change global variable from vb?

 

hi Guys,


I'd like to build and EA that opens/closes positions based on an app external to mt4 like ms excel. is there a way that I can use VB to change the values in a global variable? Has anyone tried this? I'd appreciate your comments/ideas/suggestions =)


Thanks!

 

Never tried it - it might be easy or it might be hard (others might comment)

However, there are more traditional ways of communicating between processes in windows, like pipes, shared memory, or shared files. Rummage around.

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