I'm having trouble using the function AlertType. I'm using it in the following context:

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I get the error: 'int' does not contain a definition for AlertType. I did a search and couldn't find anybody who has used this function and the Language guide only gives one example. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.

In

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, "a" is undefined:

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That doesn't work. (Actually, I had already declared a as an int already).

Oops, you're right. I overlooked the totally incorrect usage of AlertType above. It doesn't make sense to compare one type (TradeType) with a very different (string). Should be:

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P.S. Revisit the "AlertType Property" QuickRef entry, you should find a description and the list of possible values returned by this enum.

Got the same error message. I have reviewed the references and re-reviewed them, but they don't help me.

You're getting the same error message because integer does not contain an AlertType property.

Replace the erroneous "a.AlertType" fragment with Alerts[i].

Thanks! The exact syntax is : if(Alerts[a].AlertType == TradeType.Cover)
I must say the documentation on this and other functions is pretty poor and far from intuitive.
I really appreciate your help.

What is unclear in the documentation, that Microsoft haven't defined no AlertType property for their C# integer type? :)

That's a joke, right? Excuse me if I'm a little concrete and still a relative newbie to C. I was of course referring to WL-5's documentation of functions--WL-4 provides much clearer and more thorough explanations than WL-5. Except as a random monkey I don't think I could have ever derived the code based on the documentation in WL-5. Take a look at it if you haven't recently.

Look, for whatever reason you were trying to fill an array. You define an iterator ("a", of integer type), and then you're trying to extract a property from the integer (number) that does not exist there.

Another error was in trying to compare TradeType with a string. Even though it's created by the Wealth-Lab's designer, TradeType is just another data type in C#. So you need to follow the language conventions. The QuickRef helps you with that. For example, the AlertType entry is very much clear in stating that AlertType is a TradeType, is enum, and lists all the 4 possible options.

Finally, take a look in the Alert.BasisPrice code -- an example there shows how to properly make the comparison you were trying to make.

Thanks.