FileOpen with absolute path?!

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

hi guys,

wondering is there anyway to use fileopen with absolute path?!

as far as i see in help document any sort of path result with error

even if it means same subfolder as using file w.o absolute address

i tried with local address & network path

same result

getting this error

Failed to open the file by the absolute path \\PC\share\yolo.csv

Error code 5002

i appreciate your help in advance

tnX

//--- incorrect file opening method  
   string terminal_data_path=TerminalInfoString(TERMINAL_DATA_PATH); 
   string filename=terminal_data_path+"\\MQL5\\Files\\"+"fractals.csv"; 
   int filehandle=FileOpen(filename,FILE_WRITE|FILE_CSV); 
   if(filehandle<0) 
     { 
      Print("Failed to open the file by the absolute path "); 
      Print("Error code ",GetLastError()); 
     } 

[Marco vd Heijden]

Not outside of the sandbox for security reasons.

Read the second line here: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/files

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

Marco vd Heijden:

Not outside of the sandbox for security reasons.

Read the second line here: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/files

thank you for quick reply

so if i have multiple instances of MT5 they are all like islands w.o accessing to  each others!

can you point me to a direction so i can share same file with multiple instances then?!

[Marco vd Heijden]

 You could try this

[William Roeder]

Amirfakhredin Ghanbari: can you point me to a direction so i can share same file with multiple instances then?!

Perhaps you should read the manual. Specifically the common flag.

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

William Roeder:

Perhaps you should read the manual. Specifically the common flag.

not helpful

[Marco vd Heijden]

Amirfakhredin Ghanbari:

not helpful

//--- Common folder for all client terminals
   string common_data_path=TerminalInfoString(TERMINAL_COMMONDATA_PATH);

Did you read the link ? 

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

Marco vd Heijden:
Did you read the link ? 

i did and tried for some reason didn't work maybe due windows 10 or something i gonna change access level of windows see if it works or not

tnX

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

Marco vd Heijden:
Did you read the link ? 

seems any sorta path result with error

void OnStart()

  {

       string MyPath=TerminalInfoString(TERMINAL_COMMONDATA_PATH);

       int Handle=FileOpen(MyPath+"\\Yolo.csv",FILE_WRITE|FILE_CSV,",",CP_UTF8);

       FileWrite(Handle,TimeCurrent(),_Symbol,(ENUM_TIMEFRAMES)_Period,iClose(_Symbol,_Period,1));

       FileFlush(Handle);

       FileClose(Handle);

       Print(MyPath+"\\Yolo.csv");

       Print(GetLastError());

   

  }

2020.04.27 05:24:01.624 CopyTrade USDCHF,H1: 5008

2020.04.27 05:24:01.624 CopyTrade USDCHF,H1: C:\Users\user1\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\Common\Yolo.csv

[Amirfakhredin Ghanbari]

darn at last found why its not working

there is no need for TerminalInfoString function

just add flag of 

FILE_COMMON

to FileOpen it automatically read/write file in common folder

i hope save other people time this as well 

tnX everyone trying to help me out

int filehandle=FileOpen(filename,FILE_WRITE|FILE_BIN|FILE_COMMON);

[WindmillMQL]

Why do you use double backslashes in the path? And why do you precede the file name with double backslash? FileOpen("Yolo.csv",...) should work just fine.