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Hi This code uses uChar instead of int  to save on memory. I get compiler warning " possible loss of data due to type convesion. Since I am not expecting the number to go above 30, why use int and waste memory? Any suggestion to turn off this

Hi Can someone please explain what this part of the code mean as found in the file   panelDialog.mqh   downloadable from the link below? I mean this part of the constructor. : m_red(blah...), What is this convention called so I can

Hi https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/345  says " In the indicators directory (MQL5\Indicators), create a separate folder MyIndicators and a subfolder MyPanel. The process of creating folders will not be dealt with here as it is well described in

Hi What is the best way to delete all the news flags at the bottom of the chart. This code works but I have to change the time frame few times so that the code runs in the Oninit function then it deletes few of the news flags at a each time. any

Hi This code needs to create a trend line and extend it to the right chart boarder regardless of the shift button action. it works but not an elegant solution, Any suggestions?  Thanks    datetime start = TimeCurrent ();   

Hi In mal5, who can I make the bars vanish so that I have all the room to put buttons, text boxes and labels? It needs to be in such a way so that dragging the chart or price does not change the appearance. I remember in mt4, some settings with chart

Hi A chart has a label which was created by a custom indicator . When I drag this indicator on the chart which already has an EA running, a pop up asking to choose one or the other but not both. The label text changes onTimer and the EA has it's own

Hi In mql5; Is there a way to get the Description property of a Horizontal Line in the drag event? How? Thanks void OnChartEvent ( const int id

Hi deals that are initiated on the desktop terminal. Can mql5 EA code close them? or they have to be opened by the EA? I am thinking to loop over all deals and find which one is profitable and close it, here is a getting started effort... but the

Hi mql5 EA Will this code do well in checking if a new bar arrives? Thanks datetime currBarTime; int OnInit () {    currBarTime = SeriesInfoInteger ( _Symbol , _Period , SERIES_LASTBAR_DATE ); } void OnTick ()   {

Hi I have a trend line on the chart, This mql5 code failed to get the price of the line at the current bar. How can I do it? I could not find docs for ObjectGetValueByShift either. Thanks ObjectGetDouble ( 0 , trendLineName, OBJPROP_PRICE ); //

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. This is the message I get from Window 10 when I try to open a file by double clicking its name in Windows Explorer after this mql5 code opened and closed the same file

Hi This code is expected to test a string to find if a regex pattern matches. I am not able to pull it together. Please help.  Thanks    #include <RegularExpressions\Regex.mqh>    string pattern= "\d*\\|\event\b" ; //

Hi This code is expected to print "found" since the file being searched for "2018822.txt" is located in the terminal Common/Files, but instead it is printing "not found". Any idea why and how to find if the file exists?    string fileName;

Hi Please see the comment in the code below,  the Print(dt) in the second time suppose to print the date and time, but it only prints the time even though the dt variable has not be re initialized. Why the dt variable did not keep its value

When I place a limit order, my mobile phone makes the tone twice but I expected it once. Changing the town on the phone does not have any effect (tone change expected). Turning the phone of and on did not fix it. Any idea how to fix this? My MT4

Hi Is there a way to get the time for future news events in the code? I can see the event flags at the bottom of the screen and would  like to get their time and other info relate to those flags in the code. Thanks

Hi This part code modifies the rectangle so that its lower edge (price) changes accordingly, But when the code is fired, the rectangle does not move its lower edge to reflect the lower price than the current rectangle lower edge. How do I go about

This mql5 code is giving error as shown. Why and how to fix it? "[" invalid index value Thanks template < typename T> uint arrayUnshift(T &arr[], T val){    uint newSize = ArraySize (arr) + 1 ;   T

This code's error is 'declaration without type', Any idea why and how to fix it? Thanks input int        days= 3 ; Session *session[]; ArrayResize (session, days); //<<<< ERROR <<< declaration