Feature Request: How to make setting Time Properties more user friendly
Many places in Ninja Trader the GUI permits a trader to set the value of a TIME property. ie: Chart Properties: "Session Begins (local time)" & "Session Ends (local time)
It is clear to me that you are using code similar to TimeSpan.Parse(txtSessionStart) to see if the characters the traders entered is a valid time. Unfortunately the TimeSpan Parse isn't great at recognising valid times. ie "6:00 AM" is valid but "6:00AM" & "6pm" are not valid, but they should be.
In Ninja 7.0 please consider changing this.
Use the DateTime.Parse() Method to parse the users entry & then extract the time portion with the TimeOfDay method. eg:
private TimeSpan tsBoxBegin = DateTime.Parse(@"07:00 PM").TimeOfDay;
It is way more robust & effective way to validate user entry.
Hope this helps
Dave
It is clear to me that you are using code similar to TimeSpan.Parse(txtSessionStart) to see if the characters the traders entered is a valid time. Unfortunately the TimeSpan Parse isn't great at recognising valid times. ie "6:00 AM" is valid but "6:00AM" & "6pm" are not valid, but they should be.
In Ninja 7.0 please consider changing this.
Use the DateTime.Parse() Method to parse the users entry & then extract the time portion with the TimeOfDay method. eg:
private TimeSpan tsBoxBegin = DateTime.Parse(@"07:00 PM").TimeOfDay;
It is way more robust & effective way to validate user entry.
Hope this helps
Dave
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