field initializer

[velocity]

I have the following:

#region Variables
public int dotsize = 10;

private Font pfont = new Font("Arial", dotsize, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point);

when I place "dotsize" in the code i get an error:

A field initializer cannot reference the nonstatic field, method, or property

When I type
private Font pfont = new Font("Arial", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point);

everything is fine. How do I swap the word dotsize for the number 10 ?

[eDanny]

Is that "publicint" a typo? If not, I believe it should be:

private int dotsize = 10;

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You likely can't do that because dotsize has not been initialized yet.

[velocity]

So how do I initialize it?

(publicint was a typo.)

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You can't. Do it after your dotsize has been initialized in OnBarUpdate() somewhere.

[velocity]

I'm confused, you say I can't, Then you say I can and to put it after bar update. Still a little puzzled here as to what the code is for initializing dotsize would look like.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

I say you can't meaning not from the Variables section up there.

Leave your dotsize as is. Move your Font down to OnBarUpdate(). Or just hard set the dotsize in your Font. The point is you can't do it that early. It doesn't know what dotsize is and will only know at runtime. That is why you can't compile.

[velocity]

ok, I will give it a try. thanks