Using Local Variables for Permanent Storage of Exported DataSeries

[Ralph]

aviat72,

C# passes class variables as copy of the variable and structures as a copy of the content. But, you could easily check that. Define a test dataseries, pass it from the hosted indicator to the hosting indicator and try a modification of the dataseries variable in the hosting indicator. Then check if the modification is visible in the hosted indicator.
In C/C++ I would simply check the address value of the concerning variable, but I don't know how to do that in C#.

An alternative would be to use a method with ref/out-parameters. That approach passes variable-references for sure.

Regards
Ralph

[aviat72]

Ralph:

Thanks for your suggestions. I will either write custom export functions or pass a ref in. The ref solution is not the safest but as long as I know what I am doing.

Since NT only exposes your own code in to Visual Studio it is not the easiest debugging environment where to figure out which object you are viewing in the debugger. I was working with a fairly complex setup and not a simple dedicated example. I guess some print statements with a unique object identifier would have helped.

[Ralph]

aviat72,

I think, this issue is quite simple because C# specifies that every class instance is passes by reference (no matter what NT supports), and a dataseries is a class (opposed to a structure) as far as I know.

Since I am paranoid, I tend to double-check approaches I do apply first time. That was the reason to propose the test with the modification of the passed dataseries.

Passing variables by Property is an efficient approach.

Regards
Ralph