MQL4 Reference Constants, Enumerations and Structures Indicator Constants Drawing Styles

Drawing Styles

Drawing shape styles for SetIndexStyle() function.

ID	Value	Description
DRAW_LINE	0	Drawing line
DRAW_SECTION	1	Drawing sections
DRAW_HISTOGRAM	2	Drawing histogram
DRAW_ARROW	3	Drawing arrows (symbols)
DRAW_ZIGZAG	4	Drawing sections between even and odd indicator buffers, 2 buffers of values
DRAW_NONE	12	No drawing

Drawing style enumeration for SetLevelStyle() function. Valid when width=1. It can be any of the following values:

ENUM_LINE_STYLE

ID	Value	Description
STYLE_SOLID	0	The pen is solid
STYLE_DASH	1	The pen is dashed
STYLE_DOT	2	The pen is dotted
STYLE_DASHDOT	3	The pen has alternating dashes and dots
STYLE_DASHDOTDOT	4	The pen has alternating dashes and double dots

Drawing style also can be used for get/set the OBJPROP_STYLE property of the object.

When creating a custom indicator, you can specify one of 6 types of drawing styles (as displayed in the main chart window or a chart subwindow), whose values are specified above.

In one custom indicator, it is permissible to use any indicator drawing types. Each construction type requires specification of one to two global arrays for storing data necessary for drawing. These data arrays must be bound with indicator buffers using the SetIndexBuffer() function.

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