Marty:
I'm new to this forum and hello everyone :)
My question is:
How do I specify a path in mq4 to save a file to the root directory (c:)?
Sounds simple but I can't seem to get around it. Somehow it keeps saying that there are too many symbols (doesn't like the ":" I think).
Thanks in advance
Marty
I'm new to this forum and hello everyone :)
My question is:
How do I specify a path in mq4 to save a file to the root directory (c:)?
Sounds simple but I can't seem to get around it. Somehow it keeps saying that there are too many symbols (doesn't like the ":" I think).
Thanks in advance
Marty
According to the documentation https://docs.mql4.com/files, you can't. All files reside in the expertsfiles sub directory (or the testerfiles sub directory at backtesting) of the installation directory, or a sub directory thereof.
richplank wrote:
According to the documentation https://docs.mql4.com/files, you can't. All files reside in the expertsfiles sub directory (or the testerfiles sub directory at backtesting) of the installation directory, or a sub directory thereof.
richplank,
Thanks for checking. Not what I wanted to hear (at all! LOL) but at least I know now it's not just me failing to see something obvious :)
Marty wrote:
I'm new to this forum and hello everyone :)
My question is:
How do I specify a path in mq4 to save a file to the root directory (c:)?
Sounds simple but I can't seem to get around it. Somehow it keeps saying that there are too many symbols (doesn't like the ":" I think).
Thanks in advance
Marty
I'm new to this forum and hello everyone :)
My question is:
How do I specify a path in mq4 to save a file to the root directory (c:)?
Sounds simple but I can't seem to get around it. Somehow it keeps saying that there are too many symbols (doesn't like the ":" I think).
Thanks in advance
Marty
According to the documentation https://docs.mql4.com/files, you can't. All files reside in the expertsfiles sub directory (or the testerfiles sub directory at backtesting) of the installation directory, or a sub directory thereof.
richplank,
Thanks for checking. Not what I wanted to hear (at all! LOL) but at least I know now it's not just me failing to see something obvious :)
Thanks for that :)
By the way, have you worked with ftp in mq4? I can't seem to get it to work from
within an EA. Just returns nil. Apparently it can't be done from a custom indicator
(and why not?) but should work from an EA. I've followed the code:
if(!SendFTP("report.txt"))
{ lasterror=GetLastError();
and it didn't work. Any idea?
stringo wrote:
You can use WinAPI functions. For example
You can use WinAPI functions. For example
#import "Kernel32.dll" bool CopyFileA (string source_file, string destination_file, bool if_exist); #import int start() { if(CopyFileA("G:\\tst\\111.txt", "C:\\222.txt", 0)==false) Print("Copying error"); }
stringo wrote:
You can use WinAPI functions. For example
Didn't work. Didn't report an error message either. I've put an Alert(filecopied) ---- where filecopied was a boolean that got its value from that function----- and it didn't even give me an alert. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.
You can use WinAPI functions. For example
#import "Kernel32.dll" bool CopyFileA (string source_file, string destination_file, bool if_exist); #import int start() { if(CopyFileA("G:\\tst\\111.txt", "C:\\222.txt", 0)==false) Print("Copying error"); }stringo:
Didn't work. Didn't report an error message either. I've put an Alert(filecopied) ---- where filecopied was a boolean that got its value from that function----- and it didn't even give me an alert. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Did You allow dll-calls for your experts?
What errors output to experts' log?
What errors output to experts' log?
stringo wrote:
What the value returns GetLastError function after dll-call
What the operating system do You use?
What the value returns GetLastError function after dll-call
What the operating system do You use?
I've used the following code:
if (!CopyFileA("\test.txt", "\test2.txt", 0))Alert(GetLastError());
There's no alert at all.
My OS is windows XP
20:37:44 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: deinitialized
20:37:44 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: loaded successfully
20:37:44 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: initialized
20:37:45 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: cannot call function 'CopyFileA' from dll 'Kernel32. dll'
20:37:45 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: expert stopped
start (){
if (!CopyFileA("\test.txt", "\test2.txt", 0)){Alert(GetLastError());}
And that's all the code, except for the definition of the function (before init())
#import "Kernel32.dll"
bool CopyFileA (string source_file, string destination_file, bool if_exist);
#import
20:37:44 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: loaded successfully
20:37:44 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: initialized
20:37:45 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: cannot call function 'CopyFileA' from dll 'Kernel32. dll'
20:37:45 FTP sender GBPUSD,H1: expert stopped
start (){
if (!CopyFileA("\test.txt", "\test2.txt", 0)){Alert(GetLastError());}
And that's all the code, except for the definition of the function (before init())
#import "Kernel32.dll"
bool CopyFileA (string source_file, string destination_file, bool if_exist);
#import
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My question is:
How do I specify a path in mq4 to save a file to the root directory (c:\)?
Sounds simple but I can't seem to get around it. Somehow it keeps saying that there are too many symbols (doesn't like the ":" I think).
Thanks in advance
Marty