MetaEditor Debuger

[samjesse]

Hi

When running the debugger in MT5. The screen shows my MetaQoute Demo interface and opens up a chart in M1 period regardless of what PERIOD the code is using.

Is that normal or a bug?

thx

[Enivid]

That's not normal, but maybe in your code it's not entirely clear, which timeframe to open?

[samjesse]

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 1
#property indicator_plots 1


#property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE
#property indicator_color1 Gray
#property indicator_style1 STYLE_DOT
#property indicator_width1 1

//--- indicator
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double stochBuffer[]; //--- Stochastic buffer
int stoHandle; //--- variable for storing the handle of the iStochastic indicator

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{

SetIndexBuffer(0, ExtMapBuffer1, INDICATOR_DATA); //--- indicator buffers mapping
PlotIndexSetInteger(0, PLOT_ARROW, 172); //--- indicator plot windingsstyle
ArraySetAsSeries(ExtMapBuffer1, true); //--- ordered 0 latest, n oldest
ArraySetAsSeries(stochBuffer, true);
stoHandle = iStochastic(NULL, PERIOD_H4, 14, 3, 3, MODE_SMA, STO_CLOSECLOSE); //--- create indicator handle
//---
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
const int prev_calculated,
const datetime &time[],
const double &open[],
const double &high[],
const double &low[],
const double &close[],
const long &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[])
{
//---


//--- Get Stochastic indicator data in an array stochBuffer []
int copied=CopyBuffer(stoHandle,0,0,rates_total,stochB uffer);
if(copied<=0)
{
Print("Unable to copy the values of the indicator. Error = ",
GetLastError(),", copied =",copied);
return(0);
}

//--- print out the indicator values
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
Alert("Stoh values : " + string(i) + " " + string(stochBuffer[i]));
}

//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

[samjesse]

Does this board support code format?

[samjesse]

Originally Posted by Enivid

That's not normal, but maybe in your code it's not entirely clear, which timeframe to open?

Could you show an example?

thx

[Enivid]

Originally Posted by samjesse

Does this board support code format?

Yes, it does. Use [highlight="MQL5"] or [highlight="MQL5"] BB tags.

Originally Posted by samjesse

Could you show an example?

thx

My mistake. You need to set the debugging currency pair and timeframe via Tools->Options->Debugging.