Test Harness for generating error events?

[itsnotme]

Is there a way I can generate error events to test my error handling code?

I'm primarily interested in testing my code for handling Order Rejected events due to such things and Market Closed errors from Interactive Brokers.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello itsnotme,
You can simply use the TraceOrders function to print out the values in the Output window.

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

For more debugging tips please refer to this post

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3418

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.

[itsnotme]

Thank you for responding, but how to debug is not the question I asked.
I wish to exercise my code for handling errors before letting in run autonomously on a live market, to do this I need a way of generating ninjatrader error events. What is the recommended method of doing this type of testing?

Hello itsnotme,
You can simply use the TraceOrders function to print out the values in the Output window.

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

For more debugging tips please refer to this post

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3418

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.

[koganam]

Thank you for responding, but how to debug is not the question I asked.
I wish to exercise my code for handling errors before letting in run autonomously on a live market, to do this I need a way of generating ninjatrader error events. What is the recommended method of doing this type of testing?

Just generate illegal orders and you should have what you seek. e.g., a ShortStopLimit above the market, or a LongStopLimit below the market.

The other method would be to use a Try/Catch block and generate your own exception. Heck, you could even just use a code block/function to throw your own exceptions at will if you want.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello itsnotme,
As koganam said you have to submit some invalid orders (like buy stop at below current market close etc).

You can use the OnOrderUpdate event to capture the order state.

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

protected override void OnOrderUpdate(IOrder order)
{
	if (order.OrderState == OrderState.Rejected)
	{
		//do something
	}
}

Thanks koganam for your input.

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.