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- #222
- Apr 26, 2023 4:45pm Apr 26, 2023 4:45pm
- Joined Apr 2007 | Status: Trader | 1,016 Posts
I have just noticed the News Reader has stopped working, it was fine until today. Showing no events at all, when clearly there are. Has the source of the news changed again ?
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I am not having any trouble with the 30-Nov-2021 'News reader.ex4' downloaded from post #1.
It downloads news file(s) into the Open_Data_Folder -> MQL4/Files/ folder.
If you add it to a chart, change TF's, click on a button (such as the "||" icon that displays the vertical news lines), then it also creates additional file(s) starting with "nr-" You could quit MT4, delete these files, and restart MT4. If not already added to a chart, do so. See if that works. (Shabs found ~30 of these files and deleted them!)
As you can see, mine looks fine:
- #226
- Sep 18, 2024 3:06pm Sep 18, 2024 3:06pm
- Joined Apr 2007 | Status: Trader | 1,016 Posts
Hi Mladen,
Most likely you noticed my recent post in another thread regarding a new limit by ForexFactory on the number of downloads of the XML file, likely now just twice every 5 minutes or so; and no point to download it much more often than once per hour, because it isn't updated much.
If the limit is exceeded:
ALL FF XML news readers -- including yours -- should be made smarter to download the XML file and store it to the Common Files folder so that:
1) The timestamp can be checked, and not try to download a new XML file until at least every 5-10 minutes, and better if >= once-per-hour.
2) Check the validity of any newly downloaded XML file to be sure it is the actual XML news file and not the new error message page. Only if valid should it replace the stored XML news file. (Obviously, any OTHER un-enhanced news programs could use up the allotted limit, so each news reader needs to be tolerant of that possible error).
3) Since the URL is: https://nfs.faireconomy.media/ff_calendar_thisweek.xml
... I suggest to save the file in Common \Files\ folder as 'ff_calendar_thisweek.xml'
All FF XML news reader tools can look for it by that name (perhaps even if the URL changes in the future)
4)
While we're on the topic of enhancements/changes, I wish that your labels next to the VLINE's would mention either the 3-letter Currency name, or possibly just 1 letter, maybe 2 as described here:
AUD = A
CAD = C or Ca
CHF = S (Switzerland) or Ch
CNY = P (People's Republic of China, aka PRC)
EUR = E
GBP = G
JPY = J
NZD = N
USD = U
At present, the news titles don't mention any CCY name, so to know it, you have to mouse-over the VLINE and wait for the Tooltip to come up (Unless >1 overlapping VLINES of different CCY events). For me, sometimes it takes far too long for tooltips to appear, so better if the CCY info was already there in the title.
Most likely you noticed my recent post in another thread regarding a new limit by ForexFactory on the number of downloads of the XML file, likely now just twice every 5 minutes or so; and no point to download it much more often than once per hour, because it isn't updated much.
If the limit is exceeded:
ALL FF XML news readers -- including yours -- should be made smarter to download the XML file and store it to the Common Files folder so that:
1) The timestamp can be checked, and not try to download a new XML file until at least every 5-10 minutes, and better if >= once-per-hour.
2) Check the validity of any newly downloaded XML file to be sure it is the actual XML news file and not the new error message page. Only if valid should it replace the stored XML news file. (Obviously, any OTHER un-enhanced news programs could use up the allotted limit, so each news reader needs to be tolerant of that possible error).
3) Since the URL is: https://nfs.faireconomy.media/ff_calendar_thisweek.xml
... I suggest to save the file in Common \Files\ folder as 'ff_calendar_thisweek.xml'
All FF XML news reader tools can look for it by that name (perhaps even if the URL changes in the future)
4)
While we're on the topic of enhancements/changes, I wish that your labels next to the VLINE's would mention either the 3-letter Currency name, or possibly just 1 letter, maybe 2 as described here:
AUD = A
CAD = C or Ca
CHF = S (Switzerland) or Ch
CNY = P (People's Republic of China, aka PRC)
EUR = E
GBP = G
JPY = J
NZD = N
USD = U
At present, the news titles don't mention any CCY name, so to know it, you have to mouse-over the VLINE and wait for the Tooltip to come up (Unless >1 overlapping VLINES of different CCY events). For me, sometimes it takes far too long for tooltips to appear, so better if the CCY info was already there in the title.
- #228
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