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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 24, 2014 11:57pm Jan 24, 2014 11:57pm
I have some .ex4 indicators which I need to convert into .mq4 files to use them altogether. How can I do it manually?
  • #2
  • Jan 25, 2014 12:07am Jan 25, 2014 12:07am
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting Arav007
I have some .ex4 indicators which I need to convert into .mq4 files to use them altogether. How can I do it manually?
If you don't have the original source code (.mq4), it would be illegal to decompile the .ex4 file.
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  • #3
  • Jan 25, 2014 12:11am Jan 25, 2014 12:11am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} If you don't have the original source code (.mq4), it would be illegal to decompile the .ex4 file.
I am not sure what is Illegal into it as they were shared Free. Also I don't have any intention to change them and claiming them as mine. I just want to combine them thus I can use them effectively.
  • #4
  • Jan 25, 2014 12:24am Jan 25, 2014 12:24am
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting Arav007
{quote} I am not sure what is Illegal into it as they were shared Free.
What is provided freely is the right to use them on your charts ... not to use the code itself which is owned by its author ... unless he also shared the .mq4 source code.
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  • #5
  • Jan 25, 2014 12:29am Jan 25, 2014 12:29am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} What is provided freely is the right to use them on your charts ... not to use the code itself which is owned by its author ... unless he also shared the .mq4 source code.
I understand. But I have knocked the author where I got the indicators several times but no response. Also these indicators were created in 2008 probably.
Anyway, is there any way that I can use those .ex4 indicators directly in EA? I need to get an indication when all those indicators changes colors all together.
  • #6
  • Jan 25, 2014 12:50am Jan 25, 2014 12:50am
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting Arav007
{quote} I understand. But I have knocked the author where I got the indicators several times but no response. Also these indicators were created in 2008 probably. Anyway, is there any way that I can use those .ex4 indicators directly in EA? I need to get an indication when all those indicators changes colors all together.
There's no need of the .mq4 to use them for an EA or an alerter.
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  • #7
  • Jan 25, 2014 7:06am Jan 25, 2014 7:06am
To access the indicators you have the .ex4 files in an EA, use the iCustom function. If you haven't used iCustom, do a search and you will find lots of info.

You also need to know which buffer the values you are interested reside in. To see what the value is in each buffer, in MT4 open up the Data Window (Ctrl + D). When you hoover the mouse over a bar on the chart, the value for each buffer of each indicator can be seen in the Data Window.

In the iCustom function, you would then specify the buffer whose value you would like to return. Play around with it and you'll soon get the hang of how it works.
  • #8
  • Sep 13, 2014 11:05am Sep 13, 2014 11:05am
Hi
Can you ex 4 to mq 4 convert files?
I have a file and I thank you for your help.
  • #9
  • Sep 13, 2014 4:45pm Sep 13, 2014 4:45pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting 2014
Hi Can you ex 4 to mq 4 convert files? I have a file and I thank you for your help.
If you don't have the original .mq4 file, that means that the author isn't willing to share it ... so decompiling the .ex4 would be illegal.
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  • #10
  • Sep 13, 2014 10:43pm Sep 13, 2014 10:43pm
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} If you don't have the original .mq4 file, that means that the author isn't willing to share it ... so decompiling the .ex4 would be illegal.
It belongs to me. He written to his name
  • #11
  • Sep 13, 2014 10:47pm Sep 13, 2014 10:47pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting 2014
{quote} It belongs to me. He written to his name
Do you have the original source code ? If not, you have no right to decompile the crypted file. It's what I meant in my previous post.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #12
  • Nov 24, 2015 10:42am Nov 24, 2015 10:42am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} Do you have the original source code ? If not, you have no right to decompile the crypted file. It's what I meant in my previous post.
I see this thread is old, just came on to see if any change was available to change an old ex4 file, lost mql4 file, now a bit stuck.. i see Ferrufx' point... but now in a bit of a conundrum
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  • #13
  • Dec 11, 2015 4:27pm Dec 11, 2015 4:27pm
Look my profile i will help you
  • #14
  • Dec 11, 2015 4:35pm Dec 11, 2015 4:35pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting Rajking
Look my profile i will help you
As said earlier, what you are doing is illegal ...
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  • #15
  • Dec 11, 2015 4:45pm Dec 11, 2015 4:45pm
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} As said earlier, what you are doing is illegal ...
i works in freelancer is there is not illegal also there are much more this kind of process are on going (this my job too) Can you please share what's illegal about this thing!! can anybody share if its illegal process
  • #16
  • Dec 11, 2015 5:25pm Dec 11, 2015 5:25pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting Rajking
{quote} i works in freelancer is there is not illegal also there are much more this kind of process are on going (this my job too) Can you please share what's illegal about this thing!! can anybody share if its illegal process
I explained this to you few hours back in your other thread.

By doing this, you are encouraging users to pirate codes which authors aren't willing to share.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #17
  • Dec 11, 2015 5:26pm Dec 11, 2015 5:26pm
Quoting Rajking
{quote} i works in freelancer is there is not illegal also there are much more this kind of process are on going (this my job too) Can you please share what's illegal about this thing!! can anybody share if its illegal process
There are a few coders on this forum who make design and code trading tools to sell and I have seen many examples of people who find nothing wrong in cracking the ex4 ( you only have to go onto eBay to see many examples of this ) and next thing you know that piece of software is for sell on some obscure website. No thought goes into the huge amount of skill experience and time that goes into programming the indicators/ea's/scripts etc it all comes down to making a quick dollar out of someone else's hard work and knowledge. I can think of several examples of free software coded on Forums ( that have been cracked and passwords removed etc ) that are currently for sale for thousands of dollars by unscrupulous Forex/Binary websites. This is the reason that many coders on Forums no longer post the source code mq4 so at least it makes it harder for those so inclined and thankfully the new MT4 appears at this stage to be very hard to crack.
So at best if it is not illegal then it is definitely immoral. So anyone who thinks its alright to decompile software needs to take a good long hard look at their moral compass.
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  • #18
  • Dec 11, 2015 5:27pm Dec 11, 2015 5:27pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting cja
{quote} There are a few coders on this forum who make design and code trading tools to sell and I have seen many examples of people who find nothing wrong in cracking the ex4 ( you only have to go onto eBay to see many examples of this ) and next thing you know that piece of software is for sell on some obscure website. No thought goes into the huge amount of skill experience and time that goes into programming the indicators/ea's/scripts etc it all comes down to making a quick dollar out of someone else's hard work and knowledge. I can think of...
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  • #19
  • Dec 11, 2015 5:35pm Dec 11, 2015 5:35pm
Hm everyone this gonna to be finish this thread so here is much answer about so don't try to broke thus the author hardworking suchthings.. Just use what they shares (its hard to develop one thing) thank you for the explanation cja furrufx
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  • #20
  • Dec 12, 2015 2:30am Dec 12, 2015 2:30am
Quoting cja
There are a few coders on this forum.......
Excellent post.

Alas, the more indicators and EAs that are shared on forums for free, the greater the impression becomes that the software is of little or no value -- and there is nothing immoral in pirating something that has no monetary value. I've been guilty in helping to propagate this notion by freely sharing indicators and EAs, and performing coding and troubleshooting on request. Like the other programmers here, my motive was to help other members, but in one sense I feel I've unwittingly betrayed my fellow developers by making it seem that if it costs nothing, then coding apparently requires little time, effort or expertise.

It's good to know that there are no decompilers available, at least not yet, for the new MT4. That will make the task of the thieves and lowlifes who look to profitably reverse engineer copyrighted material vastly more difficult.
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