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xlsx history file Excel finds a problem with the embedded images; will only open if it edits/removes image.

I've been trying to open up xlsx histories that I have generated in Microsoft Excel 2021 (professional plus). Old ones and also ones I just generated yesterday with 5.0 b4040. We found a problem with some content in ‘ReportHistory.xIsx‘. Do you want us to try to recover as much as we can? If you

MQL Withdrawals: skrill / Neteller

Also for payments it would be a good method to deposit as well: Skrill / Neteller. Any reason why Metaquotes has not adopted these 2 payment methods? I'm actually surprised with MQ's presence in fx that they have so few payment processors for market services payment and withdrawals

rescan servers option missing (DC list also missing)...

I noticed this on terminals sometimes. The client will login with the broker ok, but the DC list is completely missing. Only the option "login" is there. But why does this happen? and how do I get back the rescan servers option along with the list of DC servers. Even if there is only 1 DC, it

MT4 webtrader: how to check ping times....

How does one check the latency from the mt4 webtrader terminal to the broker's server? I don't see any lines in the Journal tab showing the ping or connection speed when logging in. And there is no visible method to "rescan server", unless I am missing something. I selected "debug" from the context

SideBySide error in server events logs (Activation context generation failed)

I was looking at the Server Manager's Event Logs and noticed that two of the terminals throw the following log error from the SideBySide source Activation context generation failed for "C:\path\to\terminal.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "" on line . A component version required by the

download link not working for download.mql5.com cdn....

I was attempting to download some broker's mt4setup.exe and the connection kept timing out. I tried from two different computers in two different countries. After about 15 minutes, I got it to download in the Thailand location. But New York I am still getting "Timed out"

Sending information to ex4 encrypted.....

I have some long strings of data that cannot fit in mql4 or would be needed to be imported after it is compiled. Is it possible to have ex4 read data that is encrypted? The idea is to have the data read from external source and then stored in an array such that no intellectual property would be

mt4 build newer than b1090 (e.g. b1121)

Does anyone have a metatrader 4 terminal build newer than b1090? (like b11xx) Is there a summary of fixes? How do you get to download any betas that might be available

WebRequest() alternative for backtesting.....

I was reading mql4 WebRequest( ) docs and it is turned off during backtesting . So is there an alternative method(s) to download data from the internet, process it, and then incorporate that data into the backtest when IsTesting() is true? edit: one of the uses will be to download historical news

measure time to execute code (speedtest)

either in tester or live chart EA/indicator/script, I would like to know how long it takes for a section of code or the entire EA to run through complete sequence. I checked a thread here which had a speedtest.mq4 attached, but I could not ascertain how to apply it to my situation. Could use MQ's