NT7 Displayname question

[SammyC]

Hi

In NT6.5 when used this code:
[Gui.Design.DisplayName(" SammyIndicator")]
my indicator would appear at the top of the list of indicators

In NT7 it does not seem to function in the same manner any longer.
Is there a different syntax now? sort sequence?

Thank you in advance for your patience

Sammy

[J_o_s]

Hi

In NT6.5 when used this code:
[Gui.Design.DisplayName(" SammyIndicator")]
my indicator would appear at the top of the list of indicators

In NT7 it does not seem to function in the same manner any longer.
Is there a different syntax now? sort sequence?

Thank you in advance for your patience

Sammy

As far as I know, the code

[Gui.Design.DisplayName(" SammyIndicator")]

is used in NT 7.0 to change the name of the parameters in the indicator properties window (i.e. when one wishes to rename "MyInput0" to "My Input"), and thus not changing the name of the indicator itself.

Even though you can override the name of an indicator, it won't have an effect on the listing of the indicators in the 'add indicator window'. But perhaps I'm mistaken, and would also like to hear more about this.

Regards,

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Sammy, unfortunately the DisplayName property is not supported anymore. You would need to change the underlying class / indicator name to provide different sorting.

[SammyC]

Thank you for your help!

I tried replacing the class name to
public class " SammyIndicator" : Indicator
but this gives a syntax error

I then tried the following and i accomplished the same as before ( not as nice but it is sorted at the top)
public class _SammyIndicator : Indicator

Regards
Sammy

[eDanny]

Just use this in your initialize section:

Name = " SammyIndicator";

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Thanks for the suggestion, eDanny.

You can't change just the name of the class, as the NinjaScript generated code section will have issues.

You can save a copy of your indicator by Right Clicking > Save as >give a new name.