Problem with FileWrite etc..

[Flirrrt]

Trying to export tickdata during trades ONLY, for further analysis in excel:

I have written an ea, so when an position is taken, i want every tick or 1 minutebar-low to be exported inte an document.

I have never used the file-commands before, but I gave it a try:

if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES))

{

int handle=FileOpen("Breakout-export.csv",FILE_WRITE|FILE_CSV,"\t");

if(handle>0){

// write header

FileWrite(handle,OrderSymbol(),OrderTicket(),Bid);

FileClose(handle);

}}

The problem is that with this i don't get a file at all. I shuold be placed in the experts-folder, right?

Am I on the right track, or is my code really fucked up?

Thanks in advance,

Johan

[sg1]

There are errors in your code.

Here's my code that adds to a file on every tick:

// Function WriteToFile ***********************

void WriteToFile(double val1, string str2)

{

int handle;

handle=FileOpen("Log.csv", FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE|FILE_READ, '\t');

FileSeek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);

FileWrite(handle, TimeToStr(TimeCurrent(),TIME_DATE|TIME_SECONDS), DoubleToStr(val1, 4), str2);

FileClose(handle);

return(0);

}

//*********************************************

The file is saved to 'experts/files' folder

sg1

[Flirrrt]

Thank you for your answer sg1, unfortunately I don't get it to work properly.

I combined your code with mine, and used it in an ea. The testing now takes a lot longer, so it's some data it's processing.. but i still get no file with the tickdata.

This is what the code looks like:

void WriteToFile()

{

int handle;

handle=FileOpen("Breakout.csv",FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE|FILE_READ,'\t');

FileSeek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);

FileWrite(handle,DoubleToStr(Bid, 4));

FileClose(handle);

}

And then I just call in the start().

Do you know what causes the problem?

/Johan

[zupcon]

Flirrrt:

Do you know what causes the problem?

/Johan

Code looks OK,

does it create a file, but the file is empty ?, if so sure that you dont already have the file open in excel, or any other editor, as that can cause problems.

regards

zu

[Flirrrt]

Zupcon, it doesn't create a file at all.. and no, I don't have that file opened in excel (even if i've done that thing tons of times before :-))

I got the code working with some changes, but my next problem is that it wont re-run the code on every new tick being made..

See the other thread about that problem: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177044