Rays, Lines, Fibos as default

[Fingerman]

i change the plattaform of ninja7 to ninja 8, and i see i can not set defaults for lines, rays, fibos etc, how can i set default for my indicators?.

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello Fingerman,
Thanks for your post.

Do you want to set the default color for those drawing objects inside your indicators code?

[Fingerman]

yes, colors, forms, etc

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Fingerman,
To make a script run with a default setting you would set that brush/property in OnStateChange() inside State.SetDefaults.

OnStateChange() can be used to filter out different stages of the entire life cycle of a script (SetDefaults, Configure, Historical, Realtime, Terminated, etc.) OnStateChange() is fully covered in the Help Guide here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?onstatechange.htm

The following snippet demonstrates how you would properly set a brush default in your script, along with the public property for the brush that allows the brush to be changed from the indicators settings.

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
    if (State == State.SetDefaults)
    {
        MyBrush                    = Brushes.Orange;
    }
}

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[XmlIgnore]
[Display(Name="MyBrush", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public Brush MyBrush
{ get; set; }

[Browsable(false)]
public string MyBrushSerializable
{
    get { return Serialize.BrushToString(MyBrush); }
    set { MyBrush = Serialize.StringToBrush(value); }
}

I suggest using the NinjaScript wizard to generate your inputs or plots so that you can simply copy/paste the public property into your code.

[Fingerman]

omfg, if in ninjatrader7, you can set default witth 1 click, how in ninjatrader 8 need to do script??

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Fingerman,

Thank you for your response.

My colleague replied for a NinjaScript indicator. To set the defaults of Drawing Objects you need to double click on the object after drawing it --> set the desired options --> and then select 'template' at the bottom right hand corner of the Drawing Objects window --> select 'save' --> name the template 'Default' --> Save --> OK.

For information on Drawing Objects please visit the following link: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._tools__ob.htm

Please let me know if you have any questions.