Macros any 1?

[mktrend]

I understand that unfortunately NT does NOT support Macros yet!

My question is, since this is C# environment, what's there to stop us from making our own keydown events? I can think of a few ways already, one would be utilizing the DLL interface(say the redundant methods of it like the "int Last(string instrument, double price, int size)" which can be abused to marshal data into NT or any of the many cross app. methods...
Any advanced programmers care to partner on this?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

You can not drive NT by "sim key events" through the ATI.

However, there are tools available out there which record/replay keyboard action. I believe there are some posts related on that forum.

[mktrend]

of course you can, OIF(one of many ways to go cross app.)?

there are zillion ways to have a macro write the OIF of choice to the below Dir.

CLOSEPOSITION;Sim101;ER2 06-08;;;;;;;;;;
C:\Documents and Settings\k\My Documents\NinjaTrader 6.5\incoming

p.s.
just make sure the macro will take care of the auto numbering of the files too.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Or course you can drive the ATI logic. But this is not a general purpose macro features which I supposed is what you are looking for.

[mktrend]

I'm going to examine the following possibilities too which will be more in the General purpose line. Do you think any of them might work?
.NETremoting?
creating a form in the NT whose button will read key combination from memory and then will translate it to the relevant event?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Unfortunately this is beyond what we provide support for.

[mktrend]

Off the Bat, all these most important 39 functions can very easily be assigned to Macros:

31, Utilizing DLL:
Ask
AskPlayback
AvgEntryPrice
AvgFillPrice
Bid
BidPlayback
BuyingPower
CashValue
Command
ConfirmOrders
Connected
Filled
Last
LastPlayback
MarketData
MarketPosition
NewOrderId
OrderStatus
Orders
QueryInstrument
RealizedPnL
SetAllocReturnString
SetMaxReturnStringLength
SetUp
StopOrders
Strategies
StrategyPosition
SubscribeMarketData
TargetOrders
TearDown
UnsubscribeMarketData

8 Utilizing OIF:
CANCEL COMMAND
CANCELALLORDERS COMMAND
CHANGE COMMAND
CLOSEPOSITION COMMAND
CLOSESTRATEGY COMMAND
FLATTENEVERYTHING COMMAND
PLACE COMMAND
REVERSEPOSITION COMMAND