How to trigger a button click in my code

[GoodBro]

Hi,
I have two buttons in my code, a Buy and a Sell that I like to be triggered either by a click or through the code.

• myBuyButton.Click += OnMyButtonClick;
• mySellButton.Click += OnMyButtonClick;

I do believe I need to call the method OnMyButtonClick so I tried the following:

• OnMyButtonClick(MyBuyButton) to simulate the buy button click
• OnMyButtonClick(MySellButton) to simulate the sell button click

None of them works.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello GoodBro,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

The OnButtonClick() event handler method will be run when the button is clicked.

Currently this code sets a variable, like longButtonClicked. In OnBarUpdate() if this variable is set, and a quite a few other conditions are also true at at the same time (&& Close[1] >= MAX(High, 2)[2] + 0 * TickSize && High[1] < CurrentDayOHL().CurrentHigh[1] && High[0] > High[1]), an order is submitted with an order method such as EnterLong().

Below I am also providing a link to a forum post with helpful information about getting started with programming in C#.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/97575-sample-scripts?p=786040#post786040

[skipper-flatiron-18]

This is how I find the chart trader buttons in my addon:

Button buyMktButton = parentWindow.FindFirst("ChartTraderControlQuickBuyMarketButton") as Button;
Button sellMktButton = parentWindow.FindFirst("ChartTraderControlQuickSellMarketButton") as Button;​

Then I use WPF automation Ids to invoke them like this:

using System.Windows.Automation;
using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
using System.Windows.Automation.Provider;​

...
...
ButtonAutomationPeer buyMktButtonPeer = new ButtonAutomationPeer(buyMktButton);
IInvokeProvider buyMktButtonInvokeP = buyMktButtonPeer.GetPattern(PatternInterface.Invoke) as IInvokeProvider;
buyMktButtonInvokeP.Invoke();​
...

See here for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/728444/2877168

[jazzytrumpet]

I was looking for this solution for some time. Thanks a lot to skipper-flatiron-18 for this post.