MT4 Freezing during loop

[arti86pl]

Is there an efficient way to exit loop? I can't relay on ticks, i have to check database every second or 2, tick sometimes have long pause. When i do infinite loop, MT4 is difficult to shut down. Can anyone help?

[William Roeder]

No loop at all. Use OnTick to process ticks, use OnTimer to process time based things like your database check. Start using the new Event Handling Functions

Event Handling Functions - Functions - Language Basics - MQL4 Reference

[arti86pl]

whroeder1:
No loop at all. Use OnTick to process ticks, use OnTimer to process time based things like your database check. Start using the new Event Handling Functions

Event Handling Functions - Functions - Language Basics - MQL4 Reference

OnTimer() works perfect! Thanks!