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  • #501
  • Mar 12, 2017 4:13pm Mar 12, 2017 4:13pm
The market has opened up, and the calendar1.07d and the newsbreak 0.007 both latest versions are working fine.

To change from when they were not working to working, I just deleted the old versions from the Indicator folder (where all your indicators are kept) and pasted in both new ones.. NewsCal and NewsBreak.

Then I went to charts and deleted any presence of these indicators in any chart, and loaded the news one into the chart. Volia. Presto. Eureka ...(It was a while ago and I vaguely remember that NewBreak just worked anyway because it had exactly the same name, and I only needed to delete the old NewsCal and replace).

I only had to make a change to horizontal and vertical numbers (default were "1" in each case in 1.07d to get where I wanted) and TableHorizAlign and TableVertAlign in Newbreak to get where I wanted.

Thats it. Nothing has gone wrong for the last 4 days i.e. working fine.
  • #502
  • Mar 12, 2017 4:39pm Mar 12, 2017 4:39pm
Quoting euclid
{quote} It requires incoming ticks. You can get it to work at the weekend by refreshing the chart to give it a kick. However it needs real ticks to work out the server time and put the vertical lines in the right place on the chart.
Good to know. I'll try your latest version. Appreciate your efforts Euclid.
  • #503
  • Mar 12, 2017 4:53pm Mar 12, 2017 4:53pm
Quoting Therapsid
{quote} Good to know. I'll try your latest version. Appreciate your efforts Euclid.
Both are working on my live trading broker, FOREX.com; however still neither are loading on my demo platform from PaxForex. Guess at this point I won't worry too much about it.
  • #504
  • Mar 12, 2017 5:03pm Mar 12, 2017 5:03pm
I just read back to earlier euclid post. He has a ver 1.08 NewsCal.

I downloaded.
Pasted into MQL/Indicator folder (leaving 1.07d there!)

Opened MT4. The NewCal 1.08 was there. (If you have MT4 open when you load 1.08 into MQL/Indicator folder...just "Refresh" the indicator panel on your chart from the drop down box i.e.right-click on the panel.)

Deleted NewsCal visible on a chart, dragged on NewsCal 1.08. Viola. Presto. Eureka.

All good, as expected. V1.07d and v 1.08 live happily together. I changed only one profile cantaining ver 1.07d to 1.08. 1.07d was working fne in other profiles, but I upgaded to 1.08 anyway.

Side note: Just for the heck of it I then loaded 1.07d into the chart where I had 1.08. 1.08 disapperred from the screen chart and 1.07d was working. I deleted 1.07d (1.08 was still in the View Indicators list). Then there was neither 1.07d or 1.08. I cycled fthe time frame to a different one and that stimulated the 1.08 to initiate and now back to 1.08 and NewsBreak both working fine. Obviously 1.07d and 1.08 must be using the same "temp storage file" somewhere.

Bottom line all is robust and working fine.
  • #505
  • Mar 12, 2017 5:51pm Mar 12, 2017 5:51pm
Quoting ruma29
{quote} {quote} all above done. same on versions b, c and d. so any help? {image}

and this one:

Quoting euclid
So today I'm seeing the following https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml gives last week's calendar http://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml gives this week's calendar http://www.dailyfx.com/files/Calendar-03-12-2017.csv gives this week's calendar but 1 hour different to the FF calendar Anyway, I've got a new version for you to try out. Changes in v1.08 (since 1.07b): Changed Internet User-Agent Added check to reject out of date calendar downloads Added options to...

well, must be reason for this:
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  • #506
  • Mar 12, 2017 6:14pm Mar 12, 2017 6:14pm
Quoting jumpstart
I just read back to earlier euclid post. He has a ver 1.08 NewsCal. I downloaded. Pasted into MQL/Indicator folder (leaving 1.07d there!) Opened MT4. The NewCal 1.08 was there. (If you have MT4 open when you load 1.08 into MQL/Indicator folder...just "Refresh" the indicator panel on your chart from the drop down box i.e.right-click on the panel.) Deleted NewsCal visible on a chart, dragged on NewsCal 1.08. Viola. Presto. Eureka. All good, as expected. V1.07d and v 1.08 live happily together. I changed only one profile cantaining ver 1.07d to 1.08....
You can't have more than one per chart because they will both try to use the same graphic object names and delete each other's objects. It is supposed to work if you change the 'TableTitle' property, but I think it was still unreliable. Best to stick to one per chart.
  • #507
  • Mar 12, 2017 6:21pm Mar 12, 2017 6:21pm
Quoting ruma29
{quote} and this one: {quote} well, must be reason for this: {image}
Does it work with DailyFX?
What messages are there in the experts tab?
  • #508
  • Mar 12, 2017 7:55pm Mar 12, 2017 7:55pm
Quoting euclid
{quote} Does it work with DailyFX? What messages are there in the experts tab?

As on picture :File error.

I use AVA and Windsor. In posted is AVA. Message :"Download failed" switch to "File error" and that is shown.
I don't use DailyFX
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  • #509
  • Edited 10:58pm Mar 12, 2017 10:37pm | Edited 10:58pm
Had the same error as Ruma29. The indicator (V.108) was not able to load the data file at http://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml causing an Error number 2.

I solved this by making the file URL secure (https://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml - adding an s after the http in the inputs for the indicator). The indicator was now able to load the data file.

Not sure why the indicator was only able to load the secure versus the non-secure version of the URL. Perhaps euclid might have a better idea of the reason.
  • #510
  • Mar 12, 2017 11:56pm Mar 12, 2017 11:56pm
Quoting somercorp
Had the same error as Ruma29. The indicator (V.108) was not able to load the data file at http://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml causing an Error number 2. I solved this by making the file URL secure (https://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml - adding an s after the http in the inputs for the indicator). The indicator was now able to load the data file. Not sure why the indicator was only able to load the secure versus the non-secure version of the URL. Perhaps euclid might have a better idea of the reason.
I copy what you did . No changes
  • #511
  • Mar 13, 2017 2:09am Mar 13, 2017 2:09am
Hi Euclid

thanks again for all your work, 108 is working perfectly for me, did not have to change anything, installed file, restarted MT4, loaded it and all worked.

regards

Phil.
-be careful about what you allow to be put in your mind-
  • #512
  • Mar 13, 2017 2:47am Mar 13, 2017 2:47am
Probably all happening from the Time change this weekend? wait for people to get in and sort out there problems
  • #513
  • Mar 13, 2017 4:23am Mar 13, 2017 4:23am
We all really appreciate the continued work on this! thank you

v108 working fine with FF data on my computer and not on my VPS again. Shows a file error. Daily FX working fine though. I still didn't work that one out last time it randomly fixed it's self, but for the second half of last week 107d was working perfectly on FF data on my VPS after having the same problem.

does anybody else see the irony of a us all trying to work out the changes to the data feed on the exact same forum that the data is held? i would have thought someone from FF would chime in and help clarify!
  • #514
  • Mar 13, 2017 5:43am Mar 13, 2017 5:43am
Quoting somercorp
Had the same error as Ruma29. The indicator (V.108) was not able to load the data file at http://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml causing an Error number 2. I solved this by making the file URL secure (https://www.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml - adding an s after the http in the inputs for the indicator). The indicator was now able to load the data file. Not sure why the indicator was only able to load the secure versus the non-secure version of the URL. Perhaps euclid might have a better idea of the reason.
I have no clue. But I'm glad the new settings are proving useful to someone.
  • #515
  • Mar 13, 2017 6:34am Mar 13, 2017 6:34am
Quoting mlewis
We all really appreciate the continued work on this! thank you v108 working fine with FF data on my computer and not on my VPS again. Shows a file error. Daily FX working fine though. I still didn't work that one out last time it randomly fixed it's self, but for the second half of last week 107d was working perfectly on FF data on my VPS after having the same problem. does anybody else see the irony of a us all trying to work out the changes to the data feed on the exact same forum that the data is held? i would have thought someone from FF would...
I doubt FF are aware of the problem. I'll contact them.

For those that can reach DailyFX but not FF, can you try putting in the new URL (https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml) and see what you get.

For info, the possible download errors (in experts tab) are:

Download failed - Error number: 2 = No response
Download failed, received: Forbidden = User-agent blocked (shouldn't get this now)
Can't read source download: ... = Got a response that doesn't look like a calendar file (could be error from the server eg 404 not found error)
Download is out of date = Got last week's file

And don't forget as a workaround, you can manually download the file and save it as NewsCal$CacheFile$0.txt in MQL4\Files\
  • #516
  • Mar 13, 2017 7:03am Mar 13, 2017 7:03am
Hi euclid, thank you for this indicator.

I've installed it and am able to get the DailyFX feed working, but when using the FF feed I get 'Can't load data file, cannot open file' and 'Download is out of date' errors. These appear for both the default URL and the new URL you have supplied.

Hope that helps in debugging.
  • #517
  • Edited 7:59am Mar 13, 2017 7:47am | Edited 7:59am
Quoting euclid
{quote} I doubt FF are aware of the problem. I'll contact them. For those that can reach DailyFX but not FF, can you try putting in the new URL (https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml) and see what you get. For info, the possible download errors (in experts tab) are: Download failed - Error number: 2 = No response Download failed, received: Forbidden = User-agent blocked (shouldn't get this now) Can't read source download: ... = Got a response that doesn't look like a calendar file (could be error from the server eg...
Using the https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml link appears to make no improvement, and does not result in a file named NewsCal$CacheFile$0 being left in the files folder.

When placing a manually downloaded file with that name into the files folder, the indicator deletes it, I also tried renaming the NewsCal$CacheFile$1 file to NewsCal$CacheFile$0 and it deletes that too. presumably the 0 suffix is FF and the 1 suffix is dailyFX?

M
  • #518
  • Mar 13, 2017 1:29pm Mar 13, 2017 1:29pm
I have a link for news filtering but I see that this week has not been updated, someone knows why, or if it will update, the news out there is from last week.



https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml

  • #519
  • Edited 3:24pm Mar 13, 2017 2:24pm | Edited 3:24pm
Quoting euclid
{quote} I doubt FF are aware of the problem. I'll contact them. For those that can reach DailyFX but not FF, can you try putting in the new URL (https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml) and see what you get. For info, the possible download errors (in experts tab) are: Download failed - Error number: 2 = No response Download failed, received: Forbidden = User-agent blocked (shouldn't get this now) Can't read source download: ... = Got a response that doesn't look like a calendar file (could be error from the server eg...
Dailyfx works...no FF
Thank you
  • #520
  • Edited 3:23pm Mar 13, 2017 2:43pm | Edited 3:23pm
The calendar shown is the one from last week.https://cdn-nfs.forexfactory.net/ff_...r_thisweek.xml
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