Font Family for Font()

[ballboy11]

Is there a way to load the font Family in the indicator that the user pick what type of font they want?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello ballboy11,

Thanks for opening the thread.

Yes, you can create a SimpleFont parameter in NinjaTrader 8 and then the user can select the components used to create the font.

if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
	UserFont					= new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Courier New", 12) { Size = 50, Bold = true };
}

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Display(Name="UserFont", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public SimpleFont UserFont
{ get; set; }

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[eDanny]

Unfortunately this is very limited compared to NT7. How to access underlined, strikeout, condensed, etc? NT8 won't even allow an Arial Narrow selection, a critical font for saving horizontal space.

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello eDanny,

Thanks for your feedback.

We have a feature request tracking interest to expand the SimpleFont Class. I will submit your feedback to this request so we can track your interest as well.

The ticket ID for the feature request is SFT-1135 and will be noted in the Release Notes page upon implementation. Release Notes can be found here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

If there is anything I can else to do to assist in the meantime, please let me know.

[ballboy11]

Is there a way to do this for NT7?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello ballboy11,

Sorry for any confusion.

You can make a Font parameter for NinjaTrader 7 as follows:

[Description("")]
[GridCategory("Parameters")]
public Font MyInput0
{ get; set; }

This will create a Font selector window when you edit the property as eDanny has shared in his post.

[ballboy11]

Thank you

Thank you but I still have 1 issue. I did get it to work but when initializing the indicator the MyInput0 is always set to (none);

private Font nMyInput0 = new Font("Arial",12,FontStyle.Bold );
[Description("Font Name")]
[GridCategory("Font Parameters")]
public Font MyInput0
{ get; set; }

How do I get it initialized?

[ballboy11]

I changed this got rid of the n in front and it shows,BUT now I created a template and my Indicator will not load with the object. I have to manually load the indicator.
For some reason the template will not accept it if saved.

private Font MyInput0 = new Font("Arial",12,FontStyle.Bold );
[Description("Font Name")]
[GridCategory("Font Parameters")]
public Font MyInput0
{ get; set; }

How do I get it initialized?

[koganam]

Unfortunately this is very limited compared to NT7. How to access underlined, strikeout, condensed, etc? NT8 won't even allow an Arial Narrow selection, a critical font for saving horizontal space.

When I really need to, I just ignore the SimpleFont class and use the correct Font class for WPF: System.Windows.Media.FontFamily.

ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...v=vs.110).aspx

[koganam]

I changed this got rid of the n in front and it shows,BUT now I created a template and my Indicator will not load with the object. I have to manually load the indicator.
For some reason the template will not accept it if saved.

private Font MyInput0 = new Font("Arial",12,FontStyle.Bold );
[Description("Font Name")]
[GridCategory("Font Parameters")]
public Font MyInput0
{ get; set; }

How do I get it initialized?

Make a web search on how to properly serialize fonts. You could also use a TypeConverter. ref: https://www.google.com/search?safe=o...for+fonts+C%23

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Thanks for your helpful posts koganam.

@ballboy11, you may also search for previous threads in the NinjaTrader 7 forum to see if someone else has encountered this before.

I found a complete example with some quick googling: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...69&postcount=4

[eDanny]

When I really need to, I just ignore the SimpleFont class and use the correct Font class for WPF: System.Windows.Media.FontFamily.

ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.fontfamily(v=vs.110).aspx

Maybe that is why they are called "Simple"?