Color Bars

Cut the following script from this page and paste it in the ESPL Script Editor.  Click on the RUN button to compile and run the script.  Hopefully, nothing happens.  That means the script did not contain a compile error.  Now display any chart and click on the ESPL RUN button on the Chart Controls toolbar.  The following ESPL panel shows.  Click button 42 in the Color Bars column.  This will execute the script with the ESPL variable set to a value of 42.  

The bars on the chart will be painted shades of red and green.

What does this script do?  It performs seven tests that indicate upward or downward strength by comparing a bar with its neighbor on the left.  This strength is then converted into a shade of red or green with the strongest upward strength being a bright red and the strongest downward strength being a bright green.

procedure ColorBar42;
var
  i,j: integer;
  c: longint;
  iRed,iGreen: integer;
begin
  for i:=BarBeginLeft to BarEnd do begin
    j:=pred(i); {j will be the index for the neighboring bar}
    iRed:=0; iGreen:=0;

    if Open(i)>Last(j) then inc(iRed);
    if Open(i)>High(j) then inc(iRed);
    if High(i)>High(j) then inc(iRed);
    if Low(i)>Low(j) then inc(iRed);
    if Low(i)>High(j) then inc(iRed);
    if Last(i)>Last(j) then inc(iRed);
    if Last(i)>Open(i) then inc(iRed);

    if Open(i)<=Last(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if Open(i)<=Low(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if High(i)<=High(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if Low(i)<=Low(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if High(i)<=Low(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if Last(i)<=Last(j) then inc(iGreen);
    if Last(i)<=Open(i) then inc(iGreen);

    j:=iRed-iGreen;
    if j<-5 then c:=clLime
    else if (j=-5) or (j=-4) then c:=clGreen
    else if j<0 then c:=clDkGreen
    else if j=0 then c:=clDkGray
    else if j>5 then c:=clRed
    else if (j=5) or (j=4) then c:=clDkRed
    else c:=clMaroon;

    SetBar(eColor,i,c);
  end;
end;

{----- MAIN PROGRAM -----}
begin
  if ESPL=42 then ColorBar42;
end;