Ninjascript Editor Bool Flags Features request

[PaulMohn]

Can this be implemented to the Ninjascript Editor?

Adding this function to the F2 (Insert Snippet) Menu:

    #region BOOL FLAGS:

        #region SCOPE: CLASS | doOnce Bool Flag Class Scope Variables

            private bool doOnce = false;

        #endregion

        #region SCOPE: OnBarUpdate() ACTION BLOCK — SUB-SCOPE: IF STATEMENT CONDITION BLOCK |  SET  doOnce Bool Flag
            if (<YOUR CONDITIONS HERE>
                && (doOnce == false) )
            {
                doOnce = true;
            }
        #endregion


        #region SCOPE: OnBarUpdate() ACTION BLOCK — SUB-SCOPE: IF STATEMENT ACTION BLOCK |  RESET doOnce Bool Flag

            if (IsFirstTickOfBar)
            {
                doOnce = false;
            }

        #endregion

    #endregion​

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello PaulMohn,

Thank you for your post.

I see you have made several suggestions to be added to the F2 code snippet menu. This suggestion is more specific than the types of snippets that are added and listed in the help guide, so it likely wouldn't be implemented because it is more of a combination of some existing snippets. The snippets listed are commonly used bar values, plots/lines, arithmetic, event handler methods, control statements (such as if, for, switch), and draw methods as listed in the help guide on this page:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/code_snippets.htm

I did submit a request to add region and #endregion to the code snippet shortcuts, though for something as specific as this I suggest pinning it to your Windows clipboard so you have it handy to paste it into your scripts as needed. I mentioned this on your other thread here:

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/add-on-development/1284793-ninjascript-editor-region-endregion-features-requests?p=1284798#post1284798

Thank you for using NinjaTrader.

[PaulMohn]

The idea is to use templates for the repetitive structures to be readily editable, so we don't have to look for it outside of the Ninjascript editor.