Draw rectangle only with borders

[nandocabrera87]

Dear all, hope you are fine,

I need to draw rectangle objets but only with borders, no background (check attached samples).

Could you give me some code sample?

Thank you!

[Fernando Carreiro]

nandocabrera87: I need to draw rectangle objets but only with borders, no background (check attached samples). Could you give me some code sample?

Draw four lines (trendlines OBJ_TREND). Or use two channels (OBJ_CHANNEL), one for the vertical sides and one for the horizontal sides.

[Paul Anscombe]

nandocabrera87:

Dear all, hope you are fine,

I need to draw rectangle objets but only with borders, no background (check attached samples).

Could you give me some code sample?

Thank you!

If you do not set the rectangle object as a background, then you can also not fill it and just get the outline

   ObjectSetInteger(0,"Rectangle",OBJPROP_FILL,false);
   ObjectSetInteger(0,"Rectangle",OBJPROP_BACK,false);   

[Ismail Lemin]

Hey guys hope each one of you is doing well. I have a similar issue. I have tried to edit the code to have the rectangles not fill background but it still does it. Not sure what am doing wrong. Kindly help.

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                               LargeTimeFrame.mq4 |
//|                                      Copyright © 2005, Miramaxx. |
//|                                    mailto: morrr2001[dog]mail.ru |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------|                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2005, Miramaxx."
#property link "mailto: morrr2001[dog]mail.ru"
//----
#property indicator_chart_window
//----
extern string Timeframe="H1";
extern int CountBars=5;
extern color Bear=Red;
extern color Bull=ForestGreen;
//----
   datetime time1;
   datetime time2;
   double open_price,close_price;
   int bar_tf;
   int PeriodName=0;
   int num=0;
   string error="Ïàðàìåòð Timeframe çàäàí íå âåðíî \nÏðèìåð: äëÿ ÷àñîâîãî ãðàôèêà âûáåðèòå ïàðàìåòð D1.";
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   void ObjDel()
  {
   for(;num>=0;num--)
      ObjectDelete("Objtf"+num);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
  {
   if (Timeframe=="M1") PeriodName=PERIOD_M1; //â òîì æå ïîðÿäêå, ÷òî è êíîïêè íà ïàíåëè
   else
      if (Timeframe=="M5") PeriodName=PERIOD_M5;
      else
         if (Timeframe=="M15")PeriodName=PERIOD_M15;
         else
            if (Timeframe=="M30")PeriodName=PERIOD_M30;
            else
               if (Timeframe=="H1") PeriodName=PERIOD_H1;
               else
                  if (Timeframe=="H4") PeriodName=PERIOD_H4;
                  else
                     if (Timeframe=="D1") PeriodName=PERIOD_D1;
                     else
                        if (Timeframe=="W1") PeriodName=PERIOD_W1;
                        else
                           if (Timeframe=="MN") PeriodName=PERIOD_MN1;
                           else
                             {
                              Comment(error);
                              return(0);
                             }
   Comment("LargeTimeframe(",Timeframe,")");
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
  {
   ObjDel();
   Comment("");
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
   int i;
   ObjDel();
   num=0;
//----
   if (PeriodName<=Period())
     {
      Comment(error);
      return(0);
     }
//----
   for(bar_tf=CountBars;bar_tf>=0;bar_tf--)
     {
      time1=iTime(NULL,PeriodName,bar_tf);
      i=bar_tf-1;
      if (i<0)
         time2=Time[0];
      else
         time2=iTime(NULL,PeriodName,i)-Period()*60;
      open_price=iOpen(NULL,PeriodName,bar_tf);
      close_price=iClose(NULL,PeriodName,bar_tf);
//---
      ObjectCreate("Objtf"+num,OBJ_RECTANGLE,0,time1,open_price,time2,close_price);
      if (time2-time1<PeriodName*60/2)
         time2=Time[0];
      else
         time2=time1+PeriodName*60/2;
      num++;
//----      
      ObjectCreate("Objtf"+num,OBJ_TREND,0,time2,iHigh(NULL,PeriodName,bar_tf),time2,iLow(NULL,PeriodName,bar_tf));
      ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
      ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_RAY, false);
      ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_BACK, false);
      ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_FILL, false);
//----      
      if (close_price>open_price)
        {
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+(num-1),OBJPROP_COLOR, Bull);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num,OBJPROP_COLOR, Bull);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_BACK, false);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_FILL, false);
        }
      else
        {
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+(num-1),OBJPROP_COLOR, Bear);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num,OBJPROP_COLOR, Bear);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_BACK, false);
         ObjectSet("Objtf"+num, OBJPROP_FILL, false);
        }
      num++;
     }
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+