Append to a file at each tick : why fileseek doesn't work ?

[forexgenuine]

In my expert start() I have

         handle = FileOpen(filename, FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE, ";");
         
         if(handle > 0)
         {
            FileSeek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);
            FileWrite(handle, quote);
            FileClose(handle);
         }   

But I got only one line in my file whereas I did ask to append to the file with FileSeek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);

How to fix this ?

Also do I need to open / close handle at every tick ?

[szgy74]

try this:

handle=FileOpen(filename, FILE_CSV|FILE_READ|FILE_WRITE, ';');

[William Roeder]

 handle = FileOpen(filename, FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE, ";"); // File is now empty

1. Don't truncate the file, append to it.
   

      int         APPEND   = FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE|FILE_READ;
      string      nameOPT  = WindowExpertName() + ".OPT";
      int      handleOPT   = FileOpen(nameOPT, APPEND, '~');   if(handleOPT < 1){
         AlertMe( "OptComplete: FileOpen(", nameOPT,") Failed: ", GetLastError() );
                                                                        return;  }
      FileSeek(handleOPT, 0, SEEK_END);
      FileWrite( handleOPT, ...
   

2. You don't need to open a close each tick, but you won't be able to read the file externally while it is open, and on a crash, not all data will be written to disk (unless you also use fileFlush)
   

[forexgenuine]

WHRoeder:

1. Don't truncate the file, append to it.
   
2. You don't need to open a close each tick, but you won't be able to read the file externally while it is open, and on a crash, not all data will be written to disk (unless you also use fileFlush)
   

thank you very much I modify my code.

I could not test it because expert doesn't seem to execute after loading successfully : it doesn't even print in terminal

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