Hello, If existing MT4 plugin works, what is the advantage of writing another ?
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Padhu To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re:DDE Plugin hello, pls try this MT4 plugin that works with Amibroker. http://www.gdynia.mm.pl/~wojtek_f/plug-in.htm pls note that this is a third party plugin and not supported by Amibroker. The guy who wrote this from Russia is not reachable. you are on your own. but it works. Tomasz, Given how popular MT4 platform is forex, it woud be really nice to have an official plugin from Amibroker for the datafeed. I have some documentation/codebase etc that i can forward. Is this something you can pls consider for near future development if you have time?. Cheers,Padhu ----- Original Message ----- From: jtjpforex To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re:DDE Plugin Hello > And of course you assume that they are correct. > > And of course we are to blame. > How come then that our plugin works with other vendors? Yes! you may very well be right or wrong. I have been able to establish a connection with the DDE running on MT4, though this is a windows program so the DDE would be compatible. My brokers Real/Demo trading platform along with the Moneyforex.com DEMO platform run on JAVA and I cannot obtain a correct connection to the DDE Server running on these trading platforms, is this because they are JAVA based programs. > The truth is that when you contact the broker you speak with > ordinary "customer support" people that have NO IDEA what they are talking about > when it comes to technicals. Over six months I have spoken with my broker regarding this problem and have tried to speak with FINATEK who produce the trading platform software, my broker cannot do anything because they say they have been advised by FINATEK that the DDE is running correctly. In the only email received I from FINATEK they advice that I should seek support from my broker, because they (FINATEK) cannot offer me (End Users) support. I should seek support from my broker who now refuses to offer that support for DDE. > The answer is: no, their server is NOT correct. If you see "yellow" > it means that it does not send DDEAdvise updates properly, > OR... you did not configure the plugin correctly (did not fill the "Last" field with proper > field definition that of course depends on the source you are using). I would agree that the DDE advice updates is not being sent properly is this due to the trading platform server not being correct or is this because Amibroker is having a problem connecting to a DDE server running on a JAVA platform. I would add that I configured the DDE plugin using the information provided by Marcin Gorzynski. And this allowed some data to be received, though the data was unusable to produce charts. > As DDE is generally non-standarised and each broker/vendor "invents" it on its own > the DDE is "general-purpose" plugin provided on "as-is" basis. > It means that while it works with dozen of vendors it does not >mean that it > will work for each and everyone. You should better look for broker that has some dedicated plugin. While I had this problem with the DDE server/Plugin with the software offered by my broker, I also tested the DDE plugin with a DEMO from MoneyForex (Who is Not my broker) and found the same connection problems with the DDE Plugin remaining "Yellow" and Amibroker only receiving bad tick data. MoneyForex offered and sent me an API to use in place of the DDE server, the comapidoc explains the following:- All interfaces of the COMAPI are accessible to import from the next TypeLibraries (tlb files). They reside in "<user's directory>/myforex/com" and can be used to automaticly generate code. I was also provided with COM_API_delphi.zip and MyForexCOMAPITest.exe However I have no idea how to use any of this, and my broker does not have any knowledge of this API. Any ideas. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jtjpforex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:30 AM > Subject: [amibroker] Re:DDE Plugin > > > >I have tested the DDE plugin status by setting up a database to link > > to the DDE server running on MT4 and this works fine with the Plugin > > status being "Green" connected. > > > > My problem is trying to connect to a DDE server running on my > > trading platform which is a Java Based platform, the company that > > produces the software is Finatek and is used by companies like > > MoneyForex (this is not my broker). > > > > The DDE Plugin Status is "Yellow" and data bars are being retrieved > > by Amibroker though this data is not correct, there are irregular > > data spikes. > > > > I have contacted my broker who has said the data is correct and the > > DDE server is functioning correctly. This means that the problem > > should be with Amibroker, as the Plugin Status is Yellow then this > > points to being a problem with Amibroker not connecting to the DDE > > server. > > > > Amibroker support are not replying to my emails. > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > --- In [email protected], "treliff" <treliff@> wrote: > >> > >> how can the data update when it is in WAIT mode (yellow)? or can > > it? > >> > >> --- In [email protected], "jtjpforex" <john@> wrote: > >> > > >> > When trying to connect to the DDE server running on a Finatek > > trading > >> > platform, the plugin remains "Yellow", the data does update > > though > >> > there are errors in the data. > >> > > >> > I have written to Amibroker support and have had no reply > > regarding > >> > this problem, I have not used the software for over a month > > since I > >> > cannot use it as I had intended. > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > > > For other support material please check also: > > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > > > Yahoo! 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