Program Equivalent of [spacebar][type in datetime][enterkey] navigation?

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Hello,

If I have a chart's autoscroll set off i can hit the spacebar then type in a datetime then hit enter and it will horizontally scroll the chart to that datetime.

Can a script force a chart to horizontally scroll to a certain datetime? If so, how?

Thanks!
 
Open 5 charts from M1 to H1 of the same symbol. Turn off AutoScroll. Main menu - Window - Tile horizontally.
Take following script
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                  ChartScroll.mq4 |
//|                      Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                        http://www.metaquotes.net |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "http://www.metaquotes.net"
#import "user32.dll"
   int RegisterWindowMessageA(string);
   int PostMessageA(int hWnd,int Msg,int wParam,int lParam);
#import

int      MT4InternalMsg=0;
datetime first_pos;
int      periods[5]={ PERIOD_M1,PERIOD_M5,PERIOD_M15,PERIOD_M30,PERIOD_H1 };
int      handles[5];

int init()
  {
//----
   MT4InternalMsg = RegisterWindowMessageA("MetaTrader4_Internal_Message");
   Print("Registered message ",MT4InternalMsg);
   first_pos=Time[FirstVisibleBar()];
//----
   for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
     {
      if(periods[i]!=Period())
        {
         handles[i]=WindowHandle(Symbol(),periods[i]);
         if(handles[i]==NULL) Print(Symbol(),",",periods[i]," not found");
        }
      else handles[i]=NULL;
     }
//----
   return(0);
  }

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
   datetime pos;
//----
   while(!IsStopped())
     {
      pos=Time[FirstVisibleBar()];
      if(first_pos!=pos)
        {
         first_pos=pos;
         for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
           {
            if(handles[i]!=NULL) PostMessageA(handles[i],MT4InternalMsg,55,first_pos+periods[i]*60);
           }
        }
      Sleep(100);
     }
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+


compile it and attach it to the M15 chart (don't forget to check on "Allow DLL imports")
Scroll M15 chart and see parallel scrolling of other charts

This PostMessage

PostMessageA(handles[i],MT4InternalMsg,55,first_pos+periods[i]*60);


navigates charts according datetime from M15 chart

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