ChartXYToTimePrice
ChartXYToTimePrice
Converts the X and Y coordinates on a chart to the time and price values.
bool ChartXYToTimePrice(
long chart_id, // Chart ID
int x, // The X coordinate on the chart
int y, // The Y coordinate on the chart
int& sub_window, // The number of the subwindow
datetime& time, // Time on the chart
double& price // Price on the chart
);Parameters
- chart_id
[in] Chart ID. 0 means the current chart.
- x
[in] The X coordinate. The origin is in the upper left corner of the main chart window.
- y
[in] The Y coordinate. The origin is in the upper left corner of the main chart window.
- sub_window
[out] The variable, into which the chart subwindow number will be written. 0 means the main chart window.
- time
[out] The time value on the chart, for which the value in pixels along the X axis will be received.
- price
[out] The price value on the chart, for which the value in pixels along the Y axis will be received.
Return Value
Returns true if successful, otherwise false. To get information about the error, call the GetLastError() function.
Example:
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| ChartEvent function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnChartEvent(const int id,
const long &lparam,
const double &dparam,
const string &sparam)
{
//--- Show the event parameters on the chart
Comment(__FUNCTION__,": id=",id," lparam=",lparam," dparam=",dparam," sparam=",sparam);
//--- If this is an event of a mouse click on the chart
if(id==CHARTEVENT_CLICK)
{
//--- Prepare variables
int x =(int)lparam;
int y =(int)dparam;
datetime dt =0;
double price =0;
int window=0;
//--- Convert the X and Y coordinates in terms of date/time
if(ChartXYToTimePrice(0,x,y,window,dt,price))
{
PrintFormat("Window=%d X=%d Y=%d => Time=%s Price=%G",window,x,y,TimeToString(dt),price);
//--- Perform reverse conversion: (X,Y) => (Time,Price)
if(ChartTimePriceToXY(0,window,dt,price,x,y))
PrintFormat("Time=%s Price=%G => X=%d Y=%d",TimeToString(dt),price,x,y);
else
Print("ChartTimePriceToXY return error code: ",GetLastError());
//--- delete lines
ObjectDelete(0,"V Line");
ObjectDelete(0,"H Line");
//--- create horizontal and vertical lines of the crosshair
ObjectCreate(0,"H Line",OBJ_HLINE,window,dt,price);
ObjectCreate(0,"V Line",OBJ_VLINE,window,dt,price);
ChartRedraw(0);
}
else
Print("ChartXYToTimePrice return error code: ",GetLastError());
Print("+--------------------------------------------------------------+");
}
}See also
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