using iCustom in EA (ontick event) gives me "cannot set timer(1)"

[zoran123456]

Howdy folks.

I am newbie for MQL language so excuse for that kind of question.

I created expert advisor and tried using custom indicator in code.
Indicator was bought trough market.

void OnTick()
  {
   string ind_name = "Market/My Custom Indicator";
   int up_buf = 0;
   int down_buf = 1;
   int shift = 0;
   
   double arr_up_get;
   double arr_down_get;

   string symbol = Symbol();
   string per = IntegerToString( Period());   

   arr_up_get     = iCustom(Symbol(),PERIOD_CURRENT,ind_name,up_buf,       shift);
   arr_down_get   = iCustom(Symbol(),PERIOD_CURRENT,ind_name,down_buf,     shift);

 ...

}

when i executed this code it gives me error "cannot set timer(1)".

What am I doing wrong? When I tried using this code with  "CCI" indicator from examples (not from market) everything went alright.

Any idea?

[Mounir Cheikh]

Hi,

Please check this : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/219097

[zoran123456]

Mounir Cheikh:

Hi,

Please check this : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/219097

Hi, so where do I put this code?

I need to read information from custom indicator on every tick, and when specific indicator value changes, I would execute my action.

Is it problem because indicator is from market? When I tried to execute this identical code from example indicator ("CCI") if went without problem.

[William Roeder]

1. Why did you post your MT4 question in the Root / MT5 EA section instead of the MQL4 section, (bottom of the Root page?)
             General rules and best pratices of the Forum. - General - MQL5 programming forum
   Next time post in the correct place. The moderators will likely move this thread there soon.

2. CCI has no timer. As I said in 219097, Set Timer fails in indicators loaded via iCustom. Ask the creator whether indicator can still be used.