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shoestring54: what I'm trying to do is have an ea use that sound alert to begin
just need the code that will make the ea run from the "playsound alert.wav". or have I got that wrong as well? |
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I have a simple timer indicator, basically it just counts down from the start of a bar to it's end then issues a sound alert, what I'm trying to do is have an ea use that sound alert to begin it's operation of checking it's conditions and after the conditions are met, entering a trade and then halt until the next sound alert from the indicator arrives.
I've searched the web and cannot find a simple answer, or at the least one that I can understand, does anyone know of the code needed or any tutorials for the feeble minded that I would be able to use to fix this problem?
Many thanks for your time and consideration, the code for the timer indicator is below, I just need the code that will make the ea run from the "playsound alert.wav". or have I got that wrong as well?
enum FontSelect
{
Arial=0,
Times_New_Roman=1,
Courier=2
};
enum ChartWindow
{
Main_Chart_Window = 0, // Main chart window
First_Separate_Window = 1, // 1st Separate window
Second_Seperate_Window = 2, // 2nd Separate window
Third_Separate_Window = 3, // 3rd Separate window
Fourth_Separate_Window = 4, // 4th Separate window
Fith_Separate_Window = 5, // 5th Separate window
Sixth_Separate_Window = 6 // 6th Separate window
};
enum AlertMode_z
{
NoAlert_z = 0, // Off
PopUpAlert_z = 1, // On
SoundAlert_z = 2 // Sound only
};
//--- input parameter
input int Broker_Time_Offset = 1; // Broker Time adjustment (0 = GMT, 1 = GMT + 1 etc)
input AlertMode_z Alert_Modez = 0; // Select Alert Mode
//input color fntcolor = Teal; // Font Color
input color Al_Off = DodgerBlue; // Alert Off Color
input color Al_On = Red; // Alert On Color
input color Snd_Only = DarkOrange; // Sound Only Color
input FontSelect selectedFont = 0; // Font Select
input bool bold = false; // Font Bold
input int textSize = 14; // Font Size
input int XDistance = 20; // Left - Right
input int YDistance = 40; // Up - Down
input ENUM_BASE_CORNER corner = 1; // Corner
input ChartWindow windexx = 0; // Display Window
long thisChart;
int iFontType;
string sBoldType;
string sFontType;
int timeOffset;
datetime ServerLocalOffset;
datetime prevTime,myTime,localtime;
bool newBar = false;
datetime LastAlertTime;
ENUM_ANCHOR_POINT corner_loc;
string TMz;
color The_Font_Color;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
switch(Alert_Modez)
{
case 0: The_Font_Color = Al_Off; break;
case 1: The_Font_Color = Al_On; break;
case 2: The_Font_Color = Snd_Only;
}
switch(Period())
{
case 1: TMz = "M1"; break;
case 2: TMz = "M2"; break;
case 3: TMz = "M3"; break;
case 4: TMz = "M4"; break;
case 5: TMz = "M5"; break;
case 6: TMz = "M6"; break;
case 7: TMz = "M7"; break;
case 8: TMz = "M8"; break;
case 9: TMz = "M9"; break;
case 10: TMz = "M10"; break;
case 11: TMz = "M11"; break;
case 12: TMz = "M12"; break;
case 13: TMz = "M13"; break;
case 14: TMz = "M14"; break;
case 15: TMz = "M15"; break;
case 20: TMz = "M20"; break;
case 25: TMz = "M25"; break;
case 30: TMz = "M30"; break;
case 40: TMz = "M40"; break;
case 45: TMz = "M45"; break;
case 50: TMz = "M50"; break;
case 60: TMz = "H1"; break;
case 120: TMz = "H2"; break;
case 180: TMz = "H3"; break;
case 240: TMz = "H4"; break;
case 300: TMz = "H5"; break;
case 360: TMz = "H6"; break;
case 420: TMz = "H7"; break;
case 480: TMz = "H8"; break;
case 540: TMz = "H9"; break;
case 600: TMz = "H10"; break;
case 660: TMz = "H11"; break;
case 720: TMz = "H12"; break;
case 1440: TMz = "D1"; break;
case 10080: TMz = "W1"; break;
case 43200: TMz = "M1"; break;
}
switch(corner)
{
case 0: corner_loc = ANCHOR_LEFT_UPPER; break;
case 1: corner_loc = ANCHOR_LEFT_LOWER; break;
case 2: corner_loc = ANCHOR_RIGHT_LOWER; break;
case 3: corner_loc = ANCHOR_RIGHT_UPPER;
}
LastAlertTime = TimeCurrent();
//--- indicator buffers mapping
EventSetTimer(1);
thisChart = ChartID();
if(bold){
sBoldType=" Bold";
}else if(!bold){
sBoldType="";
}
iFontType=selectedFont;
Comment("");
switch(iFontType){
case 0: sFontType="Arial" + sBoldType; break;
case 1: sFontType="Times New Roman" + sBoldType; break;
case 2: sFontType="Courier" + sBoldType; break;
}
ObjectCreate(thisChart,"BarTimer",OBJ_LABEL,windexx,XDistance,YDistance);
datetime srvtime,tmpOffset;
// Use RefreshRates to get the current time from TimeCurrent
// Otherwise you'll just get the last known time
RefreshRates();
srvtime = TimeCurrent();
// Modified
localtime = TimeLocal()+TimeGMTOffset();
if(TimeHour(srvtime)>TimeHour(localtime)){
// Server Time is still ahead of us
int newOffset = TimeHour(srvtime)-TimeHour(localtime);
ServerLocalOffset = (newOffset*60*60);
}else if(TimeHour(srvtime)<TimeHour(localtime)){
// Server Time is Behind us
int newOffset = TimeHour(localtime)-TimeHour(srvtime);
ServerLocalOffset = (newOffset*60*60);
}else{
// No modification required
ServerLocalOffset = srvtime;
}
localtime = TimeLocal()-ServerLocalOffset;
tmpOffset = TimeSeconds(srvtime) - TimeSeconds(localtime);
if(tmpOffset < 30 && tmpOffset >= 0){
timeOffset = TimeSeconds(srvtime) - TimeSeconds(localtime);
}
return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
EventKillTimer();
ObjectDelete("BarTimer");
ObjectDelete("NBz");
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
const int prev_calculated,
const datetime &time[],
const double &open[],
const double &high[],
const double &low[],
const double &close[],
const long &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[])
{
if ((Alert_Modez == 1) && (LastAlertTime < Time[0]))
{
Alert("New Bar - ", Symbol(), " - " + TMz + " - " + AccountCompany());
LastAlertTime = Time[0];
}
else if ((Alert_Modez == 2) && (LastAlertTime < Time[0]))
{
PlaySound("Alert.wav");
LastAlertTime = Time[0];
}
return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Timer function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTimer()
{
if(Period() >0 && Period() <1440)
{
localtime = TimeLocal()+(TimeGMTOffset()+((60*60)*Broker_Time_Offset));
if(ObjectFind(thisChart,"BarTimer")>=0)
{
ObjectCreate(0,"BarTimer",OBJ_LABEL,windexx,0,0);
ObjectSetInteger(0,"BarTimer",OBJPROP_ANCHOR,corner_loc);
ObjectSet("BarTimer",OBJPROP_CORNER,corner);
ObjectSet("BarTimer",OBJPROP_XDISTANCE,XDistance);
ObjectSet("BarTimer",OBJPROP_YDISTANCE,YDistance);
ObjectSetText("BarTimer",TimeToStr(Time[0]+Period()*60-localtime-timeOffset,TIME_SECONDS ),textSize,sFontType,The_Font_Color);
}
}
}