Exported Strategy includes references to everything installed on my platform?

May 20th, 2016, 06:05 PM

I apologize if this is discussed elsewhere. I did a search and was unable to find it here.

When I go to export a NinjaTrader strategy, a dialog comes up with this text:
"please be aware that the exported NinjaScript Archive File can only be imported if the target PC has the following assembly(s) loaded:"

The list that follows is every commercial and many 3rd party indicators and strategies that I have installed on my platform. The strategy that I'm trying to export has nothing to do with any of that stuff.

I tried wiping the copy in the AdditionalReferences.txt file, but I experienced import errors trying to import the rezipped file. I also edited the AdditionalReferences.txt file without unzipping the original export zip and got the same errors.

How do I export a strategy that doesn't reference and require every stray scrap of code on my platform?

Thanks in advance.

May 21st, 2016, 03:21 AM

I think the reason is that you have those indicators referenced in some way or another...

You should :
- meticulously go through the strategy file and see what is referenced
- also look at any other referenced file which in turn may reference an indicator

As a proof, you can create a minimum strategy and see that this one will not
include all the indicators as mentioned.

Maybe you can post the screenshot of what you get ?

If you create a strategy with CCI & EMA
the result would be a zip file with the strategy, the CCI and the EMA
and dependencies if any

May 21st, 2016, 06:17 PM

Hi rleplae,

Thanks so much for your reply. You've been really helpful and patient with answering my stupid newbie questions.

I didn't want to post the screenshot in public, so I was going to PM it to you--I didn't want to expose all of the third-party stuff that I have. But first I decided to create a fresh version of the same strategy from scratch and repeat the steps to export.

It would appear that the strategy with which I was having issues was corrupted. I had re-imported a few indicators and I was switching around what I was referencing. And I was doing all of this in the Strategy Wizard, not by hand. Somehow the strategy got attached to every single third party strategy and indicator that I have in my directories, some of which I'd completely forgotten that I had. Perhaps this is something that happens when using the Wizard when it throws off some errors.

Thanks again for your kind offer to help.

Best,
a

rleplae

I think the reason is that you have those indicators referenced in some way or another...

You should :
- meticulously go through the strategy file and see what is referenced
- also look at any other referenced file which in turn may reference an indicator

As a proof, you can create a minimum strategy and see that this one will not
include all the indicators as mentioned.

Maybe you can post the screenshot of what you get ?

If you create a strategy with CCI & EMA
the result would be a zip file with the strategy, the CCI and the EMA
and dependencies if any

Exported Strategy includes references to everything installed on my platform?

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Exported Strategy includes references to everything installed on my platform?