I have a question, thanks

[quynhkoll]

I would like to ask, if is possible to program own tools for NT. E.g. some other version of RULER. Or some tool, which would be able to export values from selected bar on chart to excel sheet, or other software. This peace of software i already sow. How is this possilbe? Is there some API for this purpose?

Thank you very much for response.

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello quynhkoll,

Thank you for your note.

Yes, it would be possible to create your own custom drawing object which when you click on the chart bar would export that bars values to excel. I'm unaware of any existing samples which demonstrate how this could be done.

From the drawing tool logic you could trigger an action which will save the bar data to a file, The following would be an example of how you could write to file,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3475

You would want to open the NinjaScript Editor under Control Center>New>NinjaScript Editor and you could view existing drawing tools in the Drawing Tools Folder for samples of existing drawing tools. You could click on one of these, save as, and start by modifying an existing tool.

You would be interested in the following section of our helpguide while building your custom drawing tool,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?drawing_tools.htm

After you’ve created your drawing tool, you may want to write its Anchors to the file,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?anchors.htm

Another approach which might be easier would be to create an indicator which will loop through all drawing objects on a chart, and if the drawing object equals what you drew, you could have that drawing objects anchors written to a file. For example a vertical line might be a good drawing tool to trigger this write to file. You could see more information at the following link,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=546887

The following sample on the forum might provide an approach to do what you're looking to do via an Indicator, I would suggest,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/local_links.php?action=sendtofriend&catid=9&linkid=931

Please let us know if you need further assistance.