Custom indicator data importing, MT4, failure ,SQ3.8.1

I do this according the help file. But the instruction is not as new as SQ3.8.1.

 

Error occured when I do automatic importing. 

 

 

 

 

And I have more one question, about mt4. The mt4 have enough data and be setted to show the moest bars. But I don’t get the whole data in chart.

 

 

 

 

Hello,

 

Program Files folder is write-protected and SQ cannot write the required batch file there. 

If you want to use automatic imports you have to reinstall your MT4 to some other folder,for example C:\Trading\MetaTrader-Alpari UK

 

Import is not dependent on indicator source code, so it will work also for indicators for which you don’t have MQL4 file.

First time, MT4 is install as default. I found the writeable problem. So I re-install it to d drive D. And that folder is writable.

 

I can create folder or file in that folder.

 

But I found the attributes is read-olny (right click). The OS is windows 10.

It should work when you uncheck “read-only”. Can you confirm?

Thanks, tomas262.  Maybe it’s a  bug of windows.

I try to import indicator’s data manually. But it didn’t work for me.

 

First, modify the importing EA

int start() {
   currentTime = TimeToStr(Time[1], TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS);
   if(currentTime == lastTime) {
      return(0);
   }
   
   double value1, value2;
   
   int handle = FileOpen(StringConcatenate("CustInd_", Symbol(),".txt"), FILE_READ | FILE_WRITE, ";");
   if(handle>0) {
      FileSeek(handle,0,SEEK_END);
      
      value1 = iMA(NULL,1440,30,0,1,PRICE_CLOSE,1);
      //value1 = iIchimoku(NULL, 0, 9, 26, 52, MODE_TENKANSEN, 1);
      //value2 = iIchimoku(NULL, 0, 9, 26, 52, MODE_KIJUNSEN, 1);
      
      FileWrite(handle, TimeToStr(Time[1], TIME_DATE),TimeToStr(Time[1], TIME_MINUTES), Close[1], value1);
      
      FileClose(handle);
   }

   lastTime = currentTime;
   
   return(0);
}

I want to make a strategy in 4H timeframe with EMA(close,30) of day bar.

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At last in the tester folder, there is nothing in files, but there is a “.FXT” file in history (185GB!!!)

 

 

Does anyone import mt4’s custom indicator and data with success?

Hello,

 

the code works for me. When I run EA GenBuilder_IndicatorExportEA. It creates a file in MetaTrader 4\tester\files folder

I typ again. (install mt4 to another folder)

 

And it didn’t generating any useful file, except the history file(EURUSD240_0.FXT).

 

 

I am not sure that it’s the mt4’s, or windows problem.

 

And  should I fix this ? Is it valuable?

 

Will the SQ4 come out this month?  Do we need work with SQ3.8 yet?