I have wave sound files that were designed for an indicator for Ninjatrader 7 that I cannot get to work for Ninjatrader 8. This is an older indicator and the vendor created the same indicator for Ninjatrader 8 but no sound files were attached with the exception of the sound files already built into the indicator. I was assuming I could copy and paste the same sound files used for 7 into 8 and I cannot get them to work. The vendor stopped selling the indicator 7 years ago when he took his product off the market. He stated his intention was to focus on trading and not managing a website, therefore, I can no longer contact the vendor to troubleshoot the issues. Would anyone have any suggestions on actions to take for the wave sound files to work on Ninjatrader8? I am currently trading with a VPS, not my desktop.
I’m sure people here will be happy to help you troubleshoot but in order to help us to help you may I suggest you provide some more detail - such as directory where the NT7 indicator installed the custom sound files to, where you’re copying them into, what file type (do you mean .wav?)
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This confuses me? So it’s sound files from the 7 indicator which aren’t part of the 8 indicator which aren’t working, although some files are included, which work?
Details such as sound file installation folder for both the 7 and 8 installs would help diagnosis
NT7 distributed both a 32bit and a 64bit version when you installed. (2 icons)
32bit being installed here: C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7
64bit being installed here: C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 7\
When running 64bit version exe started from C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 7\
Although for whatever reason, also shared some of the NT7 32bit folder files.
Both used C:\Program Files (x86)\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\ folder for sound files.
NT8 stopped distributing a 32bit version all together. NT8 is 64bit Only Now!
There are no longer files or folders being installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\
All sound files will now be found here: C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 8\sounds\
Here’s sample how to add sound file selection to NT8 Indicator Properties UI:
//State.Default | Set Default sound in State.Default
AlertSound = NinjaTrader.Core.Globals.InstallDir + @"\sounds\Alert1.wav";
//Public Property | Declare as Public Property and Display in Indicator Properties
Display(Name="AlertSound", Description="AlertSound", Order=0, GroupName="Alerts")]
[Gui.PropertyEditor("NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.FilePathPicker", Filter="Wav Files | *.wav")]
public string AlertSound { get; set; }
