Toggle Indicator Bool Value From Another Indicator

[jhowinvest]

I am trying to use a toolbar button in another indicator to toggle a Boolean value in another indicator. Here is the code and I am not getting any errors but it is not toggling the indicator Bool (ShowShorts) from true to false and vice versa.


//new code test for indicator bool toggle
private void btnConfirmations_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)//includes toggle function with logic below for confirmations
{
if (ShowConfirmations == true)
{
Myindicator(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). ShowShorts = true;
ShowConfirmations = false;
}
else if (ShowConfirmations == false)
{
Myindicator(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). ShowShorts = false;
ShowConfirmations = true;
}}

Any ideas? Am I not accessing the bool value correctly?

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

There isn't a supported way to do this however I'll leave this open for others to assist with if someone has found a way. You may also try searching/asking here: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ad.php?t=22435

[koganam]

I am trying to use a toolbar button in another indicator to toggle a Boolean value in another indicator. Here is the code and I am not getting any errors but it is not toggling the indicator Bool (ShowShorts) from true to false and vice versa.


//new code test for indicator bool toggle
private void btnConfirmations_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)//includes toggle function with logic below for confirmations
{
if (ShowConfirmations == true)
{
Myindicator(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). ShowShorts = true;
ShowConfirmations = false;
}
else if (ShowConfirmations == false)
{
Myindicator(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). ShowShorts = false;
ShowConfirmations = true;
}}

Any ideas? Am I not accessing the bool value correctly?

1. Any errors in your log?
2. How did you expose the bool, ShowShorts, for outside access, in the called indicator?

[jhowinvest]

It is just listed as a private bool in the called indicator. Is that what you mean by exposing the bool? I have no errors in the log.

private bool showShorts = true;

[koganam]

It is just listed as a private bool in the called indicator. Is that what you mean by exposing the bool? I have no errors in the log.

private bool showShorts = true;

" ... no errors in the log." is a bit of a surprise. Are you sure that you have enabled your log to show errors? Given the protection level of the showShorts bool, I would expect an error about the access level.

If you want to access a variable from outside its class, you need to properly expose the variable for such access. Here is a reference sample on how to do so. ref: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=4991

[jhowinvest]

I looked through the sample bool series and the ninja boolseries class. Now that I have a bool series created and set it to true or false how do I then use that in another indicator to do something? When I try to use that bool in an if statement it doesn't allow me to use it. For example using the bear indication bool series from the sample...if I try to use it in an if statement to do something I get an error:

if (bearIndication == true)
{
Do something here
}

The error is "operator == can't be applied to operand of type nintrader.data.boolseries and bool

I am evidently looking at this from the wrong perspective based on what I am trying to do. I want to have one indicator change a bool value from true to false OR false to true in another indicator and I am not seeing how the boolseries will let me do that. The logic in indicator A has a bool value that when true something happens and when false nothing happens. I want to be able to set the bool value in indicator A back and forth from true to false using and action in indicator B if that makes sense.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

You will need to access the index location of the bearIndication to get a true false value. Otherwise you would just get the entire data series.

bearIndication[0] //for example

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?dataseries_class.htm

[jhowinvest]

Okay I see. I changed it to:

bearIndication[0] == true

and no errors now. I will keep working on it. Thanks.

[jhowinvest]

Now I am getting the following error in indicator B where I am trying to toggle the boolseries in indicator A...here is the code from indicator B

//new code test for indicator bool toggle
private void btnConfirmations_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)//includes toggle function with logic below for confirmations
{
if (ShowConfirmations == true)
{
IndicatorA(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). bearIndication = true;
ShowConfirmations = false;
}
else if (ShowConfirmations == false)
{
IndicatorA(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). bearIndication = false;
ShowConfirmations = true;
}}

The error is: NinjaTrader.Indicator.IndicatorA.bearindication is inaccessible due to its protection level. If I replace ".bearIndication" with "ShowShorts" I get no errors but the "ShowShorts" true/false value is still not being changed. "ShowShorts" is a private bool from IndicatorA that controls when something happens.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Unfortunately I won't be able to assist with button press related scripts but if you have a supported script that needed to access a value from a script it called I'd be happy to help as best I can. Otherwise I'll leave it open for the community to assist with.

That being said, I'm assuming this is the cause of your issue:
IndicatorA(BarsArray[0],Color.LimeGreen,Color.Red,true,true,5,false,233). bearIndication = false;

There isn't a supported way to set values for indicator A when calling it from indicator B
Also, if you did have accessibility this would be setting the whole series to true/false when you likely only want to set a specific index location to true/false.

[jhowinvest]

Okay. It sounds like what I was trying to do isn't possible and I appreciate your help.