Creating an indicator from its name

[rfsettling]

Hi, I'm creating a MarketAnalyzerColumn, something like standard IndicatorAnalyzerColumn but only my one will be inherited from
MarketAnalyzerColumnRenderBase and will be drawing a mini chart.

So, I looked how the IndicatorMarketAnalyzerColumn implements indicator editor and did the same:

 [Display(GroupName = "NinjaScriptIndicator", Name = "NinjaScriptColumnBaseIndicator", Order = -100, ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]
[RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)]
[PropertyEditor("NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.IndicatorEditor")]
public string Indicator

So, I use NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.IndicatorEditor to get a chosen indicator's name. Then I need to create an instance of it. What is the best way to create an indicator from its name?

Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello rfsettling,

Thank you for your reply.

You'd want to use an enum with a switch statement to choose and call the indicator chosen. Otherwise it would require reflection, which is unsupported. Here's an example script that creates an enum and uses that with a switch statement to call the chosen indicator:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/creating_a_user-defined_parame.htm

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.