looping ordermodify code

Quoting nondisclosure00

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does anybody have a good piece of code that will retry the ordermodify X number of times w/ a pause in between each time if it doesn't work?

Thanks.

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Quoting CockeyedCowboy

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Hay nondisclosure

if you turn around it may not feel good but it'll be better.

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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int ModifyOrder(int ticket, double entry=-1, double SL=-1, double TP=-1, int wait=0, int attempts=1, datetime expiry=0, color arrow=CLR_NONE)   {
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
// Pass the above parameters, check and handle errnum upon return
//
  if (OrderStatus(ticket) == "N")    return(4108);    // Invalid ticket

  int errnum = 0;
  if (entry >= 0)    entry = NormalizeDouble(entry,Digits);   else  entry = OrderOpenPrice();
  if (SL    >= 0)    SL    = NormalizeDouble(SL,Digits);      else  SL    = OrderStopLoss();
  if (TP    >= 0)    TP    = NormalizeDouble(TP,Digits);      else  TP    = OrderTakeProfit();

  if (OrderStatus(ticket) != "P")   expiry = 0;
  if (expiry < TimeCurrent())       expiry = 0;

  for (int j=attempts; j>0; j--)   {
    OrderModify(ticket,entry,SL,TP,expiry,arrow);
    errnum = GetLastError();
    if (errnum == 1)   errnum = 0;       // ignore error #1 = no modification
    if (errnum == 0)   break;
    if (j==1)          return(errnum);
    Sleep(1000*wait);                    // wait = number of seconds
    RefreshRates();
  }
  return(0);          
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
string OrderStatus(int ticket)   {
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
// Given a ticket number, returns the status of an order:
//  P=pending, O=open, C=closed, D=deleted, N=non-existent ticket, U=unknown
  bool exist = OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET);
  if (!exist)   
    return("N");        // non-existent ticket
  datetime ctm = OrderCloseTime();
  if (ctm == 0) {
    if (OrderType() == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL) 
      return("O");     // open
    else  
      return("P");     // pending
  } else {
    if (OrderType() == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL) 
      return("C");     // closed (for profit or loss)
    else  
      return("D");     // cancelled (deleted)
  }     
  return("U");         // unknown
}

Quoting hanover

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[code]
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int ModifyOrder(int ticket, double entry=-1, double SL=-1, double TP=-1, int wait=0, int attempts=1, datetime expiry=0, color arrow=CLR_NONE)...

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