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  • #561
  • Apr 1, 2009 8:08am Apr 1, 2009 8:08am
Hi I was able to get this not sure how to get dots instead
Thanks tropheus
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  • #562
  • Apr 2, 2009 1:01am Apr 2, 2009 1:01am
Quoting tropheus
Hi I was able to get this not sure how to get dots instead
Thanks tropheus
Run FFcal.EXE, press Esc and then F9. Are the news events showing on this screen (see the first screenshot below)?

-- If not: then they haven't been downloaded from FF calendar, and the problem lies in the blue-boxed section of the second screenshot below. Please ensure that you have the same parameter settings as mine. This will download all news events for the current week (starting 3/29/2009).

[NOTE: The only possible difference is the blue-arrowed parameter, which needs to be set to the time difference between your broker's MT4 time, and New York time. My broker, MIG, is 6 hours ahead of New York, hence I've entered 6 here. However, whatever value you enter won't stop the news events from being downloaded, it will only affect which candles the symbols get plotted under. For more info on Time Settings, please se eth Daylight Saving section back in post #550].

-- If so: check that the parameter settings in the red boxed areas are the same as mine. These are filters which determine which news events (that have been downloaded from FF, and are shown in the first screenshot) actually get plotted. Make sure that the date range includes the current week, and that you have the chart timeframes checked in the "Show on" area (e.g. if you leave H4 checked off, then news events won't show on H4 charts). Also make sure that the "Time" button is selected (see the red arrow).

Are you still getting an error message like "Path not found" or "File not found"? Hopefully you've got the correct path/file typed into the green area. If you are getting an error message, refer to the Troubleshooting section in post #1.

Please try with the parameter settings in the screenshot, click the OK button at the bottom left of the screen, and then attach the Plot_News indicator to your chart. If the symbols still don't appear, please post the same screenshot as mine, so that I can see the parameters that you've entered. The more info that you give me, the better I can try to help you.
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  • #563
  • Apr 3, 2009 6:56pm Apr 3, 2009 6:56pm
Quoting hanover
Run FFcal.EXE, press Esc and then F9. Are the news events showing on this screen (see the first screenshot below)?

-- If not: then they haven't been downloaded from FF calendar, and the problem lies in the blue-boxed section of the second screenshot below. Please ensure that you have the same parameter settings as mine. This will download all news events for the current week (starting 3/29/2009).

[NOTE: The only possible difference is the blue-arrowed parameter, which needs to be...

Thanks hanover I will try over the weekend
  • #564
  • Apr 5, 2009 1:07pm Apr 5, 2009 1:07pm
Hi. I don't seem to get any news plotted after the April 1 US crude oil inventories event. I looked at the F9 screen and the news events have been downloaded from FXFactory and there is nothing strange looking about the data for the last event that was plotted. So nothing obvious for me to go in to correct on that news events data line.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue.

Thanks,

PippiLong
  • #565
  • Apr 5, 2009 1:16pm Apr 5, 2009 1:16pm
I deleted the crude oil event and everything seems to plot fine now. Not sure if that is what fixed it or not though.

Thanks,

PippiLong
  • #566
  • Apr 5, 2009 8:12pm Apr 5, 2009 8:12pm
Quoting PippiLong
Hi. I don't seem to get any news plotted after the April 1 US crude oil inventories event. I looked at the F9 screen and the news events have been downloaded from FXFactory and there is nothing strange looking about the data for the last event that was plotted. So nothing obvious for me to go in to correct on that news events data line.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue.

Thanks,

PippiLong
Pippi, I can't seem to reproduce your error on my config here. The Crude Oil event, and all subsequent events, are plotting OK for me. Like you, I can't see any unusual characters in any of the fields.
  • #567
  • Apr 5, 2009 9:15pm Apr 5, 2009 9:15pm
Just when I'm feeling full of myself and my programming skills- I find myself humbled again! Great Indicator(at least from programming standpoint). Back to the books for me.
FF = Forex Faggots
  • #568
  • Edited 10:40pm Apr 5, 2009 10:05pm | Edited 10:40pm
Quoting hanover
Run FFcal.EXE, press Esc and then F9. Are the news events showing on this screen (see the first screenshot below)?

-- If not: then they haven't been downloaded from FF calendar, and the problem lies in the blue-boxed section of the second screenshot below. Please ensure that you have the same parameter settings as mine. This will download all news events for the current week (starting 3/29/2009).

[NOTE: The only possible difference is the blue-arrowed parameter, which needs to be...
This is what i am getting now cant upload image try later
  • #569
  • Apr 6, 2009 3:18am Apr 6, 2009 3:18am
Quoting 8fingers
Just when I'm feeling full of myself and my programming skills- I find myself humbled again! Great Indicator(at least from programming standpoint). Back to the books for me.
8F, thanks for the feedback. Compared to trading profitably, programming is child's play. Well, that's been my experience, LOL. The more charts that I look at, the more I come to appreciate the wisdom behind Keynes' quote: "the markets can remain irrational longer than a trader can remain solvent".
  • #570
  • Apr 17, 2009 1:07pm Apr 17, 2009 1:07pm
Hanover, Am in a hurry to get to work, so apologize if this is out of order, but have now bought my little netbook with the SIM card in hope of starting to practice trading again after being stopped since arriveal in NY Nov. 3. The problem is that the window for Build News.CSV from FF calendar is too big for my 10" screen and am unable to click the button at the bottom of the window to make the FF_cal program download the data. All efforts to get the button on the screen have failed. Have tried right-clicking something at upper left that says "size" and also "move" but can't get it to do anything. Am used now to windows 2000 only. This is XP. Would be grateful for any suggestion.

At the risk of straying from the requisite programming content, am highly schocked and disgusted to hear that NFA has apparently outlawed hedging as possible using MT4 starting May 15. (See FF article "No more hedging says NFA!!!!") This will make it necessary to open two accounts - if I get beyond the practice stage - which will no doubt be twice as expensive. Hope it's not true, Best, Bruce
  • #571
  • Apr 17, 2009 3:59pm Apr 17, 2009 3:59pm
Quoting brucewhain
Hanover, Am in a hurry to get to work, so apologize if this is out of order, but have now bought my little netbook with the SIM card in hope of starting to practice trading again after being stopped since arriveal in NY Nov. 3. The problem is that the window for Build News.CSV from FF calendar is too big for my 10" screen and am unable to click the button at the bottom of the window to make the FF_cal program download the data. All efforts to get the button on the screen have failed. Have tried right-clicking something at upper left that says "size"...
Sorry, Bruce, I don't have a solution, apart from possibly changing your screen resolution (right click on your wallpaper, select Properties, and then the Settings tab).

In the next version, I'll enable a function key (e.g. F10) that, if pressed, performs the same function as clicking the OK button. The ENTER key is currently supposed to do this, but I can't seem to get it to work consistently.
  • #572
  • Apr 18, 2009 12:20am Apr 18, 2009 12:20am
Quoting hanover
Sorry, Bruce, I don't have a solution, apart from possibly changing your screen resolution (right click on your wallpaper, select Properties, and then the Settings tab).

In the next version, I'll enable a function key (e.g. F10) that, if pressed, performs the same function as clicking the OK button. The ENTER key is currently supposed to do this, but I can't seem to get it to work consistently.

When I run FFcal.exe, the "Enter" key works for me to run the script. (I use XP). After it runs, an "Escape" key quits the database editor, then I hit the top-right "X" to quit the program. It is a trivial 3 keystrokes for me and works every time.

If for you the first "Enter" doesn't work, try first hitting "Shift+Tab" twice and THEN hit "Enter". The shift-plus-tab keys (together) move your focus backwards on the form, and hitting them twice for me gets my focus to the "OK" button.

Good luck.
  • #573
  • Apr 20, 2009 4:03pm Apr 20, 2009 4:03pm
Thanks, was able to start & download by pressing "enter" after using setup. Would like to get in on conversation about hedging in other thread. think I will go to Alpari (UK) since hedging is necessary for me.
Battery is out but I have billiard balls. B.
  • #574
  • Apr 28, 2009 4:31pm Apr 28, 2009 4:31pm
FFcal.EXE v 1.33 (includes News Composite indicator) is now available.

See post #1 in this thread for installation details.

See here to download and use the NCI indicator.
  • #575
  • Edited 9:10pm Apr 28, 2009 8:50pm | Edited 9:10pm
Dear hanover,

Update has just come out, but I have to report a problem.
I don't know whether this problem is already known.

I just found that MT4 has a critical problem.
If the size of object name has been over 64 bytes,
buffer overflow has occured and memory has been broken.
So some news events has not been displayed correctly.

For example,

2009.04.29 04:01;1;143;1;ALL;111110000;04:01 GBP L "BOE Financial Stability Report <"Tentative">" 14443;[Wed 13:01]

About this data (created by FFcal.EXE), object name edited by Plot_News.ex4 will be over 64 bytes, and will not be displayed correctly.

Thanks,

Micky
  • #576
  • Apr 29, 2009 2:20am Apr 29, 2009 2:20am
Quoting Micky
Dear hanover,

Update has just come out, but I have to report a problem.
I don't know whether this problem is already known.

I just found that MT4 has a critical problem.
If the size of object name has been over 64 bytes,
buffer overflow has occured and memory has been broken.
So some news events has not been displayed correctly.

For example,

2009.04.29 04:01;1;143;1;ALL;111110000;04:01 GBP L "BOE Financial Stability Report <"Tentative">" 14443;[Wed 13:01]

About this data (created by FFcal.EXE), object name edited by...
Micky, you are correct. The largest object name that MT4 will allow is 62 bytes.

I just looked at FF calendar, and that particular news event has been deleted. I don't know why. But it means that if you download this week's news again, it should fix the error.

I will make a permament fix in the next release, i.e. limit the description FFcal.EXE outputs to MT4 to the first 40 characters. This means that the largest possible object name will be 13 + 40 + 8 = 61 bytes.

Thanks for pointing this out.

David
  • #577
  • Apr 29, 2009 2:32am Apr 29, 2009 2:32am
This fixes the bug described by Micky two posts back. Descriptions output to News.CSV are now truncated at 40 characters. This means that the largest possible object name will be 13 + 40 + 8 = 61 bytes.

Download from post #1 in the usual manner.
  • #578
  • Apr 29, 2009 3:45am Apr 29, 2009 3:45am
Hanover thank you very much for your great indicator
  • #579
  • Edited 4:48am Apr 29, 2009 4:04am | Edited 4:48am
Quoting hanover
This fixes the bug described by Micky two posts back. Descriptions output to News.CSV are now truncated at 40 characters. This means that the largest possible object name will be 13 + 40 + 8 = 61 bytes.

Download from post #1 in the usual manner.
Hi David,

I'm getting a problem attempting to load the current calendar info (have loaded the archive from 2006-Jan2009 ok). It's looking for calend~1.php (which is the first line of FFCal.INI) and shows this pop-up for each week for which data is missing (ie. since end Jan09).

Am I being totally stupid or what?

Note my MT4 is in C:Tools rather than Crogram Files.

Cheers,
David

Update: managed to load the data week-by-week by changing the names of all the downloaded calendar.php@c=... files to calendar.php.htm one-by-one and switching off the 'Auto-set/Auto Calendar Load' switches... Don't remember having this problem before though.
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  • #580
  • Edited 4:55am Apr 29, 2009 4:38am | Edited 4:55am
Quoting d-Squared
Hi David,

I'm getting a problem attempting to load the current calendar info (have loaded the archive from 2006-Jan2009 ok). It's looking for calend~1.php (which is the first line of FFCal.INI) and shows this pop-up for each week for which data is missing (ie. since end Jan09).

Am I being totally stupid or what?

Note my MT4 is in C:Tools rather than Crogram Files.

Cheers,
David
O hell ...... this is the one error I don't know how to fix. It's been reported maybe a dozen times but I've never been able to reproduce it on either of my Win-98 and Win-XP configs. All I can suggest is that you try reinstalling Plot_News/FFcal.EXE into a different folder. Also, try downloading different date ranges to see if it occurs with some but not others. There are some more suggestions in the Troubleshooting section in post #1.

I have no idea why FFcal.EXE runs perfectly on the vast majority of user computers, but this error occurs - intermittently it would seem - on the others. There must be something different - maybe some anti-virus or firewall app you have running in the background - that others don't have. Or perhaps it is caused by something else.

I've attached v 1.33 to this post - maybe it will run OK, even if v 1.34 doesn't.

Also an @[email protected] that contains news events between Jan 1, 2006 and May 1, 2009, if that helps. But you'll probably need to adjust the news event date/times to your MT4 broker. See posts #510, #517, #550 for more info.

Is there anybody else who has encountered this error? Did you manage to overcome it, and if so, can you remember how?
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