News Dashboard

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News Dashboard (update 2.40)
1) Added mql5.com calendar for MT5 version (www.mql5.com/en/economic-calendar).

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#property strict
 
//path and name of the 'News Dashboard'
string resource_name = "\\Experts\\News_Dashboard_demo.ex5" + "::csv";
 
//arrays for the resource
union UintChar{uint arr_uint[250]; uchar arr_char[1000];};UintChar csv;
struct NewsStruct
   {
   string   title;
   string   country;
   datetime time_event;
   int      time_remain;
   int      impact;
   string   forecast;
   string   previous;
   string   actual;
   };
NewsStruct NEWS[2];  //will receive previous news [0] and next [1]
uint w;uint h;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnStart()
{
//take the resource
if(ResourceReadImage(resource_name,csv.arr_uint,w,h))
   {
   string txt=CharArrayToString(csv.arr_char);
   string result_lines[];
   int    lines=StringSplit(txt,0x0a,result_lines);
  
   //convert resource to the news
   if(lines>0)  
      {
      LineToStruct(result_lines[0], NEWS[0]); //previous news [0]
      LineToStruct(result_lines[1], NEWS[1]); //next news [1]
      }
   //Checking what we received
   //text of the Previous news
   string txt_prev_news=TimeToString(NEWS[0].time_event,TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES)+" "+
                        NEWS[0].country+" "+
                        NEWS[0].title+" "+
                        ", remain (sec): "+IntegerToString(NEWS[0].time_remain)+
                        ", impact: "+IntegerToString(NEWS[0].impact)+
                        ", forecast: "+NEWS[0].forecast+
                        ", previous: "+NEWS[0].previous+
                        ", actual: "+NEWS[0].actual;
  
   //text of the Next news
   string txt_next_news=TimeToString(NEWS[1].time_event,TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES)+" "+
                        NEWS[1].country+" "+
                        NEWS[1].title+" "+
                        ", remain (sec): "+IntegerToString(NEWS[1].time_remain)+
                        ", impact: "+IntegerToString(NEWS[1].impact)+
                        ", forecast: "+NEWS[1].forecast+
                        ", previous: "+NEWS[1].previous+
                        ", actual: "+NEWS[1].actual;
  
   Comment(txt_prev_news+"\n"+txt_next_news);
   }
else
   Comment("News_Dashboard not found!\nCheck the path and the parameter 'Make news for an EA'\n"+resource_name);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void LineToStruct(string txt, NewsStruct &news)
{
string   result[];
int n=StringSplit(txt,',',result);
if(n==8)
   {
   news.title=result[0];
   news.country=result[1];
   news.time_event=StringToTime(result[2]);
   news.time_remain=(int)StringToInteger(result[3]);
   news.impact=(int)StringToInteger(result[4]);
   news.forecast=result[5];
   news.previous=result[6];
   news.actual=result[7];
   }
}