FirstTimePainted

Definition

Indicates a DateTime value of the first bar painted on the chart.

FirstTimePainted provides the timestamp of the first bar, NOT the time at which the bar was painted. For example, if a chart was opened and historical bars drawn on August 2nd at 5:00 pm, but the first bar on the chart is painted at a time-axis value of July 31st at 1:00 am, then FirstTimePainted will return the July 31st date and time.

Property Value

A DateTime object containing information on the timestamp of the first bar of the chart.

Syntax

\<chartcontrol\>.FirstTimePainted

Examples

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protected override void OnRender(ChartControl chartControl, ChartScale chartScale)
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{
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    // Draw text to display the first timestamp of a bar on the chart
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    Draw.Text(this, "firstTimeText", String.Format("The first bar of {0} is drawn at {1}", Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name, chartControl.FirstTimePainted), 1, High[0],Brushes.Black);
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}

In the image below, FirstTimePainted reveals that the first painted slot corresponds to 8/12/17 at 10:40:00 AM.