Tag: create annotation lively

Hey Guys,

On a SciChart surface (CandleStickChart), how could I add LineAnnotation, BoxAnnotation, and TextBox annotation using TradingAnnotationCreationModifierMvvm (available under
ChartAnnotations/Trade Annotations sample). I have recreated a sample, based on the example.

Following is my XAML code,

Chart Surface: Modifiers.

<s:TradingAnnotationCreationModifierMvvm AnnotationViewModelType="{Binding DataContext.AnnotationCreationVM.AnnotationType, Source={StaticResource ROOT_OHLC_CHART_SPY}}"
                                                         AnnotationViewModelsCollection="{Binding LAnnotations}"
                                                         IsEnabled="{Binding DataContext.AnnotationCreationVM.IsAnnotationCreationEnable, Source={StaticResource ROOT_OHLC_CHART_SPY}, Mode=TwoWay}"
                                                         ReceiveHandledEvents="True">
                            <i:Interaction.Behaviors>
                                <ext:EventToCommandBehavior Command="{Binding DataContext.AnnotationCreationVM.AnnotationCreatedCommand, Source={StaticResource ROOT_OHLC_CHART_SPY}}"
                                                    Event="AnnotationCreated"
                                                    PassArguments="True" />
                            </i:Interaction.Behaviors>
                        </s:TradingAnnotationCreationModifierMvvm>

ParentView Buttons,

<ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Line" 
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.Line}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type s:LineAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Elliot Wave"  Grid.Row="1"
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.EllioteWave}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:ElliotWaveAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Pitch Fork" Grid.Row="2" 
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.PitchFork}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:PitchforkAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Xabcd" Grid.Row="3" 
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.Xabcd}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:XabcdAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Head N Shoulders" Grid.Row="4" 
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.Hns}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:HeadAndShouldersAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Fibonacci Extension" Grid.Row="5" 
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.FibExt}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:FibonacciExtensionAnnotationViewModel}"/>
                    <ToggleButton Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Content="Fibonacci Retracement" Grid.Row="6"
                                  Style="{StaticResource ChartToggleButton}" 
                                  IsChecked="{Binding AnnotationCreationVM.FibRetr}" 
                                  CommandParameter="{x:Type dt:FibonacciRetracementAnnotationViewModel}"/>

ParentView view model,

public ICommand AnnotationCreatedCommand => new ActionCommand<AnnotationCreationMVVMArgs>(e =>
    {
        try
        {
            var annotation = e.NewAnnotationViewModel;
            if (annotation != null)
            {
                if (annotation is ITradingAnnotationViewModel tradingAnnotation)
                {
                    ((AnnotationBase)tradingAnnotation.Annotation).Selected += OnAnnotationSelectionChanged;
                    ((AnnotationBase)tradingAnnotation.Annotation).Unselected += OnAnnotationSelectionChanged;
                }
                annotation.IsEditable = true;
                annotation.CanEditText = true;
                annotation.IsSelected = true;

                FibRetr = false;
                FibExt = false;
                Hns = false;
                Xabcd = false;
                PitchFork = false;
                EllioteWave = false;
                Line = false;
            }

            IsAnnotationCreationEnable = false;
            IsAnnotationDrawn = false;

            OnPropertyChanged("IsAnnotationDrawn");
        }
        catch { }
    });

    private void OnAnnotationSelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
    {            
        try
        {
            var parent = ((System.Windows.FrameworkElement)((System.Windows.FrameworkElement)sender).Parent).TemplatedParent;
            if(parent is SciChartSurface)
            {
                var surface = parent as SciChartSurface;
                if(null != surface)
                {
                    OHLCVChart chart = surface.DataContext as OHLCVChart;
                    Annotations = chart.LAnnotations;
                    SelectedAnnotation = Annotations.FirstOrDefault(x => x.IsSelected);
                }
            }                
        }
        catch { }        
    }

If there is any other way to club all Trading related annotations + TextBox, Line, TrendLine Annotations creation dynamically using any other modiefier, that will do. We are tying to build Trading charts: with Ability to add annotations.

Thanks.

Hi,

I’m creating lines chart with data from CSV file.
I have multiple series and each serie has its own YAxis.
As it comes from different CSV files, the number of series and their names are not known in advance.

I create the series in the code (MVVM) .

I’m using the trial version for 2 weeks now and before I purchase the licence, I have two questions:

1) I need to implement a function allowing the user to create multiple VerticalSliceModifier and display data for each serie on the graph and store data to a list or datatable.

Is it possible to have Vertical Slice Tooltip with multiple YAxis ?
If I create a vertical line annotation, can I get data for each serie crossing the line?

2) I need to be able to add annotation dynamically (measure, text, box, lines…).
Is there a way to save annotations to a list (and then to a file) so that if the user reopens the same CSV file he can load and display the corresponding annotations?

Thank you in advance for your answer,
Regards
Nicolas

HI,

After reading the example annotation code and articles in the forum, I still can’t find a way to achieve my purpose: My app has a thread to receive data sent by a server, the data may trigger an annotation created lively. My app also need to maintain all created annotations and change their properties like X/Y values or remove them later. So far I only see the way of creating annotation by clicking some button. I tries different ways but failed.

Please help me out with some detailed guides. I am a beginner for WPF.

regards
Chunxi

I try to do this in user thread:

LineAnnotation annotationBase = new LineAnnotation();
change annotationBase properties.

But get this exception:

2014-11-09 13:42:20,623 [11] ERROR WpfApplication2.MainWindow [(null)] – at System.Windows.Input.InputManager..ctor()
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.GetCurrentInputManagerImpl()
at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardNavigation..ctor()
at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.FrameworkServices..ctor()
at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.EnsureFrameworkServices()
at System.Windows.FrameworkElement..ctor()
at System.Windows.Controls.Control..ctor()
at System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl..ctor()
at Abt.Controls.SciChart.ChartModifiers.ApiElementBase..ctor()
at Abt.Controls.SciChart.Visuals.Annotations.AnnotationBase..ctor()
at Abt.Controls.SciChart.Visuals.Annotations.LineAnnotationBase..ctor()
at Abt.Controls.SciChart.Visuals.Annotations.LineAnnotation..ctor()
at WpfApplication2.InstrumentViewModel.addZone() in c:\Users\jokeslala\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WpfApplication2\WpfApplication2\InstrumentViewModel.cs:line 134
at WpfApplication2.InstrumentViewModel.addMA20(Int32 barIdx, Double ma) in c:\Users\jokeslala\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WpfApplication2\WpfApplication2\InstrumentViewModel.cs:line 128
at WpfApplication2.MainWindow.processEMA(String str) in c:\Users\jokeslala\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WpfApplication2\WpfApplication2\MainWindow.xaml.cs:line 222
at WpfApplication2.MainWindow.consumeQueue() in c:\Users\jokeslala\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WpfApplication2\WpfApplication2\MainWindow.xaml.cs:line 155