Constant

Type

Description

link

string

link to the company website

copyright

string

the company name

version

string

program version, maximum 31 characters

description

string

brief text description of a mql5-program. Several description can be present, each of them describes one line of the text. The total length of all description can not exceed 511 characters including line feed.

stacksize

int

size of the stack for recursive calls

library

a library; no start function is assigned, functions with the export modifier can be imported in other mql5-programs

indicator_applied_price

int

specifies the default value for the "Apply to" field. You can specify one of the values of ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE. If the property is not specified, the default value is PRICE_CLOSE

indicator_chart_window

show the indicator in the chart window

indicator_separate_window

show the indicator in a separate window

indicator_buffers

int

number of buffers for indicator calculation

indicator_plots

int

number of graphic series in the indicator

indicator_minimum

double

the bottom scaling limit for a separate indicator window

indicator_maximum

double

the top scaling limit for a separate indicator window

indicator_labelN

string

sets a label for the N-th graphic series displayed in DataWindow. For graphic series requiring multiple indicator buffers (DRAW_CANDLES, DRAW_FILLING and others), the tag names are defined by the separator ';'.

indicator_colorN

color

the color for displaying line N, where N is the number of graphic series; numbering starts from 1

indicator_widthN

int

line thickness in graphic series, where N - number of graphic series, numbering starts from 1

indicator_styleN

int

line style in graphic series, specified by the values of ENUM_LINE_STYLE. N - number of graphic series, numbering starts from 1

indicator_typeN

int

type of graphical plotting, specified by the values of ENUM_DRAW_TYPE. N - number of graphic series, numbering starts from 1

indicator_levelN

double

horizontal level of N in a separate indicator window

indicator_levelcolor

color

color of horizontal levels of the indicator

indicator_levelwidth

int

thickness of horizontal levels of the indicator

indicator_levelstyle

int

style of horizontal levels of the indicator

script_show_confirm

display a confirmation window before running the script

script_show_inputs

display a window with the properties before running the script and disable this confirmation window

tester_indicator

string

Name of a custom indicator in the format of "indicator_name.ex5". Indicators that require testing are defined automatically from the call of the iCustom() function, if the corresponding parameter is set through a constant string. For all other cases (use of the IndicatorCreate() function or use of a non-constant string in the parameter that sets the indicator name) this property is required

tester_file

string

File name for a tester with the indication of extension, in single quotes (as a constant string). The specified file will be passed to tester. Input files to be tested, if there are necessary ones, must always be specified.

tester_library

string

Library name with the extension, in single quotes. A library can have extension dll or ex5. Libraries that require testing are defined automatically. However, if any of libraries is used by a custom indicator, this property is required