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Installing indicators and templates on mt4

  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 1, 2014 4:02pm Nov 1, 2014 4:02pm
Hi Guys,I have not been on here or mt4 for a while and it seems I cannot put indicators on mt4 or templates any more ,has things changed?



Tedge
  • #2
  • Nov 1, 2014 4:48pm Nov 1, 2014 4:48pm
All files have been moved to new location on your computer with mt4 builds after 600

You can find these folders via the open metatrader platform,
File>Open Data Folder> for templates & profiles

Experts, Scripts & Indicator folders are within the MQL4 folder

Video explains:

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It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #3
  • Nov 7, 2014 9:15am Nov 7, 2014 9:15am
Can anyone help here please..I have watched the video but I am still lost,why do they always have to change things......anyone? Thanks to Shabs19 btw
  • #4
  • Nov 7, 2014 11:15am Nov 7, 2014 11:15am
The main reason they had to do this, is to make money selling products & signals via the market & signals tabs below in the terminal window.

Also the huge failure of uptake of the latest MT5 platform, so a slow merging of MT4 to MT5 had to happen.
As a compromise they had to retain the usability of ex4 files of older MT4 codes, as the new MT4 compiler would not compile properly anymore.
Hence all the old MQ4 indicators, scripts & EA's will need to be rewritten in the new MQL4 language to work.

I imagine at some point they will switch off either MT4 or MT5.

The new location of files is the main gripe, as they are now hidden and have to be accessed through the platform via "Open Data Folder".

http://docs.mql4.com/mql4changes

http://www.metaquotes.net/en/metatrader4/news/4100

http://forexmagnates.com/mql4-and-mq...on-metatrader/

I don't understand " I am still lost". Is it how to place files in MT4 or something else ?
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #5
  • Edited 11:55am Nov 7, 2014 11:44am | Edited 11:55am
Hi Shabs,what I mean by "I AM STILL LOST" is exactly what I mean,when I down load an indicator I understand I then go file,open data file.MQL4,.....then what?how do I then get the indies on the chart?

Tedge
  • #6
  • Nov 7, 2014 1:03pm Nov 7, 2014 1:03pm
Double click MQL4, the folders are all there.
Double click Indicators folder to see the files and copy there.
Close everything down & restart MT4.

Older Indicators, copy only the ex4 files, only use MQ4 files that are coded to work in the newer MT4 builds.
If you do not have ex4 files, only the MQ4 then you would have to use an old metatrader compiler (pre 600 ) or an external
program to convert MQ4 into EX4

Note : The only folders that you will not see here are the Templates & Profiles.
You can put these in the way you used to do on the old MT4.
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #7
  • Nov 7, 2014 2:16pm Nov 7, 2014 2:16pm
Hi Shabs,ok so after copying where do i paste?
  • #8
  • Nov 7, 2014 3:38pm Nov 7, 2014 3:38pm
After copying your indicator file, left click into a space in your open indicators folder
then right click, in the context menu click paste.

Or you can drag the indicator file from your desktop into the open indicators folder.
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #9
  • Nov 8, 2014 2:43am Nov 8, 2014 2:43am
Thanks very much for your help Shabs but I now have nothing in my custom indies on mt4 ,God knows what I have done

Tedge
  • #10
  • Nov 8, 2014 3:28am Nov 8, 2014 3:28am
Try saving all your indicators in a folder on your desktop. This way it will be easier to copy & paste indicators either individually or all in one go.
You do know where you are copying your files to now ?
You do understand how to copy & paste ?
This is all basic stuff. The only thing that has changed from before is the location of folders & how to access them.

If you have accidentally deleted your indicators, then right click undo or restore them from your recycle bin.

If you are still having problems, send me a pm and we can talk & share screen on skype.
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #11
  • Nov 9, 2014 8:56am Nov 9, 2014 8:56am
Shabir.I carn't thank you enough,every thing tickety boo many many thanks

Tedge
  • #12
  • Jul 16, 2020 6:06am Jul 16, 2020 6:06am
Would really appreciate the help here,

How can i apply a template to an indicator that is within a sub folder of the indicator folder?

Example:

i download a bunch of indis and a template from FF following a subs thread, Great!

I've done this so many times, my main directory of indicators is flooded, so i create sub-folders with the name of the strategy and dump the indis related to that strategy in there.

BUT now , applying the template doesn't work, the template doesn't "see" the indicators,

I have to manually recreate the template and save it while using the indicators in the folder.

Any thought on how it would be possible to make this work?
  • #13
  • Jul 16, 2020 7:31am Jul 16, 2020 7:31am
Quoting bfxt
Would really appreciate the help here, How can i apply a template to an indicator that is within a sub folder of the indicator folder? Example: i download a bunch of indis and a template from FF following a subs thread, Great! I've done this so many times, my main directory of indicators is flooded, so i create sub-folders with the name of the strategy and dump the indis related to that strategy in there. BUT now , applying the template doesn't work, the template doesn't "see" the indicators, I have to manually recreate the template and save it...
Just open template with notepad, add path to the indicator
Search <indicator> first, and
under there,
<expert>
name=xxxxx

Now, add your path
name=<foldername>\xxxxx

and save.

example:
<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=RSIIndicators\QQE Adv
flags=339
window_num=3



That should take care without recreating template.
  • #14
  • Last Post: Jul 17, 2020 2:55am Jul 17, 2020 2:55am
Quoting BlueRain
{quote} Just open template with notepad, add path to the indicator Search <indicator> first, and under there, <expert> name=xxxxx Now, add your path name=<foldername>\xxxxx and save. example: <indicator> name=Custom Indicator <expert> name=RSIIndicators\QQE Adv flags=339 window_num=3 That should take care without recreating template.
BlueRain, thank you so much
Really appreciate the time you took to explain this,
it's exactly what i was looking for

All the best man,
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