calling custom indicators within an EA

Hi traders,

I wrote a nice Custom Indicator, but cannot figure out how to access it (get its return value) from inside my custom EA. (the indicator works fine when attached to a chart).

Do I put the indicator inside the EA? Inside a library?

I tried both, neither worked. When the indicator is inside the EA an error message says "The SetIndexBuffer command can only be called from within the indicator".

I'm gnashing my teeth!!!

Please help.

Tom Trader

Hey Tom.

We just posted the same question under another thread. We look forward to having the answer.

You don't have to copy paste if that is what you mean. You can call any indi through iCustom and use the reading in your EA. We think you know iCustom but unfortunately, for now, we can not help as we are new to MTL programming and only know how to call built-in Custom indis.

Happy trading.
P&P

use iCustom() to call your custom indicator
http://docs.mql4.com/indicators/iCustom