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  • #601
  • May 12, 2009 7:43am May 12, 2009 7:43am
Works fine with Firefox too...
  • #602
  • May 12, 2009 11:15am May 12, 2009 11:15am
Thanks Hanover,

The one in your last post downloads fine (I downloaded it with firefox).

p.s. I was using firefox when trying to download the one in the first post.

Many thanks,

Pipalot
  • #603
  • May 17, 2009 5:52pm May 17, 2009 5:52pm
Hi Hanover, great indicator. I installed it according to your instructions. It shows the past news points no problem. However, it does not show any upcoming oes. Any ideas how I can get it fixed?

Rasto
  • #604
  • May 17, 2009 8:35pm May 17, 2009 8:35pm
Quoting hanover
I've attached the file to this post.

But I think you'll find the same problem occurs, because there's a bug in Internet Explorer that prevents downloading the complete file. The same problem has been reported while trying to download prior versions (e.g. see earlier post #276).

You could try downloading using a different browser, e.g. Mozilla Firefox or Opera. I just tried with Opera and it worked fine, at the first attempt.

If the ZIP file downloads successfully, the file size (viewed in 'My Computer') should show as 1,130 KB.

If you prefer,...
People still use IE???? eeeeeeeeeeeeeek
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  • #605
  • May 18, 2009 2:06am May 18, 2009 2:06am
Quoting rasto007
Hi Hanover, great indicator. I installed it according to your instructions. It shows the past news points no problem. However, it does not show any upcoming oes. Any ideas how I can get it fixed?

Rasto
Run FFcal.EXE, then press Esc, F9 and End.

Does the upcoming news show at the bottom of the list?

-- If not...........
You need to download the upcoming week from FF calendar. Press Esc, F5, and type Sunday's date (5/17/2009) into field "1" in the screenshot below. Click OK to process. Then press Esc, F9 and End again, and ensure that the coming week's news is present. Then toggle between timeframes on your MT4 chart (the one with Plot_News attached) to have it refresh the indicator with the latest data.

-- If so............
Check the date range in field "2" in the screenshot. Make sure that it includes the upcoming week. Click OK to process. Then toggle between timeframes on your MT4 chart (the one with Plot_News attached) to have it refresh the indicator with the latest data.

-- If none of the above solves your problem.........
Please post the same screenshot as mine, so that I can see the parameters you've entered, and I'll try to troubleshoot further for you.
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  • #606
  • May 19, 2009 3:39am May 19, 2009 3:39am
Hi Hanover... G R E A T job indeed now... I do have some question for you... in order to get as clear data as it can.... for example if today an announcement was made and the figure is ... 3.4% and after a period of time, that figure was revised at one moment... the app changed in the same time that figure? we should have in mind that some of the announcements are quarters and to be revised during next quarter.

another question... today is an announcement, was made, and after one week appear the forecast for the next time to be make again that announcement... it will your app catch it

i do ask this becauseI am very interested in collecting data in our future DB and in a DB we should have the precisely time when some revised or forecast are done



thx in advance

kerosen
Understanding the PAST, we can watch the PRESENT and look into the FUTURE
  • #607
  • May 26, 2009 11:04am May 26, 2009 11:04am
I have a simple question. How I can autorun FFcal.EXE after indicator "Alert after news" will show alert? I need automatic trade system based fundamental data along with technical analysis.
  • #608
  • May 26, 2009 2:23pm May 26, 2009 2:23pm
Quoting roman_mak
I have a simple question. How I can autorun FFcal.EXE after indicator "Alert after news" will show alert? I need automatic trade system based fundamental data along with technical analysis.
I'm afraid that this kind of facility is not avaialble yet.
  • #609
  • May 28, 2009 9:11am May 28, 2009 9:11am
Hi Hanover,

Quick question. Is it possible to use MT4's visualization options with ffcal? I tried it with 2 separate installations and unticking any one or combination of time frame options has no effect on news spots. I'd really need this since I do a lot of trend charting in higher TFs.

Thanks
Marco
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  • #610
  • May 28, 2009 4:49pm May 28, 2009 4:49pm
Quoting hybrid
Hi Hanover,

Quick question. Is it possible to use MT4's visualization options with ffcal? I tried it with 2 separate installations and unticking any one or combination of time frame options has no effect on news spots. I'd really need this since I do a lot of trend charting in higher TFs.

Thanks
Marco
Hi Marco,

The spots are MT4 objects. They are deleted and re-plotted every time the chart is refreshed, and the deletion means that the Visualization settings are lost. Provided that you set (the Plot_News parameter) AutoRefresh = FALSE, and don't refresh the chart manually (i.e. change timeframe, or edit or reattach the indicator) the Visualiztion settings should hold good.

However, the best way to set these permanently is through FFcal.EXE itself, using the settings shown in area "1" of the screenshot below. All of the news items are still downloaded from FF calendar, but shown only on the timeframes that you have checked on. This applies to all news events, e.g. it can't be used to have high impact events show on D1 charts, high and medium on H1 charts, etc. That is the scope of the app, at least the way it currently exists.

FFcal.EXE outputs the news events to a file called .....experts/files/news.csv
Here is a sample of its content/format:

Inserted Code
2009.05.28 23:30;3;145;2;ALL;[b]111110000[/b];23:30 JPY M "Household Spending y/y" 14550;[Fri 11:30am] A: | F: -0.7% | P: -0.4%
2009.05.28 23:30;4;145;1;ALL;[b]111110000[/b];23:30 JPY L "National Core CPI y/y" 14227;[Fri 11:30am] A: | F: -0.1% | P: -0.1%
2009.05.28 23:30;5;145;2;ALL;[b]111110000[/b];23:30 JPY M "Tokyo Core CPI y/y" 14228;[Fri 11:30am] A: | F: -0.6% | P: 0.0%
2009.05.28 23:30;6;145;1;ALL;[b]111110000[/b];23:30 JPY L "Unemployment Rate" 14256;[Fri 11:30am] A: | F: 5.0% | P: 4.8%

The entry 111110000 tells the Plot_News indicator which timeframes to plot the news spots in. A "1" means yes and a "0' means no, for each of the M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4, D1, W1, MN respectively. You could modify these settings using a text editor like Notepad, if you wanted to set different timeframes for different events, and these settings would hold good when refreshing the indicator on your MT4 charts. However, as soon as FFcal.EXE is next run, the file is rebuilt, so your modifications would be overwritten (i.e. by the settings in area "1" of the screenshot).

David
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  • #611
  • Jun 23, 2009 1:53am Jun 23, 2009 1:53am
Quoting hanover
Hi Marco,

The spots are MT4 objects. They are deleted and re-plotted every time the chart is refreshed, and the deletion means that the Visualization settings are lost. Provided that you set (the Plot_News parameter) AutoRefresh = FALSE, and don't refresh the chart manually (i.e. change timeframe, or edit or reattach the indicator) the Visualiztion settings should hold good.

However, the best way to set these permanently is through FFcal.EXE itself, using the settings shown in area "1" of the screenshot below. All of the news items are still...
Wow this looks fantastic Hanover... Another great contribution...
  • #612
  • Jun 24, 2009 9:21am Jun 24, 2009 9:21am
but a bid complicated. isn't THV3 FF Cal more easy to use?
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File Type: mq4 THV3 FFCal.mq4   47 KB | 887 downloads
  • #613
  • Jun 26, 2009 2:27am Jun 26, 2009 2:27am
Quoting yamik
but a bid complicated. isn't THV3 FF Cal more easy to use?
This looks like a rebadging of Derk Wehler's FFcal indicator. Derk's original version can be found here.

To answer your question: I guess it depends on what you're looking for. Every application is ultimately a compromise between simplicity and functionality. If you want more functions, then you must be willing to invest time learning how to use them.
  • #614
  • Jun 26, 2009 6:01am Jun 26, 2009 6:01am
Quoting hanover
This looks like a rebadging of Derk Wehler's FFcal indicator. Derk's original version can be found here.

To answer your question: I guess it depends on what you're looking for. Every application is ultimately a compromise between simplicity and functionality. If you want more functions, then you must be willing to invest time learning how to use them.
hi guys, I agree with you. I am not a huge fan of complicated things That's why I prefer no indicator strategy and focusing on pattern and support/resistance instead. Regarding to calendar, It would be great if there is some independent (.exe) application, not involved with MT4 , where I can import FF calendar and being alerted afterward, no matter if MT4 is ON or OFF.. I tried google calendar but always with errors. Cheers...
  • #615
  • Jun 30, 2009 8:12pm Jun 30, 2009 8:12pm
Hi. Thanks for the great indie.

Unfortunately (despite meticulously following your getting started instructions) I cannot get past this error message when I hit OK (F10) in the Build News window.

I see the news.csv file being created in the /files folder (0kb) and if I hit "abort" enough times I get an empty scrolling news event list...

Then I'm politely told FFCal has to close.

Any ideas please?

IKON Royal MT4 4.0 build 224
FFCal 1.35
Windows XP
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  • #616
  • Jul 1, 2009 5:52am Jul 1, 2009 5:52am
Quoting fiveshorts
Hi. Thanks for the great indie.

Unfortunately (despite meticulously following your getting started instructions) I cannot get past this error message when I hit OK (F10) in the Build News window.

I see the news.csv file being created in the /files folder (0kb) and if I hit "abort" enough times I get an empty scrolling news event list...

Then I'm politely told FFCal has to close.

Any ideas please?

IKON Royal MT4 4.0 build 224
FFCal 1.35
Windows XP
When you press F10, you should briefly see a window with a black background appear, and then 3-4 rows of white dots run across this window. This means that the app has called GNU WGET to grab a copy of the FF calendar. This process then stores the events in a file called 'ffcalout', which should then be present in the same folder that you unzipped FFcal.EXE into.

The 'file not found' message suggests that this file has not been created. I don't know why this is. Perhaps the Forex Factory servers were overloaded at the time, or there was some other internet traffic based problem that prevented access to the calendar.

The other errors that you mention are exactly what should ensue, if the 'ffcalout' file doesn't exist.

Please try running the process again, and post again if the same problem continues to occur. I will try to investgate further.

I run FFcal.EXE maybe 4-5 times daily, and since v 1.35 was released back in April, I have never experienced this problem.

Has anybody else who is using FFcal.EXE and is reading this thread had this happen? If so, what did you do to overcome it? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
David
  • #617
  • Edited 10:28am Jul 1, 2009 10:00am | Edited 10:28am
Thanks Hanover.

Pressing F10 gives me an immediate error - in nanoseconds. No brief window appearance or white dots. The key press is obviously not letting WGET do it's thang.

No "FFcalout" file is being written to the FFcal135 directory.

Nothing shows in the MT4 folder location pop down menu, so I type it in manually.

I DO notice that the very first black window (before BuildNews pops up) says "File not found"

I've done a complete uninstall; download (Firefox); unzip and re-run 4 times now, with a PC restart between each, over a period of about 36hrs.

I ran virus, malware and tune-up utilities just last night. I have no firewall running and I'm just on a regular LAN with full internet functionality.

MT4 is working just fine otherwise.


Anything else I could try?
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  • #618
  • Jul 1, 2009 2:07pm Jul 1, 2009 2:07pm
Quoting fiveshorts
Thanks Hanover.

Pressing F10 gives me an immediate error - in nanoseconds. No brief window appearance or white dots. The key press is obviously not letting WGET do it's thang.

No "FFcalout" file is being written to the FFcal135 directory.

Nothing shows in the MT4 folder location pop down menu, so I type it in manually.

I DO notice that the very first black window (before BuildNews pops up) says "File not found"

I've done a complete uninstall; download (Firefox); unzip and re-run 4 times now, with a PC restart between each,...
Thanks for the screenshots. They've enabled me to quickly establish what I think is the problem. The file WGET.EXE is missing from your folder listing. I just downloaded FFcal135.ZIP from post #1 (using Opera), and WGET.EXE is definitely included in the file (more than 700 others have apparently downloaded it also, and no other problem reports).

Attached to this post is a zipped WGET.EXE (FF doesn't seem to allow direct attachment of EXE files)
Please download and unzip into the same folder, and hopefully it will fix the error.

However, I guess it's possible that some other files might also be missing. I've no idea why. I've included a screenshot of my download folder immediately after unzipping, so that you can make a comparison.

There have been other reports of corrupt ZIP files, especially downloading large ZIPs from FF using Internet Explorer (I'm not sure about Firefox). I've also re-attached the FFcal135.ZIP file to this post, in case you'd like to try again. Alternatively, if you PM me your e-mail address, I'll send you an e-mail with the FFcal135.ZIP file attached. That should ensure that this problem is avoided.

Thanks for your patience, and also for including such comprehensive detail in your error reports, which has made troubleshooting so much easier.
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  • #619
  • Jul 1, 2009 3:02pm Jul 1, 2009 3:02pm
Thank you for your patience. It is truly appreciated.

The weirdest thing is happening -- never seen anything like it....

I downloaded both your attachments (in Safari on a Mac and Mozilla on my PC). Unzipped the FFcal to a new folder and say wha!? no wget.exe in the folder.

OK.

So, I drag wgt.exe.zip to the folder and unzip it right into there...

"Folder is empty" (the unzipped wget.exe folder)

Nothing. Nada.

I'm going to prevail upon you to email me the file, cos this is WEIRD!! I CANNOT get that wget.exe into that folder by hook or by crook.

I'll PM you my email address.
  • #620
  • Jul 1, 2009 4:14pm Jul 1, 2009 4:14pm
It's OK. I solved it.

I've been using a the new Panda Cloud antivirus and it kept seeing wget.exe as an infiltrator and shooting it on sight. I turned off Panda and all was immediately well.

Thanks anyway for your time and for a GREAT indicator.
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