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Hi Guys,

This may be a really dumb question, but I am still new at programming.

I have my ea write everything into a log file - for each condition that is met, I log it, so I can tell what is happening, what the ea is doing in the market.

But I get tired of looking it up. It would be much easier to see everything just happening on the left side of the screen. The problem is that I think MT4 only allows one comment to show up.

For example if I make a comment like:

Comment("Magic # = ", DoubleToStr(MagicNumber, 0));

And later I have a condition met like:

if(ema1>ema2){
Comment("\n ema1>ema2");
}

Only one comment will show up on the left, not both. I would like ALL my comments to show up, so I can read it on the left just as easy as reading it in the log file.

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks for the help

Build a string for your comment.


string mycomment="";

mycomment=mycomment+"n insert some text here.";


more code here

mycomment=mycomment+"n add extra code here";


Then at the end of your code before your last return statement

Comment(mycomment);

Thanks for that. I will experiment with this tomorrow!

I tried that technique of making a string etc, and I only used 2 different strings for a test. One was: "Magic #=...", and another was "Checking Position Long entries". But the result was not ideal. On the first tic, it is good - Magic # is above the "Check Position.." But on all the other tics, it is posting them across the page, and not down the page. I show a screenshot in the attachments.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks much,

Andrew

Include a "\n" in your comment string each time you want to start a new line.

Yes I did that. Here are the strings I put into the code:


MyComment = MyComment + " Magic# " + DoubleToStr(BaseMagicNumber, 0);

MyComment = MyComment + "n Checking Position Long Entries";

hey andrew.... you might need some conditional comments.... along with typical comments.....

there are a wide varity of methods depending on just how elaborate or indepth your vision is.....

arrays can be employed, extern inputs, hard coded text and much much more....

the indicator below contains a few simple ideas, and pictured ea is an example of not so simple........h