Pulling Data

[miketpcc2]

Does Ninja trader allow me to pull data in thru excel, IE if our conditions return a YES, we continue to move forward in trade decision. If so how do I pull it in. Any examples would be great

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Using the C# .NET language which is what NinjaScript is based on could support this but this is outside of the scope of what we can support. NinjaScript itself does not have any methods to do this.

[stevewough]

NinjaScript (C#) is a type safe language meaning, unlike some languages, type conversion is not handled for you. Therefore, when passing in parameters, you must ensure that they are of the correct type. The DrawText() method signature is:

DrawText(string tag, string text, int barsAgo, double y, Color color)

For the parameter "text" you passed in Close[0] which is a double value when it is looking for a text value. All C# objects have an object.ToString() method. Therefore, you can do the following to convert the Close[0] to a string value.