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  • #21
  • Nov 21, 2008 8:52am Nov 21, 2008 8:52am
Shut down MT. In Explorer go to the experts\indicators folder. Sort by type. Delete all ex4 (except the ones you have installed for which you have no source code.). Delete all mq4 you do not want. Delete the dat file.
Restart MT. The remaining indicators will be recompiled fresh. They should now show in the Navigator window.
I'm not sure about greyed-out - maybe that means exe without source.(?)...
  • #22
  • Nov 21, 2008 10:39am Nov 21, 2008 10:39am
Quoting england33
i have a new problem with metatrader4.. i have installed too many indicators and when i try to select custom indicator i can only select so many and the one's at the bottom of the menu are shown but not available and are grayed out.
At the risk of being redundant, are you using the navigator? Are they gray in the navigator or just on the insert menu?
  • #23
  • Nov 23, 2008 4:52pm Nov 23, 2008 4:52pm
Quoting nvwine
At the risk of being redundant, are you using the navigator? Are they gray in the navigator or just on the insert menu?
your not.. no not in navigator and they show in the insert menu but are grayed out. insert/indicators/custom (list of indicators but the ones on the bottom of the available selections are grayed out)..
Before Forex I was tall, and clean shaven. Now I am an Ewok.
  • #24
  • Nov 23, 2008 4:53pm Nov 23, 2008 4:53pm
Quoting Kenz987
Shut down MT. In Explorer go to the expertsindicators folder. Sort by type. Delete all ex4 (except the ones you have installed for which you have no source code.). Delete all mq4 you do not want. Delete the dat file.
Restart MT. The remaining indicators will be recompiled fresh. They should now show in the Navigator window.
I'm not sure about greyed-out - maybe that means exe without source.(?)...
ok i'll give this a shot.
trading right now. i'll give an update later if it works.
thanks for the reply/help..
Before Forex I was tall, and clean shaven. Now I am an Ewok.
  • #25
  • Nov 23, 2008 5:04pm Nov 23, 2008 5:04pm
Quoting england33
your not.. no not in navigator and they show in the insert menu but are grayed out. insert/indicators/custom (list of indicators but the ones on the bottom of the available selections are grayed out)..
The navigator I'm talking about is not part of the editor. In MT4 press Ctrl+N or select it on the 'view' menu. If you use insert feature you will often have problems with the bottom of the list. I have a long list of indicators on one platform, probably 80% are grayed out when viewed through the insert feature. They are all available through the navigator. The navigator is also a great way to delete and modify indicators. Right click on an indicator and you can delete it. I'm talking about the 'custom indicators'.
  • #26
  • Nov 24, 2008 7:57am Nov 24, 2008 7:57am
Quoting nvwine
The navigator I'm talking about is not part of the editor. In MT4 press Ctrl+N or select it on the 'view' menu. If you use insert feature you will often have problems with the bottom of the list. I have a long list of indicators on one platform, probably 80% are grayed out when viewed through the insert feature. They are all available through the navigator. The navigator is also a great way to delete and modify indicators. Right click on an indicator and you can delete it. I'm talking about the 'custom indicators'.
that was easy.
Before Forex I was tall, and clean shaven. Now I am an Ewok.
  • #27
  • Mar 2, 2009 12:17pm Mar 2, 2009 12:17pm
I am having a similar issue with Zup v81. The indicator is available in my custom indicators folder in navigator but does not seem to actually 'do' anything. I have successfully compiled this as well. In a related note, has anyone ported this indicator to Tradestation? If not or if so, I would be willing to pay a coder to do this work. Thanks!
  • #28
  • Mar 2, 2009 12:43pm Mar 2, 2009 12:43pm
Some indicators need the information of other icustom indicators and this is one of them I guess.

If you don’t have the indis the program refers to it won’t work:

ha[i]=iCustom(NULL,GrossPeriod,"ZigZag_new_nen4",minBars,ExtDeviation,ExtBackstep,1,1,bigshift);

{
ha[i]=iCustom(NULL,GrossPeriod,"DT_ZZ_nen",minBars,1,1,bigshift);

nen_ZigZag[i]=iCustom(NULL,GrossPeriod,"CZigZag",minBars,ExtDeviation,0,bigshift);

{
ha[i]=iCustom(NULL,GrossPeriod,"Swing_ZZ_1",minBars,1,1,bigshift);
  • #29
  • Mar 2, 2009 3:33pm Mar 2, 2009 3:33pm
Quoting Kenz987
I'm not sure about greyed-out - maybe that means exe without source.(?)...
Overflow Too many indicators in the experts/indicators folder. I think 100 is the limit.
  • #30
  • Mar 2, 2009 3:40pm Mar 2, 2009 3:40pm
It's very odd. I updated the code per your post and restarted MetaTrader. The first new chart I opened it seemed to work. I closed that chart and tried to apply to another new chart but now I get nothing. Have restarted MT and nothing. Does that sound right? Also regarding my question on coding; is this available in tradestation and/or someone willing to code this in easylanguage please email/PM me.
Quoting cobraforex
[font=Arial]Some indicators need the information of other icustom indicators and this is one of them I guess.

If you don’t have the indis the program refers to it won’t work:

ha[i]=iCustom(NULL,GrossPeriod,"ZigZag_new_nen4",minBars,ExtDeviation,ExtBackstep,1,1,bigshift);

[font=Arial]...
  • #31
  • Mar 2, 2009 3:57pm Mar 2, 2009 3:57pm
Quoting knocks420
It's very odd. I updated the code per your post and restarted MetaTrader. The first new chart I opened it seemed to work. I closed that chart and tried to apply to another new chart but now I get nothing. Have restarted MT and nothing. Does that sound right? Also regarding my question on coding; is this available in tradestation and/or someone willing to code this in easylanguage please email/PM me.
It's not an update of the code, it's part of the code and the 4 indicators required to get the zub working I high lighted in bold letter.
  • #32
  • Mar 2, 2009 4:06pm Mar 2, 2009 4:06pm
My bad. I changed the filenames of the indicators so had to manually update the code. In any event it worked once and now has stopped. I had a previous version running on a few charts. I've deleted this indicator, restarted, etc. Very strange...
  • #33
  • Mar 2, 2009 4:14pm Mar 2, 2009 4:14pm
Quoting knocks420
My bad. I changed the filenames of the indicators so had to manually update the code. In any event it worked once and now has stopped. I had a previous version running on a few charts. I've deleted this indicator, restarted, etc. Very strange...
Somewhere deep in my indicator box I found this one, may be it helps you.

It includes all 5 files you need.
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File Type: zip ZUP_v76.zip   55 KB | 426 downloads
  • #34
  • Mar 2, 2009 4:18pm Mar 2, 2009 4:18pm
Ok, the indicator will display ONCE but if you attempt to change the periodicity it will not work. This is with version v81 which as far as I can tell only plots some generalized information BUT it does plot the PRZ which would be interesting to know. Let me try your indicator version to see the differences. Appreciate your help!
  • #35
  • Last Post: Mar 2, 2009 4:29pm Mar 2, 2009 4:29pm
Hmm, v76 also won't let me cycle through periodicity in different charts. I can't keep restarting metatrader every time. Is there a refresh method or is this how the indicator is designed?
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