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  • #41
  • Jan 27, 2014 3:48am Jan 27, 2014 3:48am
Quoting Karish
{quote} ok..., ill open another thread for this.. so i got another code that not giving me to compile it self... that will be nice of you if you could help me with that.., thank you very much. {file}

done, but these are basic syntax errors, I suggest you go to mql4 site and read the manual
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  • #42
  • Jan 27, 2014 4:33am Jan 27, 2014 4:33am
Quoting MaxDoom
{quote} done, but these are basic syntax errors, I suggest you go to mql4 site and read the manual {file}
still wont work for me..., there are more implicit conversions..., thank you
  • #43
  • Jan 27, 2014 4:57am Jan 27, 2014 4:57am
Quoting Karish
{quote} still wont work for me..., there are more implicit conversions..., thank you
which version of metaeditor are you using

do Help then About
  • #44
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:24am Jan 27, 2014 5:24am
Quoting MaxDoom
{quote} which version of metaeditor are you using do Help then About
5.00, build 822
  • #45
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:26am Jan 27, 2014 5:26am
Quoting Karish
{quote} 5.00, build 822
Are you trying to use a MT4 indicator in a MT5 platform ?
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #46
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:38am Jan 27, 2014 5:38am
Quoting Karish
{quote} 5.00, build 822
Geee... ???
we talking about change from build 509 to 574 and you already in advance to 822..
  • #47
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:42am Jan 27, 2014 5:42am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} Are you trying to use a MT4 indicator in a MT5 platform ?
The Metaeditor for MT5 and the new MT4 is the same common MetaEditor currently at build 883
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #48
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:45am Jan 27, 2014 5:45am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} The Metaeditor for MT5 and the new MT4 is the same common MetaEditor currently at build 883
Thought that the new version was still 4.00 ... I'm still working with 509 !
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #49
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:46am Jan 27, 2014 5:46am
Quoting Karish
{quote} 5.00, build 822
As Raptor has pointed out also the latest combined editor is 883 which is what I am using and it compiles fine as mt4 - see attached

i suggest that you update your terminal to get the latest editor then see if you still have an issue.
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  • #50
  • Jan 27, 2014 5:47am Jan 27, 2014 5:47am
guy i dont know.., i just came back from a V.K., and the anti-virus popped up the metaeditor firewall confirmation window, i clicked confirm very fast, and from that point i got my self that trouble maker new version of the metaeditor...
  • #51
  • Jan 27, 2014 11:10am Jan 27, 2014 11:10am
Quoting Karish
guy i dont know.., i just came back from a V.K., and the anti-virus popped up the metaeditor firewall confirmation window, i clicked confirm very fast, and from that point i got my self that trouble maker new version of the metaeditor...
If you don't want the beta build 577 you can, apparently, just reinstall 509 back over the top of it.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #52
  • Jan 27, 2014 1:38pm Jan 27, 2014 1:38pm
Done, thanks for your help guys!
  • #53
  • Jan 27, 2014 8:11pm Jan 27, 2014 8:11pm
RaptorUK, FerruFx et al... thanks very much for your input. Am now test-driving the new beta (now already 578!!), and so far am not liking what I see.

Thankfully the only indicator I really need to use still compiles, albeit with some warnings and no errors, but my "nice-to-have" indicators (mostly by hanover) were problematic to say the least.

The main thing I don't like is that despite installing the beta MT4 in a folder outside of Program Files (am on Windows 7 Home Premium), the program is still accessing a separate data folder (Appdata/Roaming) as if it was installed inside Program Files. You can see this when you click on File|Open Data Folder. Correct me if I'm wrong but I had thought that installing it outside of Program Files is supposed to bypass this.

Everything considered, looks like I now have to hunker down and learn a whole new language from scratch to be able to port my other indicators into the new scheme.

Being able to debug, and cannibalize other peoples' code just doesn't hack it anymore.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm not in the "convincing" business.
  • #54
  • Jan 28, 2014 7:32am Jan 28, 2014 7:32am
Quoting skenobi
RaptorUK, FerruFx et al... thanks very much for your input. Am now test-driving the new beta (now already 578!!), and so far am not liking what I see. Thankfully the only indicator I really need to use still compiles, albeit with some warnings and no errors, but my "nice-to-have" indicators (mostly by hanover) were problematic to say the least. .
Don't recompile unless you need to . . . just run the .ex4 compiled with the 509 MetaEditor.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #55
  • Jan 28, 2014 9:03am Jan 28, 2014 9:03am
From what it sounds like you can still compile and code on the old version and simply attach the .ex4's to the new version if your broker forces an update.
Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things...
  • #56
  • Jan 28, 2014 10:08am Jan 28, 2014 10:08am
Quoting ForexFury
From what it sounds like you can still compile and code on the old version and simply attach the .ex4's to the new version if your broker forces an update.
Correct, anything that works with offline charts will no longer work though as the .hst file format has changed.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #57
  • Jan 28, 2014 1:22pm Jan 28, 2014 1:22pm
Quoting skenobi
....... but my "nice-to-have" indicators (mostly by hanover) were problematic to say the least. .......
Skenobi,

I'm sorry to hear that. But thanks for the heads up.

Just a general note to anybody who uses these indicators: I won't be updating them to run with future MT4 releases. It's simply not worth the time or the effort, given the return that I currently make from forex. I'd hoped to gradually add an arsenal of (semi-)automated trading systems to my investment portfolio, but it seems that MetaQuotes' short-sighted development policy will put paid to that. Even if workarounds are currently possible (e.g. Raptor's comment in post #54) , MetaQuotes' intent and direction are clear.

After almost 8 years in forex, then, it's time for me to move on. Goodbye Forex Factory, and good luck everybody.

David
  • #58
  • Jan 28, 2014 1:54pm Jan 28, 2014 1:54pm
Already in build 579, apparently the only thing not working are offline charts.....
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  • #59
  • Jan 28, 2014 2:49pm Jan 28, 2014 2:49pm
build 579, offline charts doesn't work, because it cant load EA, because EA doen't work.
I can't load indicators, temples, nothing is working. I have no idea what to do.
It happens all the time, but this time it is a big time sucker, nothing is working!
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil
  • #60
  • Jan 28, 2014 2:59pm Jan 28, 2014 2:59pm
The offline charts are built, but they only appear after the ea creating them is removed from chart and the platform is restarted, obviously they don't update after this, i think its only a matter of time until everything is working again, sticking to 509 while i still can...
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