Script syntax for SHARED variables

[seefisch]

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
// When our indicator gives us a bull signal we enter long. Notice that we are accessing the
// public BoolSeries we made in the indicator.
if (SampleBoolSeries().BullIndication[0]) EnterLong();

// When our indicator gives us a bear signal we enter short
if (SampleBoolSeries().BearIndication[0]) EnterShort();


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The above script is from your NT8 SampleBoolSeries indicator file.
It references a public <bool>Series variable from SampleBoolSeries Strategy.



Question: if I change the SampleBoolSeries Strategy script to add user-settable "Properties",
Then what is the syntax to access a Stategy's BearIndication and BullIndication variables.

for example:
if (SampleBoolSeries().BearIndication[0]) <== this would be the script's syntax when the Indicator
DOES NOT have any user-settable properties


if (SampleBoolSeries(7,true).BearIndication[0]) <== the script's syntax when the Indicator
DOES HAVE user-settable properties
I UNDERSTAND that the user-settable variables must
appear in the script in the same order that they
appear in the Properties prompts.

WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS THIS: When my script shows "(7,true)"
does that mean that the ONLY time the correct BearIndication "Value" will be read from the indicator
is when the user-settable <property> variables are like this ===> SampleBoolSeries(7,true).BearIndication[0]

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE USER sets the user-settable INDICATOR indicator variables in the <PROPERTIES> to 9 and false.
Must I add a line to my INDICATOR script file for each instance of the variables for when I WANT TO USE the INDICATOR'S
shared variable. Like this ==>

if ( (SampleBoolSeries(7,true).BearIndication[0]) || (SampleBoolSeries(9,false).BearIndication[0]) )
{
do something here..
}

DoesNinjaTrader8 provide a different INDICATOR-script-syntax that does not require that I provide multiple lines, of code, that
contain the actual values for each variable passed in the "Call" from the STRATEGY to the INDICATOR?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

I wanted to check if I am understanding the question correctly.

Are you asking if the platform offers any other syntax to call indicators by that may be less complex than what you are currently using?

If so the NinjaScript does not offer anything specific like this, but you could store the indicators as a variable to reduce its syntax potentially.

Can you provide a sample of what you would expect the platform to provide instead of the samples you had provided? If I can better understand your expectation, I could likely suggest a solution.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[seefisch]

Many thanks for your time.

Jesse -- yes you answered my questions.

I CAN see how I could store the values as a variable.

I have decided to make multiple script files by setting fixed values for each of the variables that were in the Properties and then compiling. Repeat for different settings. It just isn't worth the amount of time FOR THIS project I was just hoping against hope that I could find an easier way.

Thanks for you expert knowledge.
Curt