Add the Timeframe to the Alert Box in TS?

[daedalus 10]

Would their be anyway to add the timeframe to the alert notification box? I have a bunch of open charts all with the same indicators in them (watching like the same currency pair, but on 4 different timeframes) and when I get an alert of a potential signal, I still have to search all 4 timeframes to tell where it fired off in because the alert box only tells me what symbol it is in.

 

So is it possible to add any kind of code to the

 

Alert( "Signal ");

 

statement?

 

I was thinking maybe the use of BarInterval? I tried adding it as a string with the

 

+ numtoStr(BarInterval,2) stuff to no avail.

 

Any ideas gents?

[Tams 20]

you should look up the EasyLanguage dictionary...

 

all the parameters are there.

 

;-)

[daedalus 10]

I'm reading it!

 

I keep trying stuff like:

 

Alert("Alert" + BarInterval);

 

Based off their example of

 

Alert("A New High has been hit for ” + GetSymbolName);

 

But keep getting this Data Type Mismatch error....

[Trader333 10]

What you could do (which is a bit laborious but would work) is to rename the indicator being used for each of the timeframes you have it in. So if, for example, you used macd in four timeframes and they were 30 min, 60 min, 4 hour and daily then rename the indicator something like: 30_macd, 60_macd, 4hr_macd and dly_macd then insert the relevant one into the chart with the timeframe being used.

 

 

 

Paul

[Tams 20]

Alert

 

Triggers an alert window where the necessary text can be created.

The text can be dynamic, static or absent.

 

 

Usage

 

Alert

 

 

Notes

 

If the text isn't set in the alert then Source, Symbol, Resolution, Price is displayed

 

Alerts are shown on the last bar only

 

Detailed information of alerts' settings is available in Formatting Studies > Alerts

 

 

Example

 

This statement will call an alert without text message:

 

Alert;

 

 

This statement creates a dynamic alert text and displays the number of the weekday:

 

Alert( Text("Day-of-week-is:", DayOfWeek(Date)) );

 

 

This statement will show static text:

 

If Close > Close[1] Then

Alert( "Price turning up" )

 

 

 

Source: EasyLanguage / PowerLanguage manual

Edited June 29, 2009 by Tams

[Tams 20]

basically the format is like this:

 

 

ALERT( StringVariable );

 

 

 

you can replace StringVariable with anything you like.

 

e.g.

 

var:

StringVariable("");

 

stringvariable = numtoStr(BarInterval,0);

 

 

If Close > Close[1] Then

Alert( stringvariable );

[Tams 20]

you can string up the custom identifiers...

 

 

input:

Chart.ID(1);

 

var:

StringVariable("");

 

stringvariable = "Chart=" + numtostr(chart.id,0) + ":" + GetSymbolName + ":" + numtoStr(BarInterval,0);

 

 

If Close > Close[1] Then

Alert( stringvariable );

[daedalus 10]

I got it to work... using

 

Alert(Text(BarInterval, " Alert") );

 

Thanks as usual!

[Tams 20]

I'm reading it!

 

I keep trying stuff like:

 

Alert("Alert" + BarInterval);

 

Based off their example of

 

Alert("A New High has been hit for ” + GetSymbolName);

 

But keep getting this Data Type Mismatch error....

 

 

 

that's because BarInterval is a number.

 

 

ALERT requires a string input, thus the type mismatch error.

 

 

You can try:

 

Alert("Alert" + numtostr( BarInterval, 0) );

 

 

 

.

Edited June 29, 2009 by Tams

[daedalus 10]

Dahhhh... i'm an idiot. Thanks for clearing that up.