Chart Trader Quantity

[several]

Is there a simple way to get the value that the user has currently entered in the Chart Trader Quantity field?

I found some old posts but could not get it to work.

I just want to be able to have that number passed to a variable that I can use.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello several,

Thank you for your post.

You would need to use a dispatcher to get the quantity.

Below are some relevant forum posts:

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/87083-access-chart-trade-qty-input-from-an-indicator?p=736365#post736365

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/add-on-development/1214798-set-charttrader-order-quantity-via-script?p=1215005#post1215005

[several]

Hello, thanks. This worked.I did find that when enabling the indicator it caused NT to freeze for 4 seconds or so, disabling it being run on hostorical data fixed that.

I'm not sure the best place to put the code though. If I want to monitor changes to the quantity field and also grab the initial quantity. If I put it in state configure I get an error when loading the indicator..

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            //Add your custom indicator logic here.
            if (State == State.Historical)
                return;
        
            ChartControl.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync((Action)(() => {
                NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.QuantityUpDown quantitySelector = (Window.GetWindow(ChartControl.Parent).FindFirst("ChartTraderControlQuantitySelector") as NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.QuantityUpDown);
                MyVar = quantitySelector.Value;
            }));
            
            Print(Convert.ToString(MyVar));
        }​