How can I set the Instrument Link to a specified color programatically?

[jmneto]

Hi,

On a AddOn, I would like to set the Instrument Link to a predefined color. I do not want to restore from the saved workspace. Everything else regarding the instrument propagation is working fine, I just would like to have the AddOn always open with a specified color independently of the saved workspace.

Thank you
jmneto

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello jmneto,

Thanks for the post.

I looked around in Visual Studio for a while but I was unable to find any interface that exposes the actual color of the Instrument Link control. All the addon has access to is the IInstrumentProvider and IIntervalProvider interfaces that are notified once the instrument or interval is changed. There is a feature request to add access to the instrument and interval link data for manipulation through NinjaScript, I will add a vote to feature SFT-3082.

Thanks in advance for your patience.

[fx.practic]

Please, add my vote.

[jeronymite]

jmneto Playing around with Intellisense in the NinjaScript Editor shows that an NTTabPage has an InstrumentLinkControl and although it has a Color, it appears it's not possible to set it directly. However, the control seems to be based on a ComboBox, so setting SelectedIndex does work!

So, for example:

this.InstrumentLinkControl.SelectedIndex = 3;
// Turns the Instrument Link to Red, where "this" is the NTTabPage you want to change

If you are happy to manage the indices of the colours yourself, it's then quite straightforward. Note that the separator is counted in the list of indices.

Entirely unsupported, of course, so the feature request is still necessary.

Thanks.