HowTo change Server (rescan and new connect/login) by an EA?

[Carl Schreiber]

Hi,

is that possible and how can it be done, that an EA checks 1) the latency to an server

1. check the latency of its actual server mybe just by
   
   

   beg = GetTickCount();
   ord = OrdersTotal();
   latency = GetTickCount() - beg;

2. decides: this os ok - do nothing
3. decides: too big check for a better one
   

   // disconnect the actual server
   void disconn() { ?? }
   // scan for the other maybe from a list?
   string scanForBetterServer() { ?? }
   // re-connect
   void reconn (string betterServer) { .. }

Does anbody has an idea how this can be programmed within an EA?

Thanks in advance,

Gooly

[Jon Grah]

No one was able to figure this out?

[William Roeder]

1. beg = GetTickCount();
   ord = OrdersTotal();
   latency = GetTickCount() - beg;

   OrdersTotal is not a server call. All it does is read a variable out of the terminal. Won't work.
   
2. EA periodically restart the terminal Terminal auto restart. - MQL4 forum replace the call to CloseTerminal with new terminalclose
3. You're not co-located with the broker's server so latency is unavoidable so why do you care?