Custom drawing tool - Use in Ninjascript

[pjsmith]

Hi - I built a custom drawing tool. Works fine. I tried to use it in another script, but that does not seem as easy as it sounds. Can you point me to the documentation or comment on what needs (in general) to be done in a drawing tool to enable third-party script to create drawing objects with it? Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello pjsmith,

Thank you for your inquiry.

While we don't have any supported documentation to offer for adding NinjaScript methods to a custom drawing tool, there is a drawing tool script that is publicly available on our NinjaTrader Ecosystem website that has added NinjaScript overloads:

• https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...-drawing-tool/
  • Per the update on 10/08/2019, NinjaScript overloads were added. There is a region for the overloads starting at line 649 of the script that you could refer to as an example of how this could be done in your own script.

Here is a basic guideline of how to import NinjaScript add-ons in NinjaTrader 8:
Note — To import NinjaScripts you will need the original .zip file.
To Import:

1. Download the NinjaScripts to your desktop, keep them in the compressed .zip file.
2. From the Control Center window select the menu Tools > Import > NinjaScript Add-on...
3. Select the downloaded .zip file
4. NinjaTrader will then confirm if the import has been successful.

Critical - Specifically for some NinjaScripts, it will prompt that you are running newer versions of @SMA, @EMA, etc. and ask if you want to replace, press 'No'
Once installed, you may add the indicator to a chart by:

• Right-click your chart > Indicators... > Select the Indicator from the 'Available' list on the left > Add > OK

Here is a short video demonstration of the import process:

• Install a 3rd Party Indicator or App

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

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