How do you rename an indicator?

Hi All

Does anyone know if there is anyway a mt4 indicator can be renamed? e.g can a simple moving average be renamed to anything I might choose. Or does anyone have the ability to create a custom indicator exactly the same as one of mt4's indicators and then rename it there. I am useless with coding and programming etc but i would imagine it would be just copying an indicators code and adding the ability to call it anything you want.

Thanks for any help or feedback.

Z

There should be no problem to copy the file and rename the copy using windows explorer

Hi Gumrai

Thanks for the reply. I have just done what you said and it does work as far as saving the file goes but i prob wasn't as clear as i meant to be in my question. When the indicator appears on the chart i want it to show the new name in the top left corner of the indicator box.

for eg. if i add a stochastic then it shows as stochastic in writing in the indicator box. now if i wanted to call this "squiggly lines " indicator for example i would want that shown rather than stochastic if you get what i mean.

Cheers

Ah, I see.
That can be done as long as the source code is available.
Most, if not all of the standard indicators source codes are available on the MQL4 site, but they are not the exact codes as far as I can tell. No idea why that should be.

It can be done using the MQ4 source code file, and it is exactly this reason why programmers are not keen to give out source codes. Unscrupulous people, rename the indicators, scripts or EA's as then sell them as their own.
You should give credit to programmers where it's due, especially if they have done this work for free.

Oh thanks Shabs.....to be honest i hadn't even thought of that side of it as that wasn't my intention. Fair call though and totally get where yr coming from. it was more for my own protection than anyone elses.

thanks for your feedback too Gumrai, i appreciate it.

Hi zorros, the key is short_name string.

http://docs.mql4.com/customind/IndicatorShortName


http://s18.postimg.org/puroe0ja1/short_name1.png
http://s10.postimg.org/h8xtut9y1/short_name2.png

Hi Gomes....thanks very much, I'll check all that out and see if i can get my zero tech head around it. Cheers

Does this work for a EX4 file?

You cannot make alterations to an EX4 file, you can modify a Mq4 file and then compile to an EX4

ah ok, i have a custom indicator which was saved as a EX4 file and i couldn't find it or any others for that matter when i went into meta editor to rename. guess im stuffed but thanks so much for your time.

solved my dilemma.....thanks for everyone's time and help.....successful trading to you all