DrawText and DrawTextFixed

[TAJTrades]

The links for the "The type of Font used (reference)" are broken for both DrawText and DrawTextFixed. So I went searching for some examples on the MSDN site and came up empty (my lack of knowledge).

What is the correct syntax for the Font Parameters in

DrawText(.............., Color textColor, Font font, StringAlignment .....);

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Something like this
private Font textFont = new Font("Arial", 12);

[fragalles]

if i try print something with this new Font variable i get an invalid expression term, can you complete the code segment for me:

DrawText("My text" + CurrentBar, "Hello World", 0, Low[0] -20 * TickSize, Color.Red, Font textFont);

Originally Posted by Josh

Something like this
private Font textFont = new Font("Arial", 12);

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

try something like
... , textFont);

[tonyh]

Hello:

I have tried the suggestions in this Thread to get Color, Font, etc. to compile. However, I continually get the dreaded: "No overload for method 'DrawTextFixed' takes '4', '5', etc. arguments.

Should the line "Private Font textFont..." be in just the Variable section, or also Initialize, etc. Please advise.

Thanks. Tony.

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

tonyh,

Please post up everything you have. We have no idea what you have typed out right now. Thanks.

[tonyh]

Hello Josh:

After experimenting, I found out that all options in DrawTextFixed must be included. I was leaving out things such as opacity in the statement. I had assumed one could just include the options that were desired. Thanks.
Tony.

[tiara50]

I am trying to get the following example to work on my chart.

I get an error message that 10 is out of range, so I change to 0, and nothing happens.

DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);

Could someone please explain exactly what 10 is? and how is the Y coordinate defined? I mean is it a pixel location on the chart, or or based on price? Sorry, I just confused.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

10 is on which bar back you want to draw on. Y-coordinate is based on price.
http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H.../DrawText.html

If you call 10 bars back you need to ensure you have 10 bars on your chart first. Please see this tip: http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=3170