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Originally posted by jeronymite View Post
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Originally posted by jeronymite View PostI would offer an alternative, since it may be constraining to be "forced" to use the first letter where that may be ambiguous for various reasons.
molecool's idea of a provider provided lamp is kinda cool too, but now your starting to involve outside companies and add a deeper lever of complexity to incorporate.. I was just trying to offer an easy simple solution that shouldn't be real difficult to implement, while allowing me the customer control of what is displayed..
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Originally posted by -=Edge=- View Post
molecool's idea of a provider provided lamp is kinda cool too, but now your starting to involve outside companies and add a deeper lever of complexity to incorporate.. I was just trying to offer an easy simple solution that shouldn't be real difficult to implement, while allowing me the customer control of what is displayed..
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Originally posted by molecool View PostAll they would have to do is to have their design team produce a custom button. If they don't do it they get the default one. Just an idea... would love to hear more input from you beta testers.
Don't get me wrong here, as I think the custom vendor lamps is a cool idea.. But with that, How many companies are you now asking NT to communicate with back and forth with this effort? And how many buttons/lamps/whatever are going to have to be tracked, handled, incorporated, and maintained into the base code? Versus just the one that's already there, done, and only needs duplicated with the addition of a letter..
Just thinking out load here, but if this is a feature that we would like added (add my +1), than adding a little to what's already there should get us something a lot sooner than latter.. yet still be more than adequate, aesthetically pleasing, and a really cool original idea from you all in itself..
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Originally posted by -=Edge=- View Posthmmm.. I though I just replied to this but somehow it did not take.. so if this ends up being a dupe, my apologies.. but to some up what I just wrote..
Don't get me wrong here, as I think the custom vendor lamps is a cool idea.. But with that, How many companies are you now asking NT to communicate with back and forth with this effort? And how many buttons/lamps/whatever are going to have to be tracked, handled, incorporated, and maintained into the base code? Versus just the one that's already there, done, and only needs duplicated with the addition of a letter..
Just thinking out load here, but if this is a feature that we would like added (add my +1), than adding a little to what's already there should get us something a lot sooner than latter.. yet still be more than adequate, aesthetically pleasing, and a really cool original idea from you all in itself..
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Request: Want to see connection names again
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I would offer an alternative, since it may be constraining to be "forced" to use the first letter where that may be ambiguous for various reasons.
I'm not sure I understand constraining.. Since I the customer am able to create whatever name I want for a connection.. NinijaTrader, Kinetics, IB, CQG, TradeStation, SwimThink, XFCM, 1Whatever, 2Something else.. I am able to choose whatever I want it to be, rather than having something forced on me.. Am I missing something here?
The main point of the post was in the suggestion to allow the appearance of the lamps to be configurable on a per connection basis. That could mean specifying the character(s) to appear in the "standard" lamps, or perhaps one could optionally specify a .ico file that could be used in place of the default lamps. With this latter approach, one could use one's own design, or one could adopt a design that might have been made available by any of the providers. It would probably require provision of a few variations on each design to cater for the different connection states that would need to be represented. So, for example, a "green" design for all OK, maybe an "amber" design for some issue that has degraded the connection or lost one or other of price or order connectivity, and a "big red" for completely gone.
In any case, good ideas all round and thanks for raising it.Last edited by jeronymite; 06-11-2015, 05:51 PM.
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Originally posted by jeronymite View PostIn any case, good ideas all round and thanks for raising it.
But to be honest, it's the idea/feature of having a separate indication for each individual connection is what I'm mainly interested in.. How or what is done to make that happen doesn't really matter to me.. as long as it gets done, and imo, the quicker the better..
I just thought molecool's idea of using the existing icon was kinda cool, aesthetically pleasing, already in the implementation, and shouldn't really be very difficult or time consuming to add..
For my needs, it doesn't really even have to be more than duplicate icons of what's already there.. I personally would rarely have more than 3 connections going at any given time, and I don't use the auto-connect.. So for me, I could tell very easily just by the order of the icons..
If something like that could be implemented quickly, it's got my +1 vs having to wait who knows how long for a more elaborate implementation.. Just give me something that works, and as time goes on work on, make that even better.. Just my last 2cents..
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Originally posted by jeronymite View PostI wrote: It would probably require provision of a few variations on each design to cater for the different connection states that would need to be represented. So, for example, a "green" design for all OK, maybe an "amber" design for some issue that has degraded the connection or lost one or other of price or order connectivity, and a "big red" for completely gone.
So knowing that something was wrong is a brilliant idea. I would support the green/yellow/red approach as well. Good thinking jeronimyte!
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Originally posted by -=Edge=- View PostFor my needs, it doesn't really even have to be more than duplicate icons of what's already there.. I personally would rarely have more than 3 connections going at any given time, and I don't use the auto-connect.. So for me, I could tell very easily just by the order of the icons..
If something like that could be implemented quickly, it's got my +1 vs having to wait who knows how long for a more elaborate implementation.. Just give me something that works, and as time goes on work on, make that even better.. Just my last 2cents..
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Thanks for the ideas guys, we've logged them in SFT-442 and will be reviewed by the PM team in the near future.
Originally posted by -=Edge=- View PostAbsolutely.. Being able to use my own icons would be a great feature too..
You can make your own ImageBrush in place of the RadialGradientBrush which is currently set for the key="ConnectedBrush" defined in Documents\NinjaTrader 8\templates\Skins\Light\BluePrint.xaml
Here's an msdn tutorial on ImageBrushes to help anyone who wants to explore this area https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../hh868203.aspxMatthewNinjaTrader Product Management
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