Please help!!! how can i identify which forex pair just gave me an alert

[JC2000]

I have a indicator play a certain alert sound when a certain condition was met on the chart.

But I need to figure out how to program such that the forex pair (instrument) give me an alert can be identified.
ie Need to extract the instrument name somehow

I also have a (.wav) sound I.D. file for each forex pair.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

JC2000, for this you can work with the Instrument class - please see the properties it offers here - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...instrument.htm

[koganam]

I have a indicator play a certain alert sound when a certain condition was met on the chart.

But I need to figure out how to program such that the forex pair (instrument) give me an alert can be identified.
ie Need to extract the instrument name somehow

I also have a (.wav) sound I.D. file for each forex pair.

How do you mean? Are you generating the sound with PlaySound() or with Alert()?

[JC2000]

it just mean that the alert command will tell me which forex pair had met a certain condition ---ie such as a EMA cross over

[JC2000]

Hi Koganam,

I forget to mention that I generate the sound with Alert.
Is Playsound a better command & what is the advantages?

[koganam]

Hi Koganam,

I forget to mention that I generate the sound with Alert.
Is Playsound a better command & what is the advantages?

If you generate it with Alert(), then you just need to include the name of the instrument in the alert text.

Example:

Alert("myBigMoneyAlert", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name + ": Reached  threshold to start making megabucks.", "Alert1.wav", 10, Color.Black, Color.Yellow);