Quick-tip 69 | Why text objects can appear different in a strategy

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// Namespaces
Using elsystem.drawing;
Using elsystem.drawingobjects;

Var:	  TextLabel Label1( Null );

// Draw a text object on the last bar of the chart
If LastBarOnChart and Label1 = NULL Then
Begin
	Label1 = TextLabel.Create( );
  	Label1.Persist = True; // Persist set to true otherwise the lable would disappear after one tick
  	Label1.Color = Color.orange;
  	Label1.Font = new Font( "Ariel", 20, Fontstyle.Bold );
  	// A BNPoint refers to the absolute bar index (zero-based) of the collection of bars in a chart. 
  	// This is not the same as the BarNumber function or CurrentBar reserved word which count the number 
  	// of bars available for analysis after MaxBarsBack. 
  	Label1.SetPointValue( BNPoint.Create( CurrentBar + MaxBarsBack - 1, H ) );
  	Label1.TextString = C.ToString( ); // Convert the close to a string
  	DrawingObjects.Add( Label1 );
End;

// Update it and keep it on the last bar
// as new bars are formed
If LastBarOnChart Then
Begin
  	Label1.SetPointValue( BNPoint.Create( CurrentBar + MaxBarsBack - 1, H ) );
  	Label1.TextString = C.ToString( );
End;

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