GetBar() missing an overload

[saltminer]

Hi guys,
I note that in strategies, GetBar() has an overload to select the BarsSeriesIndex.
Unfortunately in indicators, despite them now being multi timeframe, we don't have that overload.
It would be nice to have.

Cheers,
saltminer

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thanks for the forum post.

Here is what we have documented for GetBar().

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/getbar.htm

It seems that we have an extra overload in strategies. This extra overload would be unsupported and I will have development check into this.

Thanks again.

[fx.practic]

Hello.
This is my function to get bar index from any timeframe.
It works good for me.

(If to uncomment strings in the end of function, it will return exactly first bar after target_time.)

		int fGetBarMtf( int serie, DateTime target_time )
		{
			int ix_future  = 0;
			int ix_past    = CurrentBars[serie];
			int ix_current = (ix_past - ix_future)/2;
			
			while( ! (Times[serie][ix_current] <= target_time && target_time <= Times[serie][ix_current-1]) )
			{				
				// if target_time is earlier that new center
				if( target_time < Times[serie][ix_current] )
				{
					ix_future = ix_current;
					ix_current = ix_past - (ix_past - ix_future)/2;
				}
				
				// if target_time is later that new center
				if( target_time > Times[serie][ix_current] )
				{
					ix_past = ix_current;
					ix_current = ix_past - (ix_past - ix_future)/2;
				}				
			}
							
			//if( target_time < Times[serie][ix_current+1] )  while( !( target_time > Times[serie][ix_current+1] ) && ix_current < CurrentBars[serie] ) ix_current++;
			//else    	                                      while( !( target_time < Times[serie][ix_current]   ) && ix_current > 0                  ) ix_current--;
			
			return( ix_current );
		}