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OrderComment() Question

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 21, 2010 11:57am Mar 21, 2010 11:57am
Hi.

Can anyone advise.

When I part close an order within my EA the order comment is automatically changed from what I had set it to when opening the order to "Split from #<Order No.>"

How can I retain my origional order comment or change the order comment at the time of part closure?

Any help appreciated, Thanks
  • #2
  • Edited Mar 22, 2010 2:35am Mar 21, 2010 2:13pm | Edited Mar 22, 2010 2:35am
Quoting ta2oo
Hi.

Can anyone advise.

When I part close an order within my EA the order comment is automatically changed from what I had set it to when opening the order to "Split from #<Order No.>"

How can I retain my origional order comment or change the order comment at the time of part closure?

Any help appreciated, Thanks
After selecting an order with orderselect and before u close part of the trade do this:

OrderSelect(....);
string newOrderComment = "from #" + OrderTicket();
OrderClose(....);

newOrderComment is the new comment of the remaining part
  • #3
  • Mar 21, 2010 9:27pm Mar 21, 2010 9:27pm
You cannot change it.

Neither OrderClose() nor OrderModify() allow you to change the comment of an existing order. The second posting in this thread must be some strange kind of joke. This will of course not work.
  • #4
  • Edited 2:38am Mar 22, 2010 1:49am | Edited 2:38am
Quoting 7bit
You cannot change it.

Neither OrderClose() nor OrderModify() allow you to change the comment of an existing order. The second posting in this thread must be some strange kind of joke. This will of course not work.
No you can't change ordercomment, but what I meant was that he can get the new comment of the remaining part by doing what I wrote and so he can still manage the remaining part
  • #5
  • Last Post: Mar 22, 2010 6:10pm Mar 22, 2010 6:10pm
Quoting NowAndLater
No you can't change ordercomment, but what I meant was that he can get the new comment of the remaining part by doing what I wrote and so he can still manage the remaining part
Thanks for your comments guys. I'm managing multiple orders from multiple timeframes some part closed others not, may take some coding to acheive what I'm after with your suggestion NowAndLater. Thank you though.

I've found solace in Magic Numbers, it seems stable and does what I'd planned.

I'm sure as my programming skills improve I'll have more taxing questions for you.

Thanks again. L8rs
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