SHARE: NT8 Simple Sample: time based background color

[gubbar924]

Script updated on 07/25/2018 see post #4 for details

Script updated on 05/07/2018 see post #3 for details


download/rate here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...atid=7&lpage=1





The attached zip file has 2 versions of the same indicator

1) ColorRegions uses regular rendering via NT's BackBrush/BackBrushAll
2) ColorRegionsDX uses SharpDX rendering

its pretty straight forward, you just have to select a time range to color your chart's background, select a color and it's opacity.
For the non-SharpDX version, you can also check/uncheck an option to color either only the price panel's background or for all panels.

It is my understanding that, generally speaking, SharpDX rendering (done right) tends to be more resource friendly than its alternative, but it requires more steps/coding along the way to do the same thing.

I'm probably just a notch above a beginner coder/programmer/developer. I hope these examples help anybody else who is also looking to learn programming for NT8.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello gubbar924,

Thanks for your post.

You examples will be very helpful to many so thank-you for your contributions to the community.

[gubbar924]

Update:
- If you had a previous version installed, please remove it from the "Documents\NinjaTrader 8\bin\Custom\Indicators\downloaded\" folder
as this version now resides in the "TG" folder/namespace along with the other indicator scripts I've coded.
- Added an additional "warning" color region to give visual aid to let you know the original time range is about to start/end
- Optimized some code to reduce overhead


download/rate here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...atid=7&lpage=1

[gubbar924]

new version uploaded


bug fix: NT8 crashes during the process of resetting chart background color back to null (when local time reaches the "End Time").

[mr_trade]

hi, Where is the ColorRegionsDX version of this indicator? I dont see this in user app share?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello mr_trade,

I believe there is only one indicator.

You can find the indicator in the NT user apps section of the Ninjatrader ecosystem.

Here is a direct link for your convenience: https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...color-regions/

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[mr_trade]

Thanks Paul for replying.
Yes this is the correct link and after downloading there is no sharpDX within this, as mentioned in the first post.

1) ColorRegions uses regular rendering via NT's BackBrush/BackBrushAll
2) ColorRegionsDX uses SharpDX rendering

I only see the indicator using BackBrush.

I would like to see a working example other than the On Rendor Example of how to define the X and Y specifically to bar references or time references as unsure how to do this as very different to what im used to within Ninjascript realm.
The user guides dont really go into detail on this. Do you have any good tutorials or guides on sharpdx? Microsoft is pretty useless too.

Thankyou,

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello mr_trade,

Thanks for your reply.

Here is a link to our helpguide section covering SharpDX: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._reference.htm

I would suggest reviewing the indicator, "SampleCustomRender" in your NinjaTrader which is a well-commented script.