help with mt4

[rjngh2005]

I have downloaded the MT4 software from FXCM USA

 

However when I start metaeditor  and i open the sample it says words like onInit and onTick

These are mt5  language code words

when I enter the following code from the book  as follows

 

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// create.mq4
// To be used as an example in MQL4 book.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
int Count=0;                                    // Global variable
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
int init()                                      // Spec. funct. init()
   {
   Alert ("Funct. init() triggered at start");  // Alert
   return;                                      // Exit init()
   }
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
int start()                                     // Spec. funct. start()
   {
   double Price = Bid;                          // Local variable
   Count++;                                     // Ticks counter
   Alert("New tick ",Count,"   Price = ",Price);// Alert
   return;                                      // Exit start()
   }
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
int deinit()                                    // Spec. funct. deinit()
   {
   Alert ("Funct. deinit() triggered at exit"); // Alert
   return;                                      // Exit deinit()
   } 

//--------------------------------------------------------------------

This code does not work when I compile it...

I have to modify all return statements to return(0);

 

Please advise how to change or modify the behaviour of the metaeditor so that it behaves like MT4 and not MT5

[Keith Watford]

You can't change it. A lot of mql5 was absorbed into mql4 some time ago. However, the old functions still work as before.

If your posted code came from the book, then it has the errors that you have spotted. Fault the book, not mql4.

[rjngh2005]

well...thanks for the reply...

I like the statement...'You can't change it'

Thanks...I shall modify my code accordingly...

Not a problem...I am used to this type of stuff...I have been coding 8 different languages since 1984  however I have started working on mt4 just recently.

[William Roeder]

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