How to: Alert every hour

[Georgebaker]

I want to have an alert every hour, when the broker time is 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 so on.

How can i do that in mql4?

[Georgebaker]

It can be done this way:

if(Minute()==0)

    Alert("Its ", Hour(), " o clock ");

[Paul75]

Hi Georgebaker,

Will given code work in both MT4 and MT5?

[Georgebaker]

Paul75:
Hi Georgebaker, Will given code work in both MT4 and MT5?

I haven't tried it in MT5, but there's something wrong with the code, it give 1, 2 or sometimes 3 alerts at the same time.

Here is the correct code and it doesn't work in MT5.

bool isNewHour() 
{
   static datetime BarTime;
   if (BarTime==0) {BarTime=iTime(NULL,PERIOD_M1,0);}
   //----
   bool res=false;
   if (BarTime!=iTime(NULL,PERIOD_M1,0)) {
   BarTime=iTime(NULL,PERIOD_M1,0);
   res=true;
   }
   return(res);
}

int start()
{
if (isNewHour())
   Alert("The time is now: ", Minute());
}

[Paul75]

Thanks Georgebaker to share correct code and update about its supported trading platform.

[Georgebaker]

You're welcome Paul