fix indicator plots starting at the wrong timestamp under certain cond.

plots would shift if the processing of indicaters would shift, if a new candle would for in MT while processing of indicator data of the client was still in process. The fix ensure, that any new indicator data starts at the correct timestamp.

Experts/JsonAPI.mq5

@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ struct ChartWindowIndicator
 ChartWindowIndicator chartWindowIndicators[];
 int chartWindowIndicatorCount = 0;
 
-// Refresh chart window interval for JsonAPIIndicator
-int chartWindowTimerInterval = 1; // Cycles of the globally set EventSetMillisecondTimer interval
-int chartWindowTimerCounter = 0; // Keeps track of the current cycle
-
 // Error handling
 ControlErrors mControl;
 
@@ -465,25 +461,19 @@ void OnTimer()
       // Ensure that all indicators have finished intitailisation
       for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(chartWindowIndicators); i++)
         {
-         CopyBuffer(chartWindowIndicators[i].indicatorHandle, 7, 0, 1, values); // '7' is the number of the 'alive' indicator buffer
+         //CopyBuffer(chartWindowIndicators[i].indicatorHandle, 7, 0, 1, values); // '7' is the number of the 'alive' indicator buffer
+         // Wait for CopyBuffer to return. Ensures that indicator has been initialized
+         CopyBuffer(chartWindowIndicators[i].indicatorHandle, 0, 0, 1, values); // '7' is the number of the 'alive' indicator buffer
         }
       chartIndicatorDataSocket.send(chartMsg,true);
      }
 
-// TODO: It looks like it is not necessary to throttle this.
 // Trigger the indicator JsonAPIIndicator to check for new Messages
-   if(chartWindowTimerCounter >= chartWindowTimerInterval)
+   for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(chartWindows); i++)
      {
-      for(int i=0; i<ArraySize(chartWindows); i++)
+      long chartId = chartWindows[i].id;
-        {
+      EventChartCustom(chartId, 222, 222, 222.0);
-         long ChartId = chartWindows[i].id;
-         EventChartCustom(ChartId, 222, 222, 222.0);
-        }
-      chartWindowTimerCounter = 0;
      }
-   else
-      chartWindowTimerCounter++;
-
   }
 
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -823,6 +813,7 @@ void OpenChart(CJAVal &dataObject)
    CJAVal message;
    message["error"]=(bool) false;
    message["chartId"] = (string) chartId;
+   message["mtChartId"] = (string) chartWindows[idx].id;
 
    string t=message.Serialize();
    if(debug)
@@ -837,16 +828,16 @@ void AddChartIndicator(CJAVal &dataObject)
   {
 
    string chartIdStr=dataObject["chartId"].ToStr();
-   string chartIndicatorId=dataObject["indicatorChartId"].ToStr();
+   string chartIndicatorId=dataObject["chartIndicatorId"].ToStr();
    int chartIndicatorSubWindow=dataObject["chartIndicatorSubWindow"].ToInt();
    string shortName = dataObject["shortName"].ToStr();
 
    int chartIdx = GetChartWindowIdxByChartWindowId(chartIdStr);
-   long ChartId = chartWindows[chartIdx].id;
+   long chartId = chartWindows[chartIdx].id;
 
-   double chartIndicatorHandle = iCustom(ChartSymbol(ChartId),ChartPeriod(ChartId),"JsonAPIIndicator",chartIndicatorId,shortName); //linelabel,colorstyle,linetype,linestyle,linewidth);
+   double chartIndicatorHandle = iCustom(ChartSymbol(chartId),ChartPeriod(chartId),"JsonAPIIndicator",chartIndicatorId,shortName); //linelabel,colorstyle,linetype,linestyle,linewidth);
 
-   if(ChartIndicatorAdd(ChartId, chartIndicatorSubWindow, chartIndicatorHandle))
+   if(ChartIndicatorAdd(chartId, chartIndicatorSubWindow, chartIndicatorHandle))
      {
       chartWindowIndicatorCount++;
       ArrayResize(chartWindowIndicators,chartWindowIndicatorCount);
@@ -1528,54 +1519,54 @@ ENUM_TIMEFRAMES GetTimeframe(string chartTF)
   {
 
    ENUM_TIMEFRAMES tf;
+   tf=NULL;
 
    if(chartTF=="TICK")
       tf=PERIOD_CURRENT;
-   else
+
-      if(chartTF=="M1")
+   if(chartTF=="M1")
-         tf=PERIOD_M1;
+      tf=PERIOD_M1;
-      else
+
-         if(chartTF=="M5")
+   if(chartTF=="M5")
-            tf=PERIOD_M5;
+      tf=PERIOD_M5;
-         else
+
-            if(chartTF=="M15")
+   if(chartTF=="M15")
-               tf=PERIOD_M15;
+      tf=PERIOD_M15;
-            else
+
-               if(chartTF=="M30")
+   if(chartTF=="M30")
-                  tf=PERIOD_M30;
+      tf=PERIOD_M30;
-               else
+
-                  if(chartTF=="H1")
+   if(chartTF=="H1")
-                     tf=PERIOD_H1;
+      tf=PERIOD_H1;
-                  else
+
-                     if(chartTF=="H2")
+   if(chartTF=="H2")
-                        tf=PERIOD_H2;
+      tf=PERIOD_H2;
-                     else
+
-                        if(chartTF=="H3")
+   if(chartTF=="H3")
-                           tf=PERIOD_H3;
+      tf=PERIOD_H3;
-                        else
+
-                           if(chartTF=="H4")
+   if(chartTF=="H4")
-                              tf=PERIOD_H4;
+      tf=PERIOD_H4;
-                           else
+
-                              if(chartTF=="H6")
+   if(chartTF=="H6")
-                                 tf=PERIOD_H6;
+      tf=PERIOD_H6;
-                              else
+
-                                 if(chartTF=="H8")
+   if(chartTF=="H8")
-                                    tf=PERIOD_H8;
+      tf=PERIOD_H8;
-                                 else
+
-                                    if(chartTF=="H12")
+   if(chartTF=="H12")
-                                       tf=PERIOD_H12;
+      tf=PERIOD_H12;
-                                    else
+
-                                       if(chartTF=="D1")
+   if(chartTF=="D1")
-                                          tf=PERIOD_D1;
+      tf=PERIOD_D1;
-                                       else
+
-                                          if(chartTF=="W1")
+   if(chartTF=="W1")
-                                             tf=PERIOD_W1;
+      tf=PERIOD_W1;
-                                          else
+
-                                             if(chartTF=="MN1")
+   if(chartTF=="MN1")
-                                                tf=PERIOD_MN1;
+      tf=PERIOD_MN1;
-                                             //error will be raised in config function
+
-                                             else
+//if tf == NULL an error will be raised in config function
-                                                tf=NULL;
    return(tf);
   }
 

Indicators/JsonAPIIndicator.mq5

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ input string            ShortName="JsonAPIIndicator";
 double                  B0[], B1[], B2[], B3[], B4[], B5[], B6[], B7[], B8[], B9[], B10[];
 double                  B11[], B12[], B13[], B14[], B15[], B16[], B17[], B18[], B19[], B20[];
 double                  B21[], B22[], B23[], B24[], B25[], B26[], B27[], B28[], B29[];
-double                  alive[];
 bool                    debug = false;
-bool                    first = false;
 int                     activeBufferCount = 0;
+long                    mtChartId = 0;
+bool                    setFormingCandleBlank = true;
 
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 //| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ int OnInit()
       chartSubscriptionSocket.setReceiveHighWaterMark(5); // TODO confirm settings
      }
 
-
 //--- indicator buffers mapping;
    ArraySetAsSeries(B0,true);
    ArraySetAsSeries(B1,true);
@@ -93,8 +92,6 @@ int OnInit()
    ArraySetAsSeries(B27,true);
    ArraySetAsSeries(B28,true);
    ArraySetAsSeries(B29,true);
-   ArraySetAsSeries(alive,true);
-
 
    SetIndexBuffer(0,B0,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
    SetIndexBuffer(1,B1,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
@@ -126,9 +123,6 @@ int OnInit()
    SetIndexBuffer(27,B27,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
    SetIndexBuffer(28,B28,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
    SetIndexBuffer(29,B29,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
-   SetIndexBuffer(29,B29,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
-   SetIndexBuffer(30,alive,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS); // If the buffer index changes, the line starting with "CopyBuffer(chartWindowIndicators[i].indicatorHandle," in JsonAPI.mq5 has to be updated
-
 
 //---
    IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,ShortName);
@@ -136,6 +130,14 @@ int OnInit()
    return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
   }
 
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+//|                                                                  |
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+void OnDeinit(const int reason)
+  {
+// Print("INDI DEINIT ",reason);
+  }
+
 
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 //|                                                                  |
@@ -165,7 +167,9 @@ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
   {
 
 // While a new candle is forming, set the current value to be empty
-   if(rates_total>prev_calculated)
+
+
+   if(rates_total>prev_calculated && setFormingCandleBlank)
      {
       B0[0] = EMPTY_VALUE;
       B1[0] = EMPTY_VALUE;
@@ -198,9 +202,6 @@ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
       B28[0] = EMPTY_VALUE;
       B29[0] = EMPTY_VALUE;
      }
-   if(first==false)
-      alive[0] = 1;
-// ChartRedraw(0);
 
 //--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
    return(rates_total);
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ void SubscriptionHandler(ZmqMsg &chartMsg)
       Alert("Deserialization Error");
       ExpertRemove();
      }
-   if(message["indicatorChartId"]==IndicatorId)
+   if(message["chartIndicatorId"]==IndicatorId)
      {
 
       if(message["action"]=="PLOT" && message["actionType"]=="DATA")
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ void SubscriptionHandler(ZmqMsg &chartMsg)
             WriteToBuffer(message, B29);
             SetIndexBuffer(29,B29,INDICATOR_DATA);
            }
+         ChartRedraw(mtChartId);
         }
       else
          if(message["action"]=="PLOT" && message["actionType"]=="ADDBUFFER")
@@ -387,30 +389,165 @@ void SubscriptionHandler(ZmqMsg &chartMsg)
             string linetypeStr = message["style"]["linetype"].ToStr();
             string linestyleStr = message["style"]["linestyle"].ToStr();
             int linewidth = message["style"]["linewidth"].ToInt();
+            setFormingCandleBlank = message["style"]["blankforming"].ToBool();
 
             color colorstyle = StringToColor(colorstyleStr);
             int linetype = StringToEnumInt(linetypeStr);
             int linestyle = StringToEnumInt(linestyleStr);
 
-            /*
-            //if (aa == false) {
-            Print("SETBUFF ActCount  ",activeBufferCount);
-            if (activeBufferCount == 0) {SetIndexBuffer(0,B1,INDICATOR_DATA);} // Two semicolons ar required! No idea why. Seems to be a timing problem, better to keep it in init()
-
-            if (activeBufferCount == 1) {SetIndexBuffer(1,B2,INDICATOR_DATA);;}
-            if (activeBufferCount == 2) {SetIndexBuffer(2,B3,INDICATOR_DATA);;}
-            if (activeBufferCount == 3) {SetIndexBuffer(3,B4,INDICATOR_DATA);;}
-            if (activeBufferCount == 4) {SetIndexBuffer(4,B5,INDICATOR_DATA);;}
-
-            //aa = true;}
-            */
-
             SetStyle(activeBufferCount, linelabel, colorstyle, linetype, linestyle, linewidth);
             activeBufferCount = activeBufferCount + 1;
+
+            ClearBuffer(activeBufferCount-1);
            }
      }
   }
 
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+//|                                                                  |
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+void Clear(double &buffer[])
+  {
+   int bufferSize = ArraySize(buffer);
+   for(int i=0; i<bufferSize; i++)
+     {
+      buffer[i] = EMPTY_VALUE;
+     }
+  }
+
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+//|                                                                  |
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+void ClearBuffer(int bufferIdx)
+  {
+   switch(bufferIdx)
+     {
+      case  0:
+        {
+         Clear(B0);
+        }
+      case  1:
+        {
+         Clear(B1);
+        }
+      case  2:
+        {
+         Clear(B2);
+        }
+      case  3:
+        {
+         Clear(B3);
+        }
+      case  4:
+        {
+         Clear(B4);
+        }
+      case  5:
+        {
+         Clear(B5);
+        }
+      case  6:
+        {
+         Clear(B6);
+        }
+      case  7:
+        {
+         Clear(B7);
+        }
+      case  8:
+        {
+         Clear(B8);
+        }
+      case  9:
+        {
+         Clear(B9);
+        }
+      case  10:
+        {
+         Clear(B10);
+        }
+      case  11:
+        {
+         Clear(B11);
+        }
+      case  12:
+        {
+         Clear(B12);
+        }
+      case  13:
+        {
+         Clear(B13);
+        }
+      case  14:
+        {
+         Clear(B14);
+        }
+      case  15:
+        {
+         Clear(B15);
+        }
+      case  16:
+        {
+         Clear(B16);
+        }
+      case  17:
+        {
+         Clear(B17);
+        }
+      case  18:
+        {
+         Clear(B18);
+        }
+      case  19:
+        {
+         Clear(B19);
+        }
+      case  20:
+        {
+         Clear(B20);
+        }
+      case  21:
+        {
+         Clear(B21);
+        }
+      case  22:
+        {
+         Clear(B22);
+        }
+      case  23:
+        {
+         Clear(B23);
+        }
+      case  24:
+        {
+         Clear(B24);
+        }
+      case  25:
+        {
+         Clear(B25);
+        }
+      case  26:
+        {
+         Clear(B26);
+        }
+      case  27:
+        {
+         Clear(B27);
+        }
+      case  28:
+        {
+         Clear(B28);
+        }
+      case  29:
+        {
+         Clear(B29);
+        }
+      break;
+      default:
+        {} break;
+     }
+  }
+
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 //| Update indicator buffer function                                 |
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -418,39 +555,32 @@ void WriteToBuffer(CJAVal &message, double &buffer[])
   {
 
    int bufferSize = ArraySize(buffer);
-
-   for(int i=0; i<bufferSize; i++)
-     {
-      buffer[i] = EMPTY_VALUE;
-     }
-
    int messageDataSize = message["data"].Size();
-// TODO check if this is working as expected. Seems to
-   if(first==false)
-     {
-      for(int i=0; i<activeBufferCount; i++)
-        {
-         //Print("BUFF ",bufferSize-messageDataSize, " ",ArraySize(B2)," ", ArraySize(B3), " ",messageDataSize);
-         PlotIndexSetInteger(i,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,bufferSize-messageDataSize);
-        }
-      first = true;
-     }
 
+// calculate the buffer offset
+   MqlRates r[];
+   mtChartId =(datetime)message["mtChartId"].ToInt();
+   datetime fromDate=(datetime)message["fromDate"].ToInt();
+   datetime toDate=TimeCurrent();
+   ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period = ChartPeriod(mtChartId);
+   string symbol = ChartSymbol(mtChartId);
+   int rateCount;
+
+   rateCount = CopyRates(symbol, period, fromDate, toDate, r);
+   int offset = rateCount - 1;
+
+// write to buffer
    for(int i=0; i<messageDataSize; i++)
      {
-      // don't add more elements than the automatically sized buffer array can hold
+      // don't add more elements than the automatically sized buffer array can
-      if(i+1<bufferSize)
+      if(i+offset<bufferSize)
         {
-         // the first element is the current unformed candle, so we start at index 1
+         double val = message["data"][i].ToDbl();
-         // we reverse the order of the incoming values, which are expected to be ascending
+         if(val >= EMPTY_VALUE)
-         //buffer[i+1] = message["data"][messageDataSize-1-i].ToDbl();
+            val = EMPTY_VALUE;
-         buffer[i+1] = message["data"][messageDataSize-1-i].ToDbl();
+         buffer[i+offset] = val;
         }
-      //if(i == messageDataSize-1)
-      //   buffer[i+1] = EMPTY_VALUE;
      }
-// Set the most recent plotted value to nothing, as we do not have any data for yet unformed candles
-   buffer[0] = EMPTY_VALUE;
   }