Feature Request: IndicatorSetDouble counterpart

[Eric Emmrich]

I would like to ask for a feature in MQL5, basically a counterpart to the "IndicatorSetDouble" method that allows to get the values.

Ideally it would work like the "IndicatorParameters" method, so that one can pass an indicator handle and the double property values are returned accordingly:

• Documentation on MQL5: Constants, Enumerations and Structures / Indicator Constants / Custom Indicator Properties

Would be great if this request could be considered in a future release.

[Fernando Carreiro]

You will have a slightly better change at been considered if you post in the appropriate topic on the Russian forum.

However, chances are high that you will simply be ignored by the MetaQuotes development team.

[Eric Emmrich]

Fernando Carreiro #:

You will have a slightly better change at been considered if you post in the appropriate topic on the Russian forum.

However, chances are high that you will simply be ignored by the MetaQuotes development team.

Thank you, Fernando. Let me try that.

[Eric Emmrich]

Done here: https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/475091

However, I cannot delete this topic here then as a duplicate.

[Fernando Carreiro]

Eric Emmrich #: Done here: https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/475091. However, I cannot delete this topic here then as a duplicate.

No, not done! I removed it. In the Russian forum you post in Russian, not in English.

And I stated post in the appropriate topic. You created a new one and even placed it in the wrong section. I moved it but then noticed that you had posted in English, so removed it.

Search for a good existing thread that is appropriate and post in Russian. Use the automated translator and link the Russian documentation.

[Eric Emmrich]

Fernando Carreiro #:

No, not done! I removed it. In the Russian forum you post in Russian, not in English.

And I stated post in the appropriate topic. You created a new one and even placed it in the wrong section. I moved it but then noticed that you had posted in English, so removed it.

Search for a good existing thread that is appropriate and post in Russian. Use the automated translator and link the Russian documentation.

OK, I've now tried again: https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/475118

Unfortunately I cannot tell whether the auto translation to Russian is actually correct. Let's see.

[Alain Verleyen]

Eric Emmrich:

I would like to ask for a feature in MQL5, basically a counterpart to the "IndicatorSetDouble" method that allows to get the values.

Ideally it would work like the "IndicatorParameters" method, so that one can pass an indicator handle and the double property values are returned accordingly:

• Documentation on MQL5: Constants, Enumerations and Structures / Indicator Constants / Custom Indicator Properties

Would be great if this request could be considered in a future release.

Use cases ?

You have better chance to be heard if you explain why you want a feature. It's not obvious here, at least for me, why you want to get these properties from outside the indicator ?

[Eric Emmrich]

Alain Verleyen #:

Use cases ?

You have better chance to be heard if you explain why you want a feature. It's not obvious here, at least for me, why you want to get these properties from outside the indicator ?

Hi Alain, fair point.

I have created an EA that places trades based on an indicator. This indicator has defined several (trade entry) levels and I would like to get them right from the indicator, rather than having to enter them again in the EA. This would also save me some time whenever I modify these levels.

I should also note that I don't have access to the source code of the indicator.

[Alain Verleyen]

Eric Emmrich #:

Hi Alain, fair point.

I have created an EA that places trades based on an indicator. This indicator has defined several (trade entry) levels and I would like to get them right from the indicator, rather than having to enter them again in the EA. This would also save me some time whenever I modify these levels.

I see thanks. It's certainly a good idea.

[Fernando Carreiro]

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Henrique Vilela, 2015.07.28 22:09

Hi,

I'm creating an indicator and on this creates some objects on the screen besides the buffers.

I would like that the color of this objets reflects the colors selected by the user for the buffers.

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[Fernando Carreiro]

The author of the MQL5 Book also expressed regret for the lack of this functionality ... MQL5 Book: Creating application programs / Creating custom indicators / Indicators in separate subwindows: sizes and levels

"For property setting functions, unfortunately, there are no inverses (IndicatorGetInteger, IndicatorGetDouble, IndicatorGetString). Among other things, this does not allow, for example, finding the number and values of horizontal levels if they have been changed by the user."