Steve's first programing lesson

[Mike]

Some of you might have followed Steve's invitation to try to modify his script "Market long" at the beginning of their programming career. Thanks for the detailed description.
I try to trade with Scripts but sometimes I forget I have them on or imagine they are still on. Since I forget faster than I imagine, I would like to see on the chart a note "....", that remembers me: the script is running. Ok I got the script to do this (see attachment) (In case it should not compile I have saved a Metaeditor 5.00, which works fine with most old Indis and Scripts). If the script would need some updating, feel free to do so.
Now - as you see appetite grows - I would like three different options and do not know how to accomplish them:
Option 1. after the script has done its job, the note disappears
Option 2. after the script has done its job, the note changes to: "job done"
Option 3. the script does not disappear, when I change TF.
I understand that Scripts are programs that are intended to perform a single action: a Script stops functioning once it has completed its function one time. Does option 1 define one action, because they happen simultaneously or are they distinct single actions, which cannot be programmed as a Script? Same question for option 2. Option 3 is from what I understand not possible, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for your help, Mike

[SteveHopwood]

Some of you might have followed Steve's invitation to try to modify his script "Market long" at the beginning of their programming career. Thanks for the detailed description.
I try to trade with Scripts but sometimes I forget I have them on or imagine they are still on. Since I forget faster than I imagine, I would like to see on the chart a note "....", that remembers me: the script is running. Ok I got the script to do this (see attachment) (In case it should not compile I have saved a Metaeditor 5.00, which works fine with most old Indis and Scripts). If the script would need some updating, feel free to do so.
Now - as you see appetite grows - I would like three different options and do not know how to accomplish them:
Option 1. after the script has done its job, the note disappears
Option 2. after the script has done its job, the note changes to: "job done"
Option 3. the script does not disappear, when I change TF.
I understand that Scripts are programs that are intended to perform a single action: a Script stops functioning once it has completed its function one time. Does option 1 define one action, because they happen simultaneously or are they distinct single actions, which cannot be programmed as a Script? Same question for option 2. Option 3 is from what I understand not possible, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for your help, Mike

Great to see you getting your hands dirty. Here we go:

Option 1. after the script has done its job, the note disappears

You put

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Comment("");

into OnDeinit()

Option 2. after the script has done its job, the note changes to: "job done"

You put

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Comment("Job done");

into OnDeinit()

Option 3. the script does not disappear, when I change TF.

Cannot be done. Actually it can, but then you are getting into endless loops and treating a script rather more like an EA - and you really don't want to go there until you know what you are doing. For now, just accept that a script is a run-once thingy.

Have fun. You are starting out just like I did 8 years ago, and look where I am now.

[Mike]

Have fun. You are starting out just like I did 8 years ago, and look where I am now.

Thanks, I didn't expect his masters voice. I will try and see how far I'll get, Mike

[SteveHopwood]

I forgot we were talking about a script here, which does not have an OnDeinit() function.

The code to produce the comments would go at the end of the program.