Indicator does not show up

[atata]

Hi there, am I missing something?

I've created a AAAA indicator. Copied the code from Swing indicator with no change to the code itself keeping only the class name AAAA, compiled fine, however when I am trying to add the indicator to a chart nowhere to be found...

I can open it in the editor, change, compile yet not on the list of indicators...

Did quickly the same steps in NT 7, and got the expected result but not in NT 8 B4.

Please advise and thanks,

atata

[sledge]

I think it needs a save as a work around.

[atata]

Thanks, well some more experiment...

Scenario #1
1/ Open Swing indicator
2/ "Save as..." AAASwing
3/ Compile

Does not show up in the indicator list

Scenario #2
1/ Open Swing indicator
2/ "Save as..." AAASwung
3/ Compile

Does show up

Scenario #3
1/ Open Swing indicator
2/ "Save as..." AAASwing
3/ Change a text in quotes in the property section of the code
4/ Save
5/ Compile

Does show up

I wonder if this by design?

atata

[sledge]

That's what I thought. Definitely not needed in nt7.compile suffices.

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Scenario #1
1/ Open Swing indicator
2/ "Save as..." AAASwing
3/ Compile

Does not show up in the indicator list

Scenario #2
1/ Open Swing indicator
2/ "Save as..." AAASwung
3/ Compile

Does show up

Can you please elaborate on the difference between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2? Just to be clear, are you saying that it shows up when you use a "u" in the class name, but not when you use an "i"?

[atata]

Dave, can't reproduce the issue... Now anytime I do the same steps I am seeing the Indicator...
However, as you can see on the screenshot, AAASwung indicator does not exist anymore yet it is on the chart and an empty row which I don't seem to be able to remove manually is under the "Configured" section as I guess a place holder... so I guess some has to get done still here...
I am upgrading to b05 this afternoon and do the same experiment see what happens...
Hope this helps,

atata

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Thank you -- I'll be very interested to hear if you see the same thing in B5.

[atata]

Well, can't connect to Rithmic... there is another thread is open regards to that issue. -> can't test in B05

[NinjaTrader_AlexC]

Hi atata,

Thanks, we are aware of this issue and are looking into solutions; it seems to relate to an issue with live license keys, so feel free to use the sim key in the meantime to test this:

@SIM-A82F-D583-40B1-AE74-B79F-705D-1952

[atata]

Alex, indeed this works as per the connection goes however it shows only Sim account... well we'll live with it for now.

Thanks,

atata

[atata]

B05 tests

I've tested the indicator issue I've experienced with B04 in B05 and did not find any issues when I've followed the steps below:

1/ I've opened the Swing indicator in Script Editor.
2/ Save as AAASwing and compile.
3/ I was able to add it to a chart.
4/ I've removed the indicator from the chart.
5/ I've deleted the AAASwing indicator through the script editor.
Everything seemed to work fine at that point.

However with an unintended usage I could corrupt the chart as below:
1/ I've opened the Swing indicator in Script Editor.
2/ Save as AAASwing and compile.
3/ I was able to add it to a chart.
4/ I've deleted the AAASwing indicator through the script editor.
4a/ First time I was able to remove it from the chart.
4b/ Second time the chart became corrupted, restart did not help had to delete it. No charting at all, could not reload data etc... before restart when I've tried to go to "Indicators" I've got an error message what I am going to attach.

Hope this helps,

atata

[sledge]

Can you please elaborate on the difference between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2? Just to be clear, are you saying that it shows up when you use a "u" in the class name, but not when you use an "i"?

I came across something probably related -

in strategies - I did a SaveAs... and compile - strategy doesn't show up.

What I found is that the OnStateChange - Name is used for the Strategy list, not the name of the strategy.

I had 2 strategies with the same name in my Strategy Selection!

Changing the Name property resolved my issue.

Is the Name property supposed to update on a Save As? or is that a free for all - all the time?

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Is the Name property supposed to update on a Save As? or is that a free for all - all the time?

Doing a Save As will not update the Name property. Keep in mind that doing a Save As will only change the file name and class name. There are three names to keep in mind: the file name, the class name, and the Name property. The Name property determines what will be displayed in the Strategies window, and that must always be set in code.

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

atata, I'm not seeing the same behavior on my end with your second scenario. After deleting the SwingAAA indicator, I can then remove it from the chart with no problems. Could there be something else going on in your scenario? Are you using any custom scripts that rely on SwingAAA, for example?

[koganam]

Doing a Save As will not update the Name property. Keep in mind that doing a Save As will only change the file name. There are three names to keep in mind: the file name, the class name, and the Name property. The Name property determines what will be displayed in the Strategies window, and that must always be set in code.

Actually Save As ... also changes the class name.