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chinaski:

Thank you but i did this and it is was working. Now restarting or next day and it works. Whats going on.

I confirm.

After wasting several hours in testing without success, the only thing that solve and made it starting working fine was a platform restart.

 
Fabio Cavalloni #:

I confirm.

After wasting several hours in testing without success, the only thing that solve and made it starting working fine was a platform restart.

Same .

How to use tester_file directive 

Add your file relative to \\Files folder path like this :

#property tester_file "config.bin";

in your calls , use the commands normally as this file will be moved (on single test , will test optimization soon [edit works in optimizations too]) to the agent that is running MQL5\\Files... folder

Hit compile.

Close the editor

Close MT5

Open Mt5 

Anything else will just make you mad at mq for the non-existent documentation and them just throwing it around in the help responses lightly like its a set and run command.

(it's obvious they have never ever used it)

It seems hard to believe and you'll think you need to add "::" like in resources or that the file path is too long , nope , just restart mt5

 
Lorentzos Roussos #:

Same .

How to use tester_file directive 

Add your file relative to \\Files folder path like this :

in your calls , use the commands normally as this file will be moved (on single test , will test optimization soon [edit works in optimizations too]) to the agent that is running MQL5\\Files... folder

Hit compile.

Close the editor

Close MT5

Open Mt5 

Anything else will just make you mad at mq for the non-existent documentation and them just throwing it around in the help responses lightly like its a set and run command.

(it's obvious they have never ever used it)

It seems hard to believe and you'll think you need to add "::" like in resources or that the file path is too long , nope , just restart mt5

Thank you for saving my day!!
 
I had the same problem and solved it with common folder. Mine was 25 files and not practical to create directive for each. 
 
JonUs #:
FILE_COMMON
JonUs #:

Hi, I found an easy way to avoid copying or searching the folder in which the file is. Just need to save the file in the directory: "...AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\Common\Files", and in your code add "FILE_COMMON" flag. 


Hope it helps

Thanks

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