameterize the two horizontal levels (eg, 80% and 20%) instead of using the usual #property indicator_level1 lines which are hard coded).

To set the levels programmatically at runtime, instead of at compile-time with #property use the following ...

IndicatorSetDouble	Sets the value of an indicator property of the double type
IndicatorSetInteger	Sets the value of an indicator property of the int type
IndicatorSetString	Sets the value of an indicator property of the string type

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_INTEGER

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELS	Number of levels in the indicator window	int
INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR	Color of the level line	color                      modifier = level number
INDICATOR_LEVELSTYLE	Style of the level line	ENUM_LINE_STYLE  modifier = level number
INDICATOR_LEVELWIDTH	Thickness of the level line	int                         modifier = level number

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_DOUBLE

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE	Level value	double                    modifier = level number

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_STRING

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELTEXT	Level description	string                    modifier = level number

[Henka Combs]

Fernando Carreiro #:

To set the levels programmatically at runtime, instead of at compile-time with #property use the following ...

IndicatorSetDouble	Sets the value of an indicator property of the double type
IndicatorSetInteger	Sets the value of an indicator property of the int type
IndicatorSetString	Sets the value of an indicator property of the string type

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_INTEGER

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELS	Number of levels in the indicator window	int
INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR	Color of the level line	color                      modifier = level number
INDICATOR_LEVELSTYLE	Style of the level line	ENUM_LINE_STYLE  modifier = level number
INDICATOR_LEVELWIDTH	Thickness of the level line	int                         modifier = level number

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_DOUBLE

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE	Level value	double                    modifier = level number

ENUM_CUSTOMIND_PROPERTY_STRING

ID	Description	Property type
INDICATOR_LEVELTEXT	Level description	string                    modifier = level number

Great! Thanks Fernando.

   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS, 0);
   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_LEVELS, 2);

   IndicatorSetDouble(INDICATOR_MAXIMUM, 100);
   IndicatorSetDouble(INDICATOR_MINIMUM, 0);
   IndicatorSetDouble(INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE, 0, bottom);
   IndicatorSetDouble(INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE, 1, top);