Services. Are they up and running yet?

[Vladimir Karputov]

Build 1961.

In the editor, I created a new program view - service.

In OnStart I wrote it down:

void OnStart()
  {
//---
   Print(TimeTradeServer());
  }

Then I started the service:

and immediately the result:

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In general it works. But what kind of a creature it is, I don't know yet :)

[Sergey Golubev]

Actually people are already asking - here is the English section ofhttps://www.mql5.com/en/forum/294855 (short, as there is not much information yet).

[Vladimir Karputov]

So far, the services are something of a script. Although it is possible that the representation in the form of a script is a temporary technological stopgap.

[Rashid Umarov]

Vladimir Karputov:
So far, the services are something of a script. It is possible, though, that the script representation is a temporary technological stopgap.

Add an OnTimer() handler and the world will change

[Vladimir Karputov]

Rashid Umarov:

Add OnTimer() handler and the world will change

Hmmm... And all OnTick() was trying to feed it :)

[Maxim Dmitrievsky]

will the services have access to quotes from different accounts at the same time, on request?

[Renat Fatkhullin]

There will be no OnTimer or OnTick in services. Only OnStart.

This is a special type of program for background looping processes (datafeeds, analytics, external links, etc.), not a replacement for EA.

Beta 1963 is out, you can update via the menu.

[Aleksey Semenov]

so that's where the conflict with the old EA codes that are written through onstart - why isn't there a new function introduced: OnServis() for example

[Renat Fatkhullin]

Aleksey Semenov:
that is why there is a conflict with old EA codes which are written via onstart - why a new function: OnServis() for example is not introduced

Use *.mqproj projects and specify program type there.

[Реter Konow]

I would like to be able to declare a shared memory for MT programs in services. So that they could communicate through it. Like in DLL.

So that OnChartEvent() works.

[Vladimir Pastushak]

Renat Fatkhullin:

Use projects *.mqproj and specify program type there.

Projects are not very convenient, there is no possibility to sort everything by folders. And there is no possibility to develop code for two platforms at once.

Maybe I don't understand something, of course.