Create a Timer In indicator

firemyst
28 May 2020, 15:49

RE:

bienve.pf said:

Hello, I have tried to make a stopwatch independent of the ticks using the "Task" or "System.Threading.Timer" instruction in the Initialize function of an indicator. I have classified the variable that refers to the Task or thread as "static".

Both methods do not last. They stop after a few minutes.

How can I make a reliable counter inside an indicator without relying on ticks?

Regards.

 

 

public static System.Threading.Timer aTimer;
public static Task task = null;

bool Finished = false;
protected override void Initialize()
{

  aTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(TimerCallback2, null, 1000, 50);
  
  task = new Task(() =>
  {
      while (!this.Finished)
      {
          this.TimerCallback(null);
          System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);
      }
  });
  task.Start();

}

 

Why not just use a StopWatch object? The only timer I think you can reliably use is the built in timer within the cAlgo API.