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  • #21
  • Edited 7:37am Sep 9, 2019 6:24am | Edited 7:37am
Hello Albry and Hanover,
Could you edit this script and remove the PageUp / Home function?
I would just like to use it to toggle the symbols so as to quickly view recent prices.


Edit 1:

I had a progress ...

If "Amount of Historical data (pages)" is "0", the script will not do PageUp.

Now I need to know how to make the script not change the position and zoom of the graph.


Edit 2:

I think the script is now what I wanted.
In order not to zoom I removed : 'Send, {NumpadSub 6}'
In order not to change the position of the chart I removed: "{end}"
  • #22
  • Feb 19, 2020 11:19am Feb 19, 2020 11:19am
Hi Gargindia and EugeneS,

Not here that often lately, but just came back and noticed your comments, so thanks!

Hi TrendLover,

Glad you seem to have gotten done what you were trying to do.
However from your initial question, if I am not mistaken, it seems you may actually be looking for something more like a symbol changer.
Try searching FF for "symbol changer", there are lots of them.

In terms of your code changes, congratulations on taking the time to learn and implement.
If you haven't already, please have a search for the AutoHotKeys scripting manual, as it should allow you to understand the code syntax even better...

Cheers,
Al
  • #23
  • Jun 26, 2020 7:16pm Jun 26, 2020 7:16pm
I have a problem. Some symbols have special characters like "#" and the autohotkey script does not recognize that character.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?


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  • #24
  • Jun 27, 2020 4:03pm Jun 27, 2020 4:03pm
Quoting Nathan.Fx
I have a problem. Some symbols have special characters like "#" and the autohotkey script does not recognize that character. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
It seems that you're running a version of the app that is not available in this thread (it offers 21 timeframes whereas all of the versions I've seen have only the 9 MT4 factory supplied timeframes).

Anyway, autohotkey interprets # as the 'Windows' key on your keyboard. To work around this, try putting the # symbol inside curly braces, e.g. instead of #AA,#AAPL, try {#}AA,{#}AAPL, etc.

More info on this page of the online autohotkey manual, if anybody's interested.
  • #25
  • Jun 27, 2020 7:46pm Jun 27, 2020 7:46pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} It seems that you're running a version of the app that is not available in this thread (it offers 21 timeframes whereas all of the versions I've seen have only the 9 MT4 factory supplied timeframes). Anyway, autohotkey interprets # as the 'Windows' key on your keyboard. To work around this, try putting the # symbol inside curly braces, e.g. instead of #AA,#AAPL, try {#}AA,{#}AAPL, etc. More info on this page of the online autohotkey manual, if anybody's interested.

Thank you very much, it solved my problem.

It's the same script for this topic, I just made some adjustments to MT5 timeframes. I use this script to quickly view all symbols automatically.


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  • #26
  • Jun 28, 2020 7:27am Jun 28, 2020 7:27am
Quoting Nathan.Fx
I have a problem. Some symbols have special characters like "#" and the autohotkey script does not recognize that character. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Example: {image} {image}
Hi Nathan
May i know,the upper example picture in your post,is it from MT5 or MT4
this one
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  • #27
  • Edited 6:04pm Jun 28, 2020 8:57am | Edited 6:04pm
Quoting mntiwana
{quote} Hi Nathan May i know,the upper example picture in your post,is it from MT5 or MT4 this one {image}
MT4

Edit.: The example image is from the AHK Script "Load MT4 MT5 Price History.ahk"
  • #28
  • Jun 28, 2020 11:37pm Jun 28, 2020 11:37pm
Quoting mntiwana
May i know,the upper example picture in your post,is it from MT5 or MT4 this one
Hello sir,

This was originally a standalone app that I wrote using autohotkey and was designed to interact with MT4 (I've never installed MT5) by playing back a sequence of keystrokes that cause MT4 to load each pair/timeframe entered on the input screen, and then page back through each chart to force MT4 to load the historical data for each pair/timeframe.

Hope that makes sense.

David
  • #29
  • Jun 29, 2020 12:12am Jun 29, 2020 12:12am
Quoting hanover
{quote} Hello sir, This was originally a standalone app that I wrote using autohotkey and was designed to interact with MT4 (I've never installed MT5) by playing back a sequence of keystrokes that cause MT4 to load each pair/timeframe entered on the input screen, and then page back through each chart to force MT4 to load the historical data for each pair/timeframe. Hope that makes sense. David
Hello Kind David
Thanks for your response and appreciations for your detailed explanation -
regards
  • #30
  • Edited 11:05am Jul 22, 2020 10:36am | Edited 11:05am
Quoting hanover
{quote} Hello sir, This was originally a standalone app that I wrote using autohotkey and was designed to interact with MT4 (I've never installed MT5) by playing back a sequence of keystrokes that cause MT4 to load each pair/timeframe entered on the input screen, and then page back through each chart to force MT4 to load the historical data for each pair/timeframe. Hope that makes sense. David

Hi there buddy, is there any reason why the app only downloads 1Kb of data for each instrument? I installed a new instance of MT4 and launched the app (the original one), and it seems to work (I can see the symbols and timeframes changing, but it only downloads 1Kb of data for each symbol and timeframe, as if the page up command does not happen. Then I downloaded the version 4 of the app, where you can choose the amount of pages, ms delay etc.. And this one is not working, it does absolutely nothing when you open a chart and press ctrl + J. I made a video here to show:

https://file.io/jcP5qgkgqc3R


Can someone help?

EDIT

I chose to run as admin and now version 4 only seems to send page up command, but does not change timeframes and symbols. Version 3 works just like original version, does not matter how many pages of history you choose to load in settings, in 1min it just loads 1 day of data, 5min a couple of days.
  • #31
  • Edited 5:11am Jul 23, 2020 4:29am | Edited 5:11am
If anyone is interested, I have found a free indicator in MQL5 market that forces a complete historical data download for the symbol you load it in from M1 to MN, and then will jump to next symbol in your market watch list, very good:

https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/22919#
  • #32
  • Last Post: Jul 23, 2020 5:33pm Jul 23, 2020 5:33pm
Quoting Gauer
is there any reason why the app only downloads 1Kb of data for each instrument?
Hello sir,

I wrote only the original version, I haven't tested any of the others. This version worked fine on my computer, but I was running Windows 7 the last time that I tried it. The broker was Pacific Financial Derivatives, but I don't recall which MT4 build.

If both you and I are running the same version of the same software, then logically the cause of the problem is something else.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the amount of data that can be downloaded is determined by MT4 settings 'Max bars in history' and 'Max bars in chart' (press Ctrl-O and select the 'Charts' tab).

What happens if you press PageUp manually? Does it download additional data? If the answer is yes, then for some reason (that I can't possibly know) AHK's PageUp command is not recognized by your computer. However, nobody else has reported this type of issue.

Perhaps the problem is broker-related. Which broker are you using, and from which one of their servers did you log in to, to download the data? I need to know if I'm going to have any chance of reproducing the problem. You could try a different broker and compare results.

Like anything else, troubleshooting issues with software is always a case of trying different things, and using a process of elimination to try to determine where the cause most probably exists.

If you can't get the to work, there are some MQ4 scripts that 'force' MT4 to download historical data, e.g. here
https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?p=12400304#post12400304
I haven't tried any of them.

However, it might be quicker to download the data manually, than experimenting with different possible solutions.
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[EDIT] Glad you found another solution. On behalf of the community, thanks for sharing. I'd already typed the text above, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
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