Send hotkey from EA or from Indicator

[Isivan Gori]

Hello,

Could you help me?

Possible to send hotkey from an EA or from an indicator?

For example F11 for switch fullscreen, or CTRL+F5 for next profile.

Thank you.

Steve

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Find the command id of the menu item or hotkey in question (e.g. with WInspector). Use PostMessage() to send chart specific commands (like CTRL-F5) to the chart window and chart unspecific comands (like F11) to the terminal main window. A few examples:

/**
 * MT4 command ids (menu, toolbar and hotkey ids). ID naming and numbering conventions for resources, commands, strings,
 * controls and child windows as defined by MFC 2.0:
 *
 *  @see  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t2zechd4.aspx
 */
#define ID_EXPERTS_ONOFF                    33020        // Toolbar: Experts on/off                    Ctrl+E

#define ID_CHART_REFRESH                    33324        // Chart:   Refresh
#define ID_CHART_STEPFORWARD                33197        //          One bar forward                      F12
#define ID_CHART_STEPBACKWARD               33198        //          One bar backward               Shift+F12
#define ID_CHART_EXPERT_PROPERTIES          33048        //          Expert properties dialog              F7
#define ID_CHART_OBJECTS_UNSELECTALL        35462        //          Objects: Unselect All

#define ID_WINDOW_NEWWINDOW                 57648        // Window:  New Window
#define ID_WINDOW_TILEWINDOWS               38259        //          Tile Windows                       Alt+R
#define ID_WINDOW_CASCADE                   57650        //          Cascade
#define ID_WINDOW_TILEHORIZONTALLY          57651        //          Tile Horizontally
#define ID_WINDOW_TILEVERTICALLY            57652        //          Tile Vertically
#define ID_WINDOW_ARRANGEICONS              57649        //          Arrange Icons

#define ID_MARKETWATCH_SYMBOLS              33171        // Market Watch: Symbols

#define ID_TESTER_TICK       ID_CHART_STEPFORWARD        // Tester:  Next Tick                            F12

#define WM_COMMAND                         0x0111


/**
 * Call the main menu item Charts->Objects->Unselect All.
 */
void Chart_Objects_UnselectAll() {
   int hWnd = WindowHandle(Symbol(), NULL);
   PostMessageW(hWnd, WM_COMMAND, ID_CHART_OBJECTS_UNSELECTALL, 0);
}


/**
 * Call the context menu item MarketWatch->Symbols.
 */
void MarketWatch_Symbols() {
   int hWnd = GetTerminalMainWindow();       // look in the code base for examples on how to resolve the main window handle from a chart handle
   PostMessageW(hWnd, WM_COMMAND, ID_MARKETWATCH_SYMBOLS, 0);
}

[Isivan Gori]

alphatrading:

Find the command id of the menu item or hotkey in question (e.g. with WInspector). Use PostMessage() to send chart specific commands (like CTRL-F5) to the chart window and chart unspecific comands (like F11) to the terminal main window. A few examples:

Thank you for your quick answer.

Could you help me how to use Winspector? I installed it, but the help file not working, and I couldn't find information on the web.

Or suggest some other way to get the Command ID

Thank you.

[Isivan Gori]

I just see this, and don't find the numbers.