Can't use my own DLL in my strategy

[iantriestrading]

I created an NT8 strategy. Has main thin .cs file and all business logic is in a .DLL

1. I added the code from the .cs file into a new strategy in NinjaScript editor.
2. I added my custom DLL as a reference. The DLL is in /bin/Custom folder.
3. The strategy code in the ninjascript editor has `using MyDLL;`
4. It compiles without errors.
5. However, if i go Tools > Export > Ninjascript Addon and attempt to export my addon to a NinjaScript zip file, I get errors in log indicating it failed to find the referenced DLL (type or namespace name MyDLL does not exist):
   
   "error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'MyNamespace' could not be found"

How can I fix this? Claude suggests it's because I need to sign my assembly (DLL) in Visual Studio... That seems weird.
I'm stuck.

UPDATE:
I did not realize that I have to manually select the references to include in the export build. I have done so and it exports as desired.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello iantriestrading,

I'm happy to hear you were able to work this out.

Yes, when exporting all dependencies should be included with the export. With dlls, this will be a reference to the dll, but then the dll should be manually added to the export .zip.

Below is a link to a video demonstrating.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D9qMVu1Ahb58Z82IVT0R7caTu0icg9nC/view?usp=sharing

[iantriestrading]

Hey again, update! So I realized the problem was I needed to drag my referenced DLL into the exported assembly zip file. I had named it the same as the export so that confused me, thinking that the DLL inside the zip was the one I needed. 😆