Overbasic – Alert Functions

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My.Alert category contains all built-in functions for generating alerts, and therefore displaying video messages or playing sounds based on specific conditions.

Display_Notification #

Displays a notification message on screen during real time session.

Result type: none

Arguments:

  • MESSAGE: message to display
  • DISPLAY MODE:
    • BAR: the message is displayed ONLY once per bar.
    • ALWAYS: the message is ALWAYS displayed, even if it has already been displayed previously on current bar.
  • CLOSE AFTER X SECONDS: (optional) closes alert message window automatically after x seconds.
  • ADD TO ALERTS LOG: (optional) if TRUE, the alert is added to ‘Alerts-Log’ window.
  • ALERT NAME: (optional) specifies the alert name.
  • ALERT PRIORITY: (facoltativo) defines the alert importance. Priority is displayed in the ‘Alerts Log’ window.
    • H: HIGH priority
    • M: MEDIUM priority
    • L: LOW priority
My.Alert.Display_notification("Hello World!", "BAR")

Playsound #

Play a sound during real time session.

Result type: none

Arguments:

  • SOUND TO PLAY: sound to play (select it from available sound list).
  • PLAYBACK MODE:
    • BAR: the sound plays ONLY once per bar.
    • ALWAYS: the sound is ALWAYS played, even if it has already been played previously on current bar.
  • ADD TO ALERTS LOG: (optional) if TRUE, an alert message is added to ‘Alerts-Log’ window. The message is defined by ‘ALERT NAME’, ‘ALERT MESSAGE’ and ‘ALERT PRIORITY’ parameters.
  • ALERT NAME: (optional) specifies the alert name (in alerts-log window).
  • ALERT MESSAGE: (optional) message to be displayed in the alerts-log window.
  • ALERT PRIORITY: (optional) defines the alert importance. Priority is displayed in the ‘Alerts Log’ window.
    • H: HIGH priority
    • M: MEDIUM priority
    • L: LOW priority
My.Alert.Playsound("ALERT 1", "BAR")