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Histogram Indicator Properties

To access Histogram Indicator Properties

  1. Make the Chart Window the active window.
  2. Click the right mouse button anywhere on the Line Indicator and select the Graph Component Properties from the context menu or double-click anywhere on the Histogram Indicator and Histogram Indicator Properties will appear.
You can see Histogram Indicator Properties window below. See also details about working with Properties Windows.

First category name (BarVolumeTest) corresponds to Indicator's name. It appears if Indicator has some input parameters. For this Indicator it's Length. See Analysis Technique Parameters

Category BasedOn includes the following cells:

  • Data # specifies number of the symbol to base Strategy on (1 to number of symbols applied on the chart). See Multi-Data Charts.

Category Histogram includes the following cells:

  • Border Color specifies Histogram border color if it's Column Histogram. This cell appears only with Maximum Speed (False) in Chart Style window, Style (Column) and Width (>1). You can choose color from the standart Palette Window. Valid range is any color.
  • Color specifies Histogram line color if it's Line Histogram and filling color if it's Column Histogram. If Style (Line) or Style (Column) with Width (=1) it's color of the Histogram line. If Style (Column), Fill (Yes), Hatch (No) and Width (>1) then it's filling color of Histogram column. You can choose color from the standart Palette Window. Valid range is any color.
  • Dash Style specifies the dash style of Histogram line. This cell appears only with Style (Line ). It can be Solid, Dash, DashDotDashDotDot and Dot. See also about Dash Styles.
  • Fill uses to indicate if you want to fill the Histogram column with color. This cell appears only with Maximum Speed (False) in Chart Style window, Style (Column) and Width (>1). Valid variants are Yes and No.
  • Force Zero Minimum specifies that Histogram is drawing from Zero to Value. Valid variants are True and False.
  • Hatch uses to indicate if you want to use Hatch. This cell appears only with Maximum Speed (False) in Chart Style window, Style (Column), Fill (Yes) and Width (>1). Valid variants are Yes and No.
  • Hatch color of lines specifies color of lines in Hatch. This cell appears only with Maximum Speed (False) in Chart Style window, Style (Column), Fill (Yes), Hatch (Yes) and Width (>1). You can choose color from the standart Palette Window. Valid range is any color.
  • Hatch color of spaces between lines specifies color of spaces between lines in Hatch. This cell appears only with Maximum Speed (False) in Chart Style window, Style (Column), Fill (Yes), Hatch (Yes) and Width (>1). You can choose color from the standart Palette Window. Valid range is any color.
  • Hatch Style specifies Hatch Style. You can choose it from the standart window. 
  • Style specifies Histogram Style. Valid variants are Line and Column.
  • Width width of the Histogram line and column. Valid range is from 1 to infinity.

Category Layer includes the followin cells:

  • Scale Type specifies type of scale. It can be Shared, Screen, UserDefined and Parent. See also Scale Types .     
  • Transparency percent specifies transparency of graph component. Valid range is from 0 to 100. "0" is untransporent and "100" is fully transparent. 
  • Use Antialiasing specifies if to use Antialiasing. Valid variants are True and False.

Also this properties window includes Description Box. This box reflects which cell of  Histogram Indicator Properties is active at the moment.


See also about Indicators.