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Seeing the .mq4 for built-in indicators

Maybe a dumb question?... When I'm in MetaEditor, I want to open the .mq4 file for, let's say, the Average Directional Movement Index . That particular indicator is in another folder - called Trend - within the indicators folder. When I try to open a file from the editor, I can't see that Trend

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Print() isn't printing strings to log?

Hello, is anybody else having trouble getting simple strings to print to the mt4 log? In a script, I am trying to see this: void OnStart() { Print("The OnStart function just ran."); } I see that the script ran, but the string didn't print. See attached file for the log results. Drew

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trades closed when program is closed?

Hello, I am very new to MT4. I had a trade running, but I switched accounts from live to demo, and when I returned to live, the trade was no longer active. I am currently trading in very small amounts so that mistakes are virtually painless, so it wasn't a big deal. Is this the way MT4 behaves? Does