NinjaTrader 8.0.23, .Net Framework 4.8 and C# Version

[BartMan]

We a colleague and I are looking to place as much of our libraries into a separate dll. Any method that can exist outside of an indicator or strategy will be in a separate dll. Said dll can use the latest c# features. .NET Framework 4.8 will still be in alignment with NinjaTrader.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello junkone,

We receive many requests and cannot reasonably implement all requested features or changes. Interest is tracked internally and if enough interest is tracked, it would be weighed against how feasible it would be to make those changes to consider implementing, so we cannot offer an ETA or promise of fulfillment.

When new features are implemented, they will be listed in the Release Notes page of the Help Guide. The ID number may be different than the internal feature request tracking ID, but the description of the feature will let you know if that feature has been implemented.

Release Notes - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

[junkone]

can we get an update on when the .net versions will be updated. its cool that you are adding features like ability to see from iphones. but the core of this platform is not updated.

[QuantKey_Bruce]

.Net 6 is the one we need to get to.

Most likely, as .NET 6 will be retired on Nov 12, 2024, NinjaTrader 8 would not be updated by then as that is only twenty months from now.

[BartMan]

.Net Core is end of support


.Net 4.8 has no listed end date
.Net 6 is the one we need to get to.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-net-framework

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-net-and-net-core

[bltdavid]

Saying '.NET 4.8' it's really '.NET Framework 4.8.1'.

Adding the 'Framework' is critical.
Because '.NET Core' is not the same thing as '.NET Framework'.

It's even more confusing because what used to be called
'.NET Core' has been renamed to simply '.NET' -- but
the prior version numbering of '.NET Core' continues
under the new moniker '.NET'.

Good reading here and here.

[BartMan]

4.8x is supported 5 was a short term release. 7.X is out but 6 will be supported for longer than 7

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download.

I would like to see an update to 6.X Long Term Support

[ETFVoyageur]

Thanks.

I admit to not having read the entirety of this long thread, so perhaps someone else has already made the following observation about the .NET version. It has recently come to my attention that:

• NT is currently using .NET 4.8
• Microsoft says that .NET 5.0 is so old that they no longer support it.

Really? NT is on a version that is even older than a version that Microsoft says is so old they no longer support it? Can't we get NT to update its version a little more rapidly than that?

-- EV

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello ETFVoyageur,

Thank you for your vote.

I've added your vote to SFT-3124.

[ETFVoyageur]

Please add my vote, although I view NT having the latest C# as more of a nice-to-have than a big deal. As was pointed out back at the start of the thread, you can always use Visual Studio to make a DLL with whatever version of C# makes you happy. I would think that anyone who cares about the latest C# would be comfortable using Visual Studio, and the Community version is free.

I'm not sure whether this thread is C# or .NET -- I feel more strongly that NT should keep up to date with .NET because we have to live with whatever they use.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello jeronymite,

SFT-3124 is within the scope of NinjaTrader 8 and is an open request.

NinjaTrader 7 is no longer in development and will not be receiving any new features.

[jeronymite]

NinjaTrader_ChelseaB This post of five years ago seems to suggest that SFT-3124 is aimed at NinjaTrader 7. Can you elaborate on the scope of SFT-3124, please?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello hillborne,

I've added your vote to SFT-3124.

Thank you for your vote.

[hillborne]

Please add my vote to this feature request. Thanks!

[bltdavid]

At some point, the changes in the '8.1' release ...

it's just new chrome on an old chevy ...