What does NinjaTrader mean by 'inheritance is not supported'?

[jeronymite]

Whilst I agree with the sensible comments from bltdavid, ntbone and QuantKey_Bruce, in the context of the current implementation, the "elephant in the room" here (in this particular invocation of the discussion anyway) is that the current Desktop platform is using years-ago obsolete versions of the Actipro Editor, C#, .NET and other underlying infrastructure. Bring those up-to-date, and then see where the issues lie. They may be resolved or, at the very least, more easily "supported". Short of buying the company and doing it ourselves, what does it take for this to happen?!

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello ntbone, Bruce, jeronymite,

Yes, these have already been requested.

The request for supporting abstract classes is being tracked with ID # SFT-341.

The request for supporting inheritance with indicators and strategies is being tracked with ID # SFT-5158.

The request for updating NinjaTrader to use the latest .NET and C# versions is being tracked with ID # SFT-3124.

I will be happy to add your votes to these.

[jeronymite]

NinjaTrader_ChelseaB Please advise when each of these requests was first recorded.

Thanks.

Update [2023-04-01, NOT April Fool's post!]:
In the absence of any update from NinjaTrader, the following dates can reasonably be inferred from historical postings:

• The request for supporting abstract classes is being tracked with ID # SFT-341. <<< 2007-ish [16 years ago]
• The request for supporting inheritance with indicators and strategies is being tracked with ID # SFT-5158. <<< 2022-ish [last year]
• The request for updating NinjaTrader to use the latest .NET and C# versions is being tracked with ID # SFT-3124. <<< 2015-2016-ish [7-8 years ago]

Accurate dates from NinjaTrader always welcome.

Conclusion: Adjust your expectations accordingly!

Thanks.