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RaptorUK: has the same effect as a Refresh and tries to refresh data from your Broker as well as forcing a tick

I believe it triggers a call to start(). What it has in its buffers is what you get. Not going to do a refresh to broker an more than calling RefreshRates() does.
 
erzo:
For weekend developing!
Good idea! Here is my variation (script):

Hi Erzo

I am looking for a solution to speed up a multipair indicator.

I trade mostly by sending trade requests through scripts launched by hotkeys. As you can only run one script on a chart, your script interested me because I could attach it to another chart while it would also send fake ticks to my first/main chart on which I am acively trading using other scripts. 

Do you think your script could be used this way for live trading? 

Looking forward to hear from you.  

 

Hi Erzo

Your "TickingAllCharts"-script works wonderful for speeding up my multipair-indicator. I have attached it to a chart of a crosspair I never trade.

I only would like to know/understand if and how your script may or may not interfere with ea's and/or scripts I run on other charts. Could using your script cause some delays for trading orders launched by scirpt or ea attachet to a chart of another symbol?  

 
35419 = Open Indicators List (same as CTRL+I)
It only works if there are indicators placed chart.
 

Hi everyone, please check codes below:

#define MT4_WMCMD_38175           38175 /* Show/Hide Trade Pannel */

#define MT4_WMCMD_38179           38179 /* Order Modify -unknown */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38183           38183 /* Order Modify -unknown */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38185           38185 /* Delete trailing stops */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38196           38196 /* Open Buy Limit */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38197           38197 /* Error 4210-Unknown chart property */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38205           38205 /* Add alert to current chart */
#define MT4_WMCMD_38255           38255 /* Alert Modify */

#define MT4_WMCMD_38301           38301 /* Show Depth of market (current symbol) */


does anybody knows about the code of drawing ellipse?
 
hi
this is an interesting discussion
Is this possible to press buy or sell with certain lots?
:)
 

Hello,

I tried searching for a topic like this for MT5/MQL5, but I couldn't find any.

Could someone please tell me if there is a list of commands similar to the one in aswincmd.mqh for MetaTrader 5?

Can anyone help me find such a file?
I need commands that activate drawing objects like trendline, etc 

 
Mohsen Srn #:

Hello,

I tried searching for a topic like this for MT5/MQL5, but I couldn't find any.

Could someone please tell me if there is a list of commands similar to the one in aswincmd.mqh for MetaTrader 5?

Can anyone help me find such a file?
I need commands that activate drawing objects like trendline, etc 

You don't need WinAPI to "activate drawing objects like trendline" nowadays. Not even in MQL4.
 
Alain Verleyen #:
You don't need WinAPI to "activate drawing objects like trendline" nowadays. Not even in MQL4.

Thank you for your response.

I am creating new objects with special behaviors by modifying existing ones. For example, I can create a trendline that is always horizontal, allowing users to freely draw levels, or design custom Fibonacci tools, channels, and more.

In this way, I expand the available tools in MT4 for my own use.

To make it user-friendly, I added a button on the chart. When clicked, the mouse becomes ready to draw an object (in this case, a trendline). Once the user draws the trendline, the indicator handles the rest, transforming the standard trendline into an "Always Horizontal Trendline."

But i can not do same thing in MT5, because this code does not works there. maybe we need a MT5 version of  aswincmd.mqh file.

Here's the code:

#include <WinUser32.mqh>            // Import functions for Windows User32 API (e.g., SendMessageA, PostMessageA, WM_COMMAND)
#import "user32.dll"                // Import the DLL for user32 API calls
int      GetAncestor(int, int);  // Function to retrieve the root window handle (instead of making multiple GetParent calls)
#import


bool horizontalLineEnabled = false;  // Flag to check if the horizontal trendline button was clicked
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void UI_ChartEvent(const int id,
                   const long &lparam,
                   const double &dparam,
                   const string &sparam)
  {
// This section handles chart events like object clicks, changes, or creations.
   if(id == CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_CLICK)  // If an object is clicked
     {
      if(sparam == horizontalTrendlineBtn_name)  // Check if the clicked object is the horizontal trendline button
        {
         int main = GetAncestor(WindowHandle(_Symbol, _Period), GA_ROOT);  // Get the root window handle for the current chart
         SendMessageA(main, WM_COMMAND, MT4_WMCMD_TRENDLINE, 0);  // Send a command to create a trendline

         horizontalLineEnabled = true;  // Enable the horizontal line processing flag
        }
     }

// Handle object changes or creations
   if(((id == CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_CHANGE))  // If an object is changed
      ||
      ((id == CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_CREATE)))  // Or if an object is created
     {
      if(horizontalLineEnabled)  // Check if the horizontal line creation flag is enabled
        {
         if(ObjectType(sparam) != OBJ_TREND)  // If the created object is not a trendline, exit
            return;
         hLine_TrendlineName = sparam;  // Store the name of the trendline
         EventSetMillisecondTimer(50);  // Set a timer to trigger the OnTimer function after 50 milliseconds
        }
     }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   void OnTimer()
     {
      // This section is called when the timer set by EventSetMillisecondTimer expires
      if(horizontalLineEnabled)  // If the horizontal line creation flag is enabled
        {
         horizontalLineEnabled = false;  // Disable the flag since we're processing the trendline

         // Generate a new unique name for the trendline so that name begin with "s " char
         // When a trendline has a name starting with "s ", it can be made horizontal every time the user drags it.
         string newName = "s " + "TrendLine " + (string)(TimeLocal());

         // Create a new trendline with the same properties as the clicked trendline but with a new name
         TrendCreate(NULL, newName, 0,
                     (datetime)ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_TIME1), ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_PRICE1),  // Start time and price
                     (datetime)ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_TIME2), ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_PRICE2),  // End time and price
                     (color)ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_COLOR), (ENUM_LINE_STYLE)ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_STYLE),  // Line color and style
                     (int)ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_WIDTH),  // Line width
                     true, true, ObjectGet(hLine_TrendlineName, OBJPROP_RAY), false, 0);  // Other trendline properties (ray, etc.)

         ObjectDelete(hLine_TrendlineName);  // Delete the original trendline
         hLine_TrendlineName = "";  // Reset the trendline name variable
         EventKillTimer();  // Stop the timer since the trendline creation process is done
        }
     }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
Mohsen Srn #:

Thank you for your response.

I am creating new objects with special behaviors by modifying existing ones. For example, I can create a trendline that is always horizontal, allowing users to freely draw levels, or design custom Fibonacci tools, channels, and more.

In this way, I expand the available tools in MT4 for my own use.

To make it user-friendly, I added a button on the chart. When clicked, the mouse becomes ready to draw an object (in this case, a trendline). Once the user draws the trendline, the indicator handles the rest, transforming the standard trendline into an "Always Horizontal Trendline."

But i can not do same thing in MT5, because this code does not works there. maybe we need a MT5 version of  aswincmd.mqh file.

Here's the code:

As I said, you don't need this trick (WinAPI), use standard MQL4 and it will become easier to make it work with MT5.
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