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  • #21
  • Jul 10, 2011 3:09pm Jul 10, 2011 3:09pm
Last version didn't work for indicator input boxes opened from within indicators list (Ctrl+I).

Fix in post #1.
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  • #22
  • Jul 10, 2011 7:50pm Jul 10, 2011 7:50pm
Quoting MaryJane
Last version didn't work for indicator input boxes opened from within indicators list (Ctrl+I).

Fix in post #1.
MJ,

Excellent enhancement. Was going to ask about editing indy inputs - apparently great minds think alike, LOL.

Haven't had any freezes since downloading the latest version.

A very handy tool as many of the indys that I use have > 50 inputs.

Many thanks,
DL
  • #23
  • Jul 19, 2011 1:34am Jul 19, 2011 1:34am
all I can say is "totally awesome ea"
  • #24
  • Aug 2, 2011 3:18am Aug 2, 2011 3:18am
G'day MaryJane,
I would like to thank you very ... very much for this great 'EA'
you fixed the most annoying thing in MetaTrader4 platform.

Thanks and happy trading,
Darek
  • #25
  • Aug 2, 2011 5:30am Aug 2, 2011 5:30am
MaryJane,

An awesome piece of work.This is going to be very useful .

Benji
Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
  • #26
  • Aug 16, 2011 7:44pm Aug 16, 2011 7:44pm
Very useful, thank you.

You wouldn't happen to know the window ID for the script parameters dialogs would you? This is working great for setting EA params but I'd like it to handle script params dialogs too. :nerd:

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Paul.
  • #27
  • Aug 16, 2011 8:11pm Aug 16, 2011 8:11pm
Quoting pah
This is working great for setting EA params but I'd like it to handle script params dialogs too. :nerd:
Cheers Paul,

any dialog box (class name '#32770') with control IDs 0x0001 (OK button), 0x0002 (Cancel button), 0x3021 (Reset button) and 0x3020 (List tab) qualifies.

it handles EA, indicator and script dialogs as-is, just tried it. just make sure you have the latest version
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  • #28
  • Edited 9:15pm Aug 16, 2011 9:01pm | Edited 9:15pm
Quoting MaryJane
Cheers Paul,

any dialog box (class name '#32770') with control IDs 0x0001 (OK button), 0x0002 (Cancel button), 0x3021 (Reset button) and 0x3020 (List tab) qualifies.

it handles EA, indicator and script dialogs as-is, just tried it. just make sure you have the latest version
Thanks for your reply.

Looking at the code I thought it should treat script dialogs the same as EA dialogs but it just doesn't. All the EA dialogs work fine but none of the script dialogs. I 'guessed' they might use a different window ID but wasn't sure.

I'll try it on another PC and see if it's specific to this one.

I downloaded the one from the first page just this morning.

EDIT: It seems to work under Win7 (both scripts and EA dialogs) but not on my server 2003 VPS (only EA dialogs). I'll call Bill...

Cheers, Paul.
  • #29
  • Aug 16, 2011 9:37pm Aug 16, 2011 9:37pm
Quoting pah
EDIT: It seems to work under Win7 (both scripts and EA dialogs) but not on my server 2003 VPS (only EA dialogs). I'll call Bill...
don't call bill - he's not guilty this time.
call metaquotes instead
or install this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/windowdetective/ on your 2003 server and get the control IDs.. perhaps they differ.. add them into code.

unfortunately, i don't have access to a 2003 box; only 7/XP.. can't help you with that atm.
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  • #30
  • Aug 16, 2011 10:21pm Aug 16, 2011 10:21pm
Quoting MaryJane
don't call bill - he's not guilty this time.
call metaquotes instead
or install this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/windowdetective/ on your 2003 server and get the control IDs.. perhaps they differ.. add them into code.

unfortunately, i don't have access to a 2003 box; only 7/XP.. can't help you with that atm.
Thanks for that, I'll let you know...

I may still call him anyway, there are a couple of other things.....

Regards, Paul.
  • #31
  • Aug 17, 2011 9:56am Aug 17, 2011 9:56am
Thanks MJ, looks good, I'll check it out.
Hej.
  • #32
  • Sep 4, 2011 5:55pm Sep 4, 2011 5:55pm
Hi, I am trying this tool also, and using build 4.06 on FinFx, I dragged an EA onto a chart, then went back to edit the parameters and it locked up, basically the parameter window lost focus so I couldn't click Ok or Cancel, then the chart window showed over the top half of the Settings window. When I used Alt-Tab to try to switch to my MT4, it wasn't even there so had to end task. Let me know if you want more info.
  • #33
  • Sep 5, 2011 8:54pm Sep 5, 2011 8:54pm
Quoting ericjschroed
....basically the parameter window lost focus so I couldn't click Ok or Cancel, then the chart window showed over the top half of the Settings window.
Hi, thanks for reporting. Sounds exactly like hanover's issue (see post #17).

I'm sorry to hear that and really apologize to you and anybody else having trouble with it. I'm not a coder and especially i never did anything with Windows API before. I'm just an amateurish DIY junkie dabbling in everything; making/fixing anything that bothers me is just a question of time. Unfortunately, i wasn't able to induce such an error and therefore i even don't know where to start searching for a fix.

I hope to find some time (a bit of problem lately) within next few weeks to make a windows tray application variant doing the same thing. There's no point in running such a tool within MT4 and hopefully we'll get rid of the lockups (i'd really love to encounter one, but no luck so far..) with a stand-alone app. Maybe i'll get to the cause of this nuisance in the process of coding it, as i'll have to dig myself deeper into the tenets of the API.

Cheers, MJ
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  • #34
  • Sep 18, 2011 9:58am Sep 18, 2011 9:58am
MaryJane

Thanks a lot for this awesome piece of work and for sharing it!
It works absolutely great!

Regards, Nico
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  • #35
  • Sep 18, 2011 4:05pm Sep 18, 2011 4:05pm
Quoting MaryJane
Hi, thanks for reporting. Sounds exactly like hanover's issue (see post #17).

I'm sorry to hear that and really apologize to you and anybody else having trouble with it. I'm not a coder and especially i never did anything with Windows API before. I'm just an amateurish DIY junkie dabbling in everything; making/fixing anything that bothers me is just a question of time. Unfortunately, i wasn't able to induce such an error and therefore i even don't know where to start searching for a fix.
It is hard for some people to realise that the likes of you and I are not professional coders. Unless an error occurs whilst we are actually watching, it can be impossible to find the fault. Also, people usually do not understand enough to be able to describe the fault they have experienced, in a way that points to a possible cause. 'It dun't work' just about sums up most fault descriptions.

Leaves us with nowhere to go.

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I hope to find some time (a bit of problem lately) within next few weeks to make a windows tray application variant doing the same thing. There's no point in running such a tool within MT4 and hopefully we'll get rid of the lockups (i'd really love to encounter one, but no luck so far..) with a stand-alone app. Maybe i'll get to the cause of this nuisance in the process of coding it, as i'll have to dig myself deeper into the tenets of the API.

Cheers, MJ
Don't beat yourself up about this. The number of possible permutations of this, that and t'other that can derail a piece of software is ridiculous.

That is before considering user error.

The ea works fantastically for me.

  • #36
  • Sep 19, 2011 12:25pm Sep 19, 2011 12:25pm
Quoting NicoScholtz
It works absolutely great!
Quoting SteveHopwood
The ea works fantastically for me.
wow, sounds like some beautiful music to me ...don't overpraise me, i might start thinking i can actually code

now seriously: Steve, do you realize that YOU are responsible for ANY problems anybody had, has and even will have with this tool?! Why? Without your work here (I have started to lurk around this forum in about the time you suspended the KG range bot, remember?) and dissecting your EAs about a year ago as means to get a grip on mql, this tool (and consequently, any trouble with it) could not exist

Many thanks for your post Steve, I've got it. I'm happy I was lucky enough to make something you find useful.

And anybody else, too.

Cheers
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  • #37
  • Sep 19, 2011 12:34pm Sep 19, 2011 12:34pm
Quoting MaryJane
now seriously: Steve, do you realize that YOU are responsible for ANY problems anybody had, has and even will have with this tool?! Why? Without your work here (I have started to lurk around this forum in about the time you suspended the KG range bot, remember?) and dissecting your EAs about a year ago as means to get a grip on mql, this tool (and consequently, any trouble with it) could not exist

Hehe. I am single-handedly responsible for most of the problems suffered by most of the people unlucky enough to come into contact with me.
  • #38
  • Sep 22, 2011 6:14pm Sep 22, 2011 6:14pm
Bravo! I owe you a kiss!
(Assuming you are as you represent - female. If married it goes on your cheek!)

I have been cursing Metaquotes for years because of this. I have a testbed EA that I just add sections to when I get a new idea. Each section can be turned on or off. I am up to over 300 settings plus over 150 text strings to tell what I am looking at! (Yet it is fast.)

Suggestions: In post 1: Tell where to put each one (folders). And your error message could say "DLL's should be Allowed!" Then you know what to do. I figured it out eventually.


Thanks again!

Big Be
  • #39
  • Edited 1:44pm Sep 23, 2011 11:37am | Edited 1:44pm
There seems to be some real programmers on this thread - so these:

I thought to mention my other two gripes about using Metatrader (well besides the bugs they don't fix).

1. The crosshairs turns itself off when you use it to get the pips or bars. It should only turn off if you repeat a turn-on action.

2. Does anyone know of a GOOD Strategy Tester that someone has coded?

Thank you,

Big Be
  • #40
  • Sep 23, 2011 7:27pm Sep 23, 2011 7:27pm
Build 406, Vista SP2
EA version - weekend mode
When in W/E mode cannot access EA Properties
Sometimes when in an indicator's properties it crashes MT.

Build 402
Different copy of MT, same broker, same computer
Properties IS accessible in W/E mode
But I cannot resize the properties windows!

After I set W/E mode on, I get message screen:
"InputResizerEA"
"Do you permit to call function 'GetForgroundWindow' from 'user32.dll'?
then
-- 'GetParent' -- ?
then
-- 'GetClassNameA' -- ?

Sometimes it goes through all the functions. Then it settles down until it crashes. I can get it to crash by checking about 10 indi's properties.

NOTE: One copy on one Metatrader seems to work for another.
Two copies running on the machine seem to interfere with each other.

Big Be
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