Expert Advisor Builder

Quoting hanover

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{quote} I agree that code generators can be useful, but I prefer to use my own code libraries. Software development has been my career since 1979, and over the last few years I've written more than 400 MT4 EAs and indicators. I find it easier to simply copy/paste modules whose logic I'm familiar with, use them as building blocks, and stitch them together myself. I've created my own templates for frequently used operations, and have also extended the MQL4 language by adding around 100 new functions, which are...

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Quoting slam.dunk

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if i had created approx four hundred ea's and indicators over the last few years...

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Quoting slam.dunk

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and, regarding mr hanover and how so many people praise him about his awesome coding skills, guess what, he has recalled his most recent development package, some vo-pro thing trading trades manager, omg.. i think that mr hanover is pulling the plug on this software due to the fact that he can not seem to keep it up and running.

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Quoting RJo

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OMG... someone is using a code generator in an Expert Adivsor Builder thread! Awesome.

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SCR_SETTINGS    ROUTINE
  IF G:SLLine     = 0  THEN  G:SL_FixPips   = ''.
  IF G:TPLine     = 0  THEN  G:TP_FixPips   = ''.
  IF G:EntryLine  = 0  THEN  G:EntryIncr    = ''.
  IF G:NewSLLine  = 0  THEN  G:BulkModifySL = ''.
  IF G:NewTPLine  = 0  THEN  G:BulkModifyTP = ''.
  IF G:E_Style    > 0  THEN  G:E_Width     = 1.
  IF G:SL_Style   > 0  THEN  G:SL_Width    = 1.
  IF G:TP_Style   > 0  THEN  G:TP_Width    = 1.
  IF G:NoSL_Style > 0  THEN  G:NoSL_Width  = 1.
  IF G:NoTP_Style > 0  THEN  G:NoTP_Width  = 1.
  ?Load1{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset1) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-1'  
  ?Load2{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset2) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-2'  
  ?Load3{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset3) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-3'  
  ?Load4{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset4) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-4'  
  ?Load5{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset5) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-5'  
  ?Load6{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset6) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-6'  
  ?Load7{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset7) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-7'  
  ?Load8{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset8) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-8'  
  ?Load9{PROP:ToolTip} = '"' & CLIP(G:Preset9) & '"   Hotkey: Alt-9'  
  X1# = INSTRING('<39>',G:Risk,1,1)
  IF X1#>0 THEN
    X2# = INSTRING('<39>',G:Risk,1,X1#+1)
    IF X2#<=0 THEN 
      G:Risk = CLIP(G:Risk) & '<39>'
      X2# = INSTRING('<39>',G:Risk,1,X1#+1)
    .  
    IF X2#>0 THEN
      G:TradeComment = G:Risk[X1#+1:X2#-1]
      G:Risk         = G:Risk[1:X1#-1] & G:Risk[X2#+1:LENG(G:Risk)]
  . .
  X1# = INSTRING('[',G:Risk,1,1)
  IF X1#>0 THEN
    X2# = INSTRING(']',G:Risk,1,X1#+1)
    IF X2#<=0 THEN 
      G:Risk = CLIP(G:Risk) & ']'
      X2# = INSTRING(']',G:Risk,1,X1#+1)
    .  
    IF X2#>0 THEN
      G:MagicNo = G:Risk[X1#+1:X2#-1]
      IF G:MagicNo = 0 THEN
        G:MagicNo = TODAY()*100+CLOCK()
        G:MagicNo = SUBL(SUBR(G:MagicNo,5),4)
      .  
      G:Risk    = G:Risk[1:X1#-1] & G:Risk[X2#+1:LENG(G:Risk)]
  . .
  EXIT
  
AUTOEXEC_COLOR      ROUTINE  
  IF G:AutoExec  THEN  
    ?G:AutoExec{PROP:FontColor} = COLOR:Red  
    ?G:AutoExec{PROP:FontStyle} = FONT:bold  
    ?Group4{PROP:FontColor}     = COLOR:Red
    ?Group5{PROP:FontColor}     = COLOR:Red
    AutoWarning = '®'
  ELSE  
    ?G:AutoExec{PROP:FontColor} = COLOR:Black
    ?G:AutoExec{PROP:FontStyle} = FONT:regular  
    ?Group4{PROP:FontColor}     = COLOR:Black
    ?Group5{PROP:FontColor}     = COLOR:Black
    AutoWarning = ''
  .
  EXIT  
  
CHG_SCR   ROUTINE
  IF Styp# = 0 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 106; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = 447; HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP).
  IF Styp# = 1 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 106; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = 259; HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP).    ! Ctrl-F12
  IF Styp# = 2 THEN
    UNHIDE(?Group4,?Factory)
    Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 484; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = 447
    IF ModStat = 0  THEN  HIDE(?Panel1,?Last16)         ; UNHIDE(?Group6,?G:LevelSpacing) ;  Win1{PROP:AT,3} = SwinW# ; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = SwinH#.
    IF ModStat = 1  THEN  HIDE(?Group6,?G:LevelSpacing) ; UNHIDE(?Panel1,?Last16)         ;  Win1{PROP:AT,3} = OwinW# ; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = OwinH#.
  .
  IF Styp# = 3 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 106;    Win1{PROP:AT,4} =  35;    HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP). !HIDE(?Group4,?Last16).                                     ! Ctrl-F9
  IF Styp# = 4 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 106;    Win1{PROP:AT,4} =  78;    HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP). !HIDE(?Group5,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?G:EntryIncr).      ! Ctrl-F10
  IF Styp# = 5 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = MWinW#; Win1{PROP:AT,4} = MWinH#; HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP). !HIDE(?Group2,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?G:AutoExec).
  IF Styp# = 6 THEN Win1{PROP:AT,3} = 106;    Win1{PROP:AT,4} = 125;    HIDE(?Group7,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?DeleteP). !HIDE(?Group2,?Last16) ; UNHIDE(?Group4,?G:AutoExec).       ! Ctrl-F11
  IF    Styp# = 0               THEN   ?Minimum{PROP:ICON} = 'Min2.JPG'      ; ?Settings{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings.JPG'    ; ?Orders{PROP:ICON} = 'Orders.JPG' 
  ELSIF Styp# = 1 OR Styp# >= 3 THEN   ?Minimum{PROP:ICON} = 'Min.JPG'       ; ?Settings{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings.JPG'    ; ?Orders{PROP:ICON} = 'Orders.JPG' 
  ELSIF ModStat = 1             THEN   ?Minimum{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings2.JPG' ; ?Settings{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings.JPG'    ; ?Orders{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings3.JPG'
  ELSE                                 ?Minimum{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings2.JPG' ; ?Settings{PROP:ICON} = 'Settings3.JPG'   ; ?Orders{PROP:ICON} = 'Orders.JPG'.
  UNHIDE(?Group2,?DeleteP)
!  Win1{PROP:HSCROLL} = TRUE
!  Win1{PROP:VSCROLL} = TRUE
  EXIT

GEN_RAND   ROUTINE
  R# = RANDOM(0,15)
  VOP:Text[L#+1:L#+1] = CHR(R#) ; L#+=1
  LOOP I#=1 TO R#
    RR# = RANDOM(0,255)
    VOP:Text[L#+1:L#+1] = CHR(RR#) ; L#+=1
  .
  EXIT

Quoting RJo

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@hanover, please don't regard anything in my previous mockery as serious. I didn't mean to perpetuate the confusion.

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Quoting captialfm

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Which is the best visual EA builder for free? The only one I know is Strategytune, but the code didn't work on my MT4.

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Quoting RJo

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{quote} Might be an MT4 Build 600+ thing. MQ recently made substantial changes to the mql4 language and the compiler. Some EA builder publishers are already working on updates, though I'm not aware of any updated free ones. Eventually, mql4 might be totally compliant with mql5, and mql5 builders already exist so that would be nice. Til then, you can try generating 509-ish code, manually inserting #property strict atop the resulting code, and recompiling in Build 600+.

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Quoting captialfm

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{quote} Thanks for your answer. But anyway - I am looking for program like Strategytune, where you can just visually build your EA, without any knowledge of programming, but as far as I understand, your suggestions are more related to to editing and modifying codes manually..

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Quoting RJo

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{quote} In MT4, go to your top menu bar and click on Help. Click on About... The Build# should be shown. If your Build# is lower than 600, any EA builder should work. If your Build# is 600 or higher, continue reading here... The people who make the EA builders have not yet caught up with the people who make MT4, because the MT4 people suddenly changed MT4. You can try to "fool" the new MT4 simply by copying and pasting #property strict into the code automatically generated by StrategyTune. To do so, copy the command from above, return to MT4, right...

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Quoting captialfm

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{quote} My Build is 509. But then I just dont know what is the problem - I did exactly everything as in Strategy Tune's video tutorial to make just two MA crossover buy signals, but on my MT4, it is just showing no results, it is analysing something, but at the end no results...

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Quoting RJo

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The more advanced graphic interfaces generally offer free trials, but they have time and/or production limits.

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Quoting myeabuilder

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Thank RJo for adding myeabuilder.com to your list - any feedback for us?

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