bad default settings??

[Antny]

Is there any known cause for an indicator to have incorrect default settings when applied to a chart?

I ask because I am working on an indicator and one of the beta testers just reported an odd bug. When they put the indie on a chart, all of the colors have switched their default values to null, and all objects drawn are grey. They tried restarting and that had no effect. The indie works fine for all the other testers.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Antny,

This is usually caused by having a template for that indicator.

To check this look in:
(My) Documents\NinjaTrader 7\templates\Indicator

If you see a template with the name of your indicator here, delete it.

Let me know if that does not resolve the issue.

[Antny]

Still no resolution to the issue. They renamed the template so it would not interfere, but it still does it when they load a chart with a template. So, we know it is a template issue.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Antny,

If a chart is opened with no template applied and the indicator template is deleted, does this issue still occur?

[Harry]

Is there any known cause for an indicator to have incorrect default settings when applied to a chart?

I ask because I am working on an indicator and one of the beta testers just reported an odd bug. When they put the indie on a chart, all of the colors have switched their default values to null, and all objects drawn are grey. They tried restarting and that had no effect. The indie works fine for all the other testers.

Have you serialized the colors correctly?

[Antny]

Hi Antny,

If a chart is opened with no template applied and the indicator template is deleted, does this issue still occur?

No. As of yet, no one has reported issues when not using a template.

[Antny]

Have you serialized the colors correctly?

Not sure what you mean by "serialized the colors", so I can't say whether I have or not.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Antny,

Below is a link to a thread that demonstrates how to properly serialize a color input.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=4977

If the chart has no template applied and there is no indicator template as well and the colors are the correct default colors, then it would be likely improperly serialized inputs is the issue.

[Antny]

Hi Antny,

Below is a link to a thread that demonstrates how to properly serialize a color input.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=4977

If the chart has no template applied and there is no indicator template as well and the colors are the correct default colors, then it would be likely improperly serialized inputs is the issue.

Ah ha! I was not aware of the

[XmlIgnore()]

and

[Browsable(false)]
public string PaintColorSerialize
{
     get { return NinjaTrader.Gui.Design.SerializableColor.ToString(paintColor); }
     set { paintColor = NinjaTrader.Gui.Design.SerializableColor.FromString(value); }
}

segments of code. I am still not able to replicate the issue either way, so I will have to wait for feedback from my testers. Hopefully I will know something tomorrow.