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I am using MT4 v4 Build 765 and I wanted to create a new version of an existing custom indicator - which I have done. I created the files 'as indicators' in the MT4 developer window and can see both the old and new indicators in the Navigation pane

I thought I'd try a new broker and wanted to check out spreads using the code below. Running the EA showed figures (screenshot below)  which don't seem realistic and they don't change (as on another broker where the spreads are always changing)

Good morning I want to try and access the LOG files and have read about using routines in KERNEL132.dll (https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1540) and this looks useful but I am trying to figure how to retrieve the path to the file In Older builds

I recently changed to a different broker and found the available currency airs (or symbols) were different. Is there any easy way to :- 1. Access all Symbols from an EA 2. Check the availability of a Symbol from an EA

I believe I have used these 2 routines on several occasions and never had a warning / problem. When I compile my EA I get the warning "macro redefinition" with line # for line in second routine.  Obviously not critical but would like to

I hav erecently go some invalid stops occurring ( Error 130 ) so thought I'd try the Market info stoplevel command as shown below. I just seem to be getting a value of zero 0.00000000 to be precise. The following code is the 'entire' EA I expect to

Thought this would be easy but can't find a solution If - for example I have some objects on a chart then I want my EA to check for there existence then interrogate the details of the object. If I draw - say 3 lines on a chart - Insert Hline - then I

I have an EA which has been working in various forms for a long time. The EA has several #include <.....................> statements including one file with all my variables. This morning I changed a variable and recompiled - all appeared fine

I have just installed the new build and spent quite some time making changes that will be acceptable. Looks very good! My EA writes log data to a series of files - information to help find errors, MIN & MAX data and also a log of when contracts

I have used ADX in the past with no problem. I have just tried to access values for DI+ & DI- and they appear so different than on the chart. I use the Comment statement to display the values on the top part of the screen. The lower half displays

Can't figure out why this happens! I have a routine to check the integrity of my orders.  [If I have previously been unable to close orders after delays and retrys then details are written to file and dealt with here] So in 99.9% of occasions

I am trying to drawn a TREND line but I just get a line running across the screen (the wide GOLD line below). EAM55_2 & EMA55_1 are the EMA's for 2 consecutive figures. The start time on the right hand side appears correct but I just want the

I want to include a box in the top right hand corner of my screen with 6 lines of data which change each time period (i.e. 1M,5M,30M etc). I have seen some details about the mt4gui but not too much. I have extracted the following code from an example

If I have failed to close an order then I write to an error log a ticket # and magic number in a string. The file will always exist but will normally be empty. I am trying to read the error file in a loop which starts with the following code. I would

I am using the code below to check a log file. Most of the tickets I would expect to have been closed sometime ago and I would therefore expect the code to take the 'else' route but the FileWrite suggestions otherwise

Have been trying to develop my first customer indicators . One example sort of worked and I could access the results - great. The following displays nothing in the indicator window - not even the ShortName, parameters - just a complete blank panel I

I recently added to comments about people not being able to create demo accounts (after January 1st I think). The problem appears several fold Demo accounts are created using (Alpari UK) current build - 409 (Oct 2011) [BUILD #s maybe different with

I have been trying to open a further demo account early this morning (9:15 am in UK) and was unable to - this system gave the 'failed noise' and never reached the FINISH stage. Alpari (UK) created account for me. (I have passed details of this query

I have an EA which I have written and typically I have it running on several charts at a time. Each EA has an 'on screen ' display in the form of a comment created in the EA and shows current and history contracts for that instrument - together with