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  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 7, 2011 6:34pm Nov 7, 2011 6:34pm
Is there a way to reorder the objects in MT4? I have a lot of lines drawn on my charts and I update some more often than others. I'd like to move these to the top of the list but the only way I know how to do that is to start all over.

Any help would be appreciated.
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  • #2
  • Nov 7, 2011 6:51pm Nov 7, 2011 6:51pm
Quoting abcd1234
Is there a way to reorder the objects in MT4? I have a lot of lines drawn on my charts and I update some more often than others. I'd like to move these to the top of the list but the only way I know how to do that is to start all over.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
you need to apply order number to object's name

just like this :

  1. 1.0.objname
  2. 1.1.objname
  3. 1.2.objname


this will put

  1. 1.2.objname above 1.1.objname and 1.0.objname
  2. 1.1.objname above 1.0.objname but below 1.2.objname
  3. 1.0.objname below 1.2.objname and 1.1.objname

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  • #3
  • Nov 7, 2011 7:24pm Nov 7, 2011 7:24pm
i would imagine you already have an array of object names. surely you aren't iterating through the entire global list of objects just to update the objects you have created? so whatever you need to update often just dump into a special case string array, and all other objects in the low frequency update string array.

it probably depends more on exactly what you are doing and how you are going about doing it as to the most efficient way to proceed. without some idea of what your overall goal is we can only take guesses as to how to optimize things.
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  • #4
  • Nov 7, 2011 7:53pm Nov 7, 2011 7:53pm
Quoting nubcake
i would imagine you already have an array of object names. surely you aren't iterating through the entire global list of objects just to update the objects you have created? so whatever you need to update often just dump into a special case string array, and all other objects in the low frequency update string array.

it probably depends more on exactly what you are doing and how you are going about doing it as to the most efficient way to proceed. without some idea of what your overall goal is we can only take guesses as to how to optimize...
i think he doesn't use array, he just drew the HLs by hand, am i correct abcd?
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  • #5
  • Nov 7, 2011 8:40pm Nov 7, 2011 8:40pm
Quoting bandung
i think he doesn't use array, he just drew the HLs by hand, am i correct abcd?
You are 100% correct.

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I have lines that I update weekly, and others that I update monthly in the MT4 objects. In between I have some lines that I don't currently use (like the camarilla weekly, or standard monthly lines) but don't want to delete them either. I suppose I could archive the template and delete them from the one I currently use.

I'm sure arrays would be faster, but I haven't the slightest idea how they would be used.
  • #6
  • Last Post: Nov 7, 2011 9:22pm Nov 7, 2011 9:22pm
Quoting abcd1234
You are 100% correct.

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I have lines that I update weekly, and others that I update monthly in the MT4 objects. In between I have some lines that I don't currently use (like the camarilla weekly, or standard monthly lines) but don't want to delete them either. I suppose I could archive the template and delete them from the one I currently use.

I'm sure arrays would be faster, but I haven't the slightest idea how they would be used.
OH i get you now. right right right.

the answer is simple.... just put in your descriptions something that groups all objects together, then click on the description heading so that all objects sort by description. put in the description in each of the objects you need to manage together something like "abcd 15m TL", and "abcd monthly pivot", and "abcd something went haywire here at 12pm sunday 12th may"..... then when you sort by description all the objects with "abcd" in them at the start will all group together. even if they don't happen to be right up the top it's easy to quickly scroll down to find them all.
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