Key event within mq4 programs
Good idea!
Hi Codersguru,
I would like an indicator(/EA) that reacts to users' commands: the indicator would do a task upon the striking of "F5", "Ctrl+P", or of any assigned key of my choice:
start
{
...
if ("Key event") function(x1,x2);
...
}
function(x1,x2)
{
...
Print("Hey it's Saturday for goodness sake");
...
}
Is there such a possibility in mql?
Thanks for your help and all your tutorials/tips!
pipelinepipeline,
This is very good idea! Let me check how could it be done! (of course as c++ dll).
Get keyboard keys to MetaTrader!
Hi 
!
Done sir!
Please give this article a look:
keyboard input
Is there a function to get user input from the keyboard? I'm just testing entry orders where the user enters the price and the script adds or substracts N number of pips for the stop loss and take profit values.
Thank you.
Metalorn.
I moved your post to this thread.
The other 2 threads related to this subject:
Close all positions by a single keystroke?
Hi guys
I'm a newbie. I have a question, is there any scripts or tools that allow me to close all my open positions only by a single keyboard stroke?
I've try to browse threads on elite section buy i dont find any tools. Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.
best regards
sam
I am not sure that I understand ...
but also look at this thread https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/178343
And there is scripts and fulle explanation for that on this thread https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/176626
Hi MT4 programming experts,
Over on the MQL4 web site, several people have asked if they could capture keyboard or mouse clicks from within a program. The typical answer is no, and yet I've seen some very clever applications that use a DLL to capture or emulate keyboard events. What I want to do is capture a mouse event, for which I have found no useful MQL4 examples.
...
I assume Newdigital moved my post into this thread... however, I have followed all of the links here and none of them solve my problem.
I need a program to capture a mouse event, not a keyboard event. The two are very different. A keyboard event can be captured to run something as it relates in general to your current chart, such as to open a Buy/Sell at market price. In contrast, a mouse event (i.e. left-mouse click) -- if this problem can be solved -- can capture a specific time & price on your current chart!
Native MT4 commands can do this with ease of course. You can execute a menu command or push an icon, and the program then prompts you to left-mouse-click on whatever spot on your chart you want for your command. I'm looking for a way that I can access this mouse control from within a script (or perhaps by an EA as well).
Still looking for a solution... anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Pips4life
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Hi Codersguru,
I would like an indicator(/EA) that reacts to users' commands: the indicator would do a task upon the striking of "F5", "Ctrl+P", or of any assigned key of my choice:
start
{
...
if ("Key event") function(x1,x2);
...
}
function(x1,x2)
{
...
Print("Hey it's Saturday for goodness sake");
...
}
Is there such a possibility in mql?
Thanks for your help and all your tutorials/tips!
pipeline