Indicator Label and Name clarification

[soulfx]

Hello, I want to clarify a few items regarding the Name field as set in the OnStateChange() State.SetDefaults section.

I made a copy of VOL (standard ninja indicator) to test this.

I called this copy VOLTest1604 so the header of indicator looks like :

public class VOLTest1604 : Indicator
{
protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{

Name = "VOLNameInside";
}
}
etc...

I put some code in the OnBarUpdate()

which iterates over the indicator collection on the chart and prints out the

Name & DisplayName of each indicator it finds.

Prior to changing the Label parameter in the indicator parameters BOTH the
Name and DisplayName show as VOLNameInside

If i delete the Label so there is nothing there :

the Name shows as null (empty) and the DisplayName reverts to VOLTest1604 ie the name of the file & header of indicator.

Is this expected behaviour ? I would have expected the DisplayName to be null and perhaps the Name to remain as it is VOLNameInside or as VOLTest1604 ?

Please advise.

thanks

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello soulfx,
Thanks for your post.

This would be expected behavior. What are you trying to achieve?

[soulfx]

I just wanted to check as i would have expected the Label parameter to refer to the DisplayName when iterating through the indicator list in the code. Instead it sets the Name to null and then defaults the DisplayName to the actual header/public class XXX : indicator name? Do you see what i mean?

If this is how it is set up (which is not intuitive to me) then i just need to handle it in the code in that manner if i am checking on the indicator name.

thanks

[eDanny]

JoshG, ask Brett if it is in the works to change the naming behavior to the way it worked in NT7, per our fairly recent discussion.

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello eDanny,

I forwarded your message to Brett. However, he has no comment at this time.