Setting AccountSelector selected value

[martyn73]

I use the AccountSelector on a custom indicator. And I store the selected account in an indicator property set to type account. I want to use this property so that when the chart is refreshed, the selected account defaults back to what it was before the refresh.

I have tried all of these methods below:

accountSelector.SelectedAccount
accountSelector.SelectedIndex
accountSelector.SelectedItem
accountSelector.SelectedValue
accountSelector.DesiredAccount

But nothing seems to work. The AccountSelector keeps defaulting to Sim101. How can I set the desired account in the AccountSelector?

Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello martyn73,

Thank you for the question.

This should be the DesiredAccount property if you are trying to set this value during the creation of the selector. Here is an example from the addon basic sample in the help guide, I have added changing to another sim account:

accountSelector = LogicalTreeHelper.FindLogicalNode(pageContent, "accountSelector") as AccountSelector;                    
accountSelector.DesiredAccount = "SimAccount1";

If you are trying to set the value later or in an event handler of some kind, that may be the problem. Are you setting this value right after creating the account selector?


I look forward to being of further assistance.

[martyn73]

Perfect, that works. I was trying to set it later which was the problem. Thanks!