Creating visual and audio for econoday activities...

zwedle

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Hi, just looking for help plotting some lines down the road for unemployment rates, FOMC, etc. My routine would be on the weekend to check out the calendar of upcoming reports and then take those dates and time and have them visually tagged on my charts for the upcoming week. I'm guessing the best way would be with a vertical line, but a little icon at the bottom like ToS does for corporate events would be cool too though. Ideally, I could have a sound alert about a half-hour before the event too if possible.

I read some scripts for what I thought sounded similar to my goal and came up with this:

input FOMC = 20220610;

AddLabel(1, "Inflation Rate = 6/10/22");

AddVerticalLine (DrawLine, "", Color.WHITE);


My coding clearly did not work haha. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
 
Solution
With the help of Quinlin and Austin, I was able to put together what I was looking for:

input YearMonthDay1 = 20220610;
input Time1 = 0830;
input Time2 = 1000;

def Date1 = GetYYYYMMDD() == YearMonthDay1;

def First = !SecondsFromTime(Time1);
def Second = !SecondsFromTime(Time2);

AddVerticalLine(First && Date1, text = "Inflation Rate");
AddVerticalLine(Second && Date1, text = "Michigan Consumer Sentiment");

Alert(condition = First - !SecondsFromTime(0015), text = "15 min before Alert", sound = Sound.ding);
Alert(condition = Second - !SecondsFromTime(0015), text = "15 min before Alert", sound = Sound.ding);
With the help of Quinlin and Austin, I was able to put together what I was looking for:

input YearMonthDay1 = 20220610;
input Time1 = 0830;
input Time2 = 1000;

def Date1 = GetYYYYMMDD() == YearMonthDay1;

def First = !SecondsFromTime(Time1);
def Second = !SecondsFromTime(Time2);

AddVerticalLine(First && Date1, text = "Inflation Rate");
AddVerticalLine(Second && Date1, text = "Michigan Consumer Sentiment");

Alert(condition = First - !SecondsFromTime(0015), text = "15 min before Alert", sound = Sound.ding);
Alert(condition = Second - !SecondsFromTime(0015), text = "15 min before Alert", sound = Sound.ding);
 
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