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[RobinT]

When you are making a bar with Last () a five minute bar does not print until the first tick of the next bar arrives. Is there anyway you can close a bar or send a dummy value to open the nexxt bar?

[RobinT]

I will send before and after.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello RobinT,

Thank you for your patience.

You should not need to write to another file and the behavior you are seeing is not expected.

Would you be willing to send the Config.xml that you edited to platformsupport[at]ninjatrader[dot]com with 'ATTN: Patrick H - 1462237' in the subject line?

[RobinT]

I can see that NT creates a new config.xml to save all its setup options.

is it possible that it is seeing

<ConnectOnStartup>true</ConnectOnStartup>

in

<ConnectOptions xsi:type="ExternalOptions">
<Backup />
<ConnectOnStartup>false</ConnectOnStartup>

as a new interface, as it is creating a new entry in config.xml.

should I be altering something else?

all editing done with notepad.

[RobinT]

all I changed with Notepad was:

<ConnectOnStartup>false</ConnectOnStartup>

to

<ConnectOnStartup>true</ConnectOnStartup>

in

<ConnectOptions xsi:type="ExternalOptions">
<Backup />
<ConnectOnStartup>false</ConnectOnStartup>

[RobinT]

Thanks again.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

no i changed it with notepad,.

Can you supply the changes you made?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Do you know how to make it save data input via external. I tick the "save data as historical" box, but can I set it in config.xml?

It would be the following in the Config. I recommend testing out changes to the config and seeing hwo they change the document.

    <StoreRealTimeData>
      <boolean>false</boolean>
    </StoreRealTimeData>

[RobinT]

Do you know how to make it save data input via external. I tick the "save data as historical" box, but can I set it in config.xml?

[RobinT]

no i changed it with notepad,.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello RobinT,

Thank you for your response.

Are you changing the Config.xml through your code? As this is unsupported there would not be any expected behavior.

[RobinT]

IF I delete the duplicate the system creates it again.

[RobinT]

I dont seem to be able to send a screenshot as the dropdow menu disappears when i try to capture it. It is in the connect and disconnect menus. I can tell you that the system duplicates\;

<ConnectOptions xsi:type="ExternalOptions">
<Backup />
<ConnectOnStartup>true</ConnectOnStartup>
<DataConnection>true</DataConnection>
<Mode>Live</Mode>
<Name>External Data Feed</Name>
<PasswordEncrypted>5Ol2f/gJnQA=</PasswordEncrypted>
<Provider>External</Provider>
<SimOcoPartialFills>false</SimOcoPartialFills>
<User />
</ConnectOptions>

so that there are 2 of the above. This only happens when I turn

<ConnectOnStartup>true</ConnectOnStartup>

from false to true. Also I see

<DataConnection>true</DataConnection>

has been turned from false to true in the duplicate.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello RobinT,

Thank you for your note.

For the AT Interface in the Config, look for the following:

    <AutoTrade>
      <Enabled>
        <boolean>false</boolean>
      </Enabled>
    </AutoTrade>

There is no documentation on the Config.xml.

I would not expect two connections in NinjaTrader for the External Data Feed. Can you provide details on where you are seeing this?

[RobinT]

I am using my program to load NT and it uses:

Process.Start(NTpid);
while (Connected(0) != 0 ) { Thread.Sleep(200); }

to start NT and wait for it to be ready. Connected only works if the AT interface is enabled. Is there any way of disabling the AT interface or controlling the bootup state in Config.xml. I note the AT interface remains enabled during reboot if enabled so that is ok.

I know Config.xml is unsupported, but is there any documentation anywhere?

I change the <ConnectOnStartup>false</ConnectOnStartup>

to true and that works ok, except, it generates another external data feed entry. This is not a major problem but it would be nice if it didn't. Any ideas?