Trying to reference custom .dll in strategy

[CSharpTrader]

Hi all. I'm trying to use an assembly I wrote from a strategy, and I'm getting errors. It compiled, but in the log I get an error for each OnBarUpdate: could not load file or assembly 'myAssembly. The system cannot find the file specified.' So... the steps I followed: I added the reference and a reference the assembly is dependent on, added a using declaration, restarted, added one of my types to the code, compiled. Any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

Was this a NinjaTrader compiled DLL or was it made outside of NinjaTrader? If developed outside, do you know if it was built using .NET 3.5?

Where exactly is the assembly located? Are you sure the references point directly to this file?

[CSharpTrader]

Hi Matt, I hadn't seen your post but was just coming back to say "solved, I had targeted .net 4." We're in business, thanks for the response.

[adamus]

Hi,

I am trying to do the same thing here with the third party DLL log4net.

I downloaded the source for it from Apache and set the project to point at .NET 3.5 and then built the DLL, with no errors logged.

I referred my Ninjascript to it and even re-started Ninja, but I am getting

2013-11-26 14:55:38 Default Error on calling 'OnStartUp' method for indicator 'PermaCodeSR006': Could not load file or assembly 'log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

This has got to the limit of my knowledge. What else can I do to satisfy .NET here?

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello adamus,

I am not sure since I do not have any experience with this "log4net" assembly.

Do you mind sharing the "dll" file that you created and the statement in "OnStartup" that you are using that is getting this error?

[adamus]

Sure.

It's attached. Had to zip to make it uploadable.

In my OnStartUp routine, I only have to have one line of code, any line, referencing the DLL and it causes the error.

e.g.:

PatternLayout patternLayout = new PatternLayout();

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

adamus, I would copy the dll to Documents > NinjaTrader 7 > bin > custom and then add a reference to it in NT's editor. Then restart so it could be loaded for for you to use. After that in testing adding namespaces to use works normally, i.e. using log4net.Layout.Pattern;

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Perhaps that helps as well to get further going - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...logging-librar