Program in Visual Basic .NET?

[J_o_s]

Hi everyone,


I know NinjaTrader uses NinjaScript, which heavily loans from C#. But both C# and Visual Basic .NET rely on the same framework (.NET). So perhaps NinjaTrader use Visual Basic .NET too?

It would be pretty interesting if it were possible, I think.

Have a nice day,

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello J_o_s,

Thank you for your post.

NinjaScript doesn't heavily loan from C#, it is a C# library. NinjaScript is consistent with the underlying design of C#, which is object-oriented, event-driven, and component-based. The functionality added to C# to create NinjaScript is located in the NinjaTrader namespace.

You would not be able to program indicators or other add-ons in Visual Basic .NET - C# must be used. If you want to make your own application using VB.net you will have to do that outside of NinjaTrader. You can use some of the ATI interfaces in that scenario. This would be outside of what we would be able to officially support, however.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/automated_trading_interface_at.htm

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[J_o_s]

Thanks for the quick and thorough reply Kate! :-)

[bltdavid]

Your NinjaScript code can use any DLL assembly built from any .NET language.

You might want to use 3rd party DLLs (or create your own) which provide some
additional kind of processing that your NinjaScript needs -- these additional
DLLs or assemblies could be written in C# or VB, it doesn't matter -- you'd
call the public APIs of these external assemblies the same regardless if it
was written in C# or VB -- no ATI interface is needed.

All you'd need to do is add these external assemblies as a reference.
This is advanced stuff, but very straight-forward and relatively easy,
especially if you know what you're doing.

Just be aware:
An external assembly incorporated into your NinjaScript is not the same thing
as an external application needing to talk to your NinjaTrader.exe process.