help request for time alert

Hi everyone,

I want to make an indicator that alerts me when news is coming. I made the indicator attached, it has no errors, but it alerts right away on placing the indi on the chart an not on the time set.

Also I need to ad a second alert time.

Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here and how it should be done?

Robert

Why use a custom indicator while MT4 has this exact same function built in ?

I'm not aware of that obviously , can yoy tell me where I can find this functionality?

Maybe you mean the news lines in the terminal. If that is what you mean, than that is not what I'm looking for. I want an alert some time before the news is coming. Like MyFX book is providing, only there alerts are send by email.

Bottom of the terminal > Alert tab > Right click > Create > Contition > Time =

In the "Action" drop down menu, you can even set the type of alert ...

Isn't what you are looking for ?

Thanks for your explanation, I was not aware of the time function. It is not what I'm looking for. I want all alerts in one place, the alert box, including the fact that market moving news is coming shortly. Up until now I make use of My fx-book for this, but the alerts arrive in my mail box. I thought it must be possible to make a simple indicator that I can set in the evening for the following day's news, so it will alert me in the pop-up box with a notification of the upcoming news.

Would you be able to help me with the code?

Try this one from here on FF

Thanks Taro, but I'm not looking for the news itself, I already have that in every chart. I'm just looking for a simple alert in the pop-up box, reminding me of the fact that market moving news is coming up in xx minutes. I will enter date and time in the indicator by hand, that is all. So the indicator I want to make is much simpler and lighter than the very sophisticated one you have pointed out, but again thanks for your assistance.

This news calendar has alerts settings minutes before and draw lines on chart of upcoming news.

Thanks Shabs19, but like the indicator Taro-N mentioned, this is much to sophisticated, I really want something much lighter and simpler. Like the one I made, only it isn't working properly jet, so I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what must be changed in the code I made.
Have a nice Christmas

Thanks Lucas1, but like I stated above, I want all my alerts in one place, the alert box in MT4. I have the news alerts now through My FX-book in my mailbox.

Since I have found an answer to my question, I consider this thread as closed, and I would like to thank everyone who helped me with this request.