Properly exposing public properties as inputs

[drmartell]

I have a public property:

        private bool colorBars = true;
        [Category("Visual")]
	[Description("Color price bars")]
        [Gui.Design.DisplayName("01. Color Bars")]
        public bool ColorBars
        {
            get { return colorBars; }
            set { colorBars = value; }
        }

However, when I call the indicator from a Strategy, this property does not appear in the intellisense as an input?

I've tried restarting Ninja. . .

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello drmartell,

Using NT7 you would want to use GridCategory instead of Category.

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.

[drmartell]

Thanks JC, I did overlook that.

However once I changed it and compiled it, the property still doesn't appear when I call the indicator.

private bool colorBars = true;
[GridCategory("Visual")]
[Description("Color price bars")]
[Gui.Design.DisplayName("01. Color Bars")]
public bool ColorBars
{
    get { return colorBars; }
    set { colorBars = value; }
}

Interestingly, I did a "save as" to create a copy of the indicator with a new name and the newly created one does have the expected intellisense entries while the original does not.

This persists after re-starting Ninja. What would cause that?

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello drmartell,

Can you confirm that you compiled the indicator before trying to access the intellisense?

Also, is there more than one Overload that may have the colorBars as a parameter? You can view the different overloads by using the up and down arrow key. See attached image.

[drmartell]

Yes, I had compiled it and no it wasn't (and still isn't) present in any of the overloads.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello drmartell,

Can you send a toy* NinjaScript code replicating the behavior so that I may look into this. You can either Export it as a Source File using the step from our Help Guide at the link below or just send the ".cs" file that is going to be located in the (My) Documents -> NinjaTrader 7 -> bin -> Custom -> Indicator folder.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...tml?export.htm


You can send the file to support [at] ninjatrader [dot] com. In the subject line put: ATTN: JC and in the body of the email reference this thread like: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ad.php?t=53617


Happy to be of further assistance.

*Toy - basically a stripped down version of code that isn't necessarily the whole logic; making it easier to identify lines of code.