That will not work. MQL4 file I/O is restricted to writing / reading files in its own workspace which is the experts/files folder for the platform. This is for security purposes to prevent malicious code from trashing the host system. It can be ...

How to make 2 MT4 EAs to communicate on different platforms

Using files to communicate between two processes is a last resort if nothing else is within your skill set. The proper way is with named pipes (on the same machine) or sockets if on a network. Another possibility is MTBRidge. The description sounds ...

How to make 2 MT4 EAs to communicate on different platforms

The code has been fixed in the other thread to fix the problem with duplicate file names. url

Is there an indicator that copies the screen at open of every candle?

I have revised the code to use unique files for the image. This corrects a problem with using the EA on multiple charts and only getting one image. file file

Automated Printing

I am out of other ideas, your requirements are for a very small niche of users which is difficult to cater to.

Trading using Excel and MT4?

Here is the other. But I think some assembly is required. I think they or somebody else will providem that service at cost. url

Trading using Excel and MT4?

That's one of them. I thought they had full Excel integration, maybe it was only partial. They seem to have gone out of business last week. Oh well.

Trading using Excel and MT4?

No, but its close.

Trading using Excel and MT4?

I seem to recall that one of the brokers offerred this. Plus there was a third party software vendor with a name something like xcellink.

Trading using Excel and MT4?

Read or reread post #7. It tells you how to do it properly, but does require strong coding skills. I believe there are commercially available products for non programmers.

Trading using Excel and MT4?

I don't think its possible, at least not easy. I just throw an MA indy on the same chart as the EA, works great for me.

EA not drawing EMA

I think the problem is that the file names aren't unique and they are being overwritten. I will fix and test, but it will be early next week.

Is there an indicator that copies the screen at open of every candle?

Try this - I think it still works. Its very basic, there are much fancier ones out there. url

Is there an indicator that copies the screen at open of every candle?

You ask really tough questions. The answer is that I really don't know as I have never tried it. My approach was to do as much outside of MT4 as possible. I have had some bad experiences with MT4 related to interacting with Windows. Alerts got ...

Email alert app to send screenshot?

It will work providing thar both EAs are coded properly and don't have logic flaws. You didn't mention using Magic Numbers, that is the key to running multiple EAs simultaneously.

Running two EAs at once

Congratulations. I bet it feels good, although sometimes its more a feeling of relief than exhiliration.

Email alert app to send screenshot?

Search is your answer. Dozens of threads on this.

How to import old historical data into MT4 (M1 TF)

The answer is in the quote from the book. If you looked at the number the same as the computer does, you would see the extra decimal digits that makes one number slightly different than another. The difference isn't great to round when the number is ...

I will code your EAs and Indicators for no charge

Now, I realize that using the timestamp plus pair combo is unique enough. In your case, having an alert for the pair should be enough and it doesn't matter if both charts are captured. The idea of a GUI interface to the INI file is good. I don't ...

Email alert app to send screenshot?

A unique Id is a challenge. I was capturing trade activity not price levels, so I used the ticket Id. If there are multiple charts for the same pair with indicators, the timestamp won't be unique. You may need to add a sequence number, but that's no ...

Email alert app to send screenshot?