Function to call some external executable

Jin 2011.05.04 00:40

Hey Ross,

Does MQL5 has some function that can execute an external program (both synchronously or unsynchronously) ??

We could used it as a trigger to some external process, in a very simple way (we could call this function from OnTick() event handler).

It would help a lot the integration of Metratrader with something outside, without the use of C dll's, WCF, interops, and others tricks.

The signature of this function could be something like:

void CallingExternProg(string fileName, bool synch);

Thank you.

Jin 2011.05.04 02:00 #1

I have just figured out that would be better to have a signature like:

void CmdShell(string cmd, bool sync);

Example:

...

CmdSheel "..\myprog -param1 -param2", TRUE;

...

Andriy Moraru 2011.05.05 11:47 #2

That would make all the EAs/indicators/scipts potential major security threats.