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arjfca

... " ", OrderEntryPrice:4:4, " ", OrderStopToDo, " ", OrderStopLossPrice:4:4); I'm not an expert with ListC.readfile and others ElCollections DLL. bowlesJ3 is the one. I just copied and adapted is work Martin

arjfca

... own one. https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=41821&sid=059cc9301a05fb46fac2136d5257062d#p41819 I'm using the GetmachineTime.dll to capture the actual time of my pc. I then add 500 millisecond to this time and loop until actual time = Targettime. It work very well until i ...

arjfca

I'm using GetMachineTime.dll in a 500 millisecond delay process //Function MachineTime DefineDLLFunc: "GetMachineTime.dll", Long,"MachineTimeMill"; MachineTime = MachineTimeMill; //Indicator DisplayTime Var: TargetTime (0), Delay (500); ...

arjfca

... under Multichart directory. As far as I understand, If I want to use Global Variable within Excel, I need to reference the Global Variable dll in my appropriate VBA Sheets. Doing so, i got a message in Excel "Impossible to add a reference to the specified file" (translation). For those ...

furytrader

... the code below, I separate the data by comma). The key to this approach is that you would have to use functions associated with the ELCollections.dll, which is a public domain DLL that allows you to build lists from within an EasyLanguage strategy. Using the ELCollections.dll, we'd create a list ...

KamiCrazy

... ) Continuable: 0x00000001 ( 1 ) ErrorCode: 0xE06D7363 ( -529697949 ) ExceptionType: 0x00000001 ( 1 ) Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll Process: C:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts Discretionary Trader\MultiCharts Discretionary Trader.exe Thread ID: 0x00000CC8 ( 3272 ) Time: ...

Stan Bokov

... - I'm not sure if it's possible to send orders out from Excel. When it comes to sending info from MC to Excel, you can probably use the ELExcel.dll which is discussed here - https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8731&p=41041&hilit=ELExcel#p41034

janus

... see how I can use RecalcLastBarAfter to force the study to "run itself" every second, and even if there was no tick update it will execute my own DLL, which can do any number of things, including checking the status of my existing external applications for any user input (eg, buttons pressed on ...

SP

Stan, i dont have a huge CPU load plotting the 10 levels using the IB TwdDde.xls and ELExcel.dll. The only problem is that it gets only updated on a new tick as all indicators and studies. So i thought i would be easier to have it built in as the data is used by the DOM ...

TJ

Many Many thanks TJ!
ElExel.dll downloaded and installed.

Another Sandwich for you my friend.
Soon a full truck load.

Martin

You are welcome.

arjfca

Many Many thanks TJ!
ElExel.dll downloaded and installed.

Another Sandwich for you my friend.
Soon a full truck load.

Martin

TJ

Hello I'm looking to built an application using Multicharts and Excel. TJ an other members of the forum suggested me to use ELExcel.dll to do the work. I'm looking for a place where I could get it. The dll. is offer freely on TS forum, but I don't have access to it. With some research, ...

arjfca

Hello I'm looking to built an application using Multicharts and Excel. TJ an other members of the forum suggested me to use ELExcel.dll to do the work. I'm looking for a place where I could get it. The dll. is offer freely on TS forum, but I don't have access to it. With some research, I ...

Stan Bokov

You could use a DLL... reference it from your code, and update it from some other application.

TJ

Dear arjfca, I think you can communicate from EL to EXCEL with ELEXCEL.dll collection. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f208/past-open-close-data-es-tf-6521.html In terms of changing reg values for MC in the registry, I'm not sure what you are trying ...

arjfca

Dear arjfca, I think you can communicate from EL to EXCEL with ELEXCEL.dll collection. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f208/past-open-close-data-es-tf-6521.html In terms of changing reg values for MC in the registry, I'm not sure what you are trying ...

Stan Bokov

Dear arjfca, I think you can communicate from EL to EXCEL with ELEXCEL.dll collection. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f208/past-open-close-data-es-tf-6521.html In terms of changing reg values for MC in the registry, I'm not sure what you are trying ...

Nick

Thanks SP! I had a copy of the getmachinetime.dll however the sample code I had did not have the MachineTimeMill parameter and so was only returning seconds. Still it does seem that ComputerDateTime should return full PC clock resolution. Multicharts ...

SP

Nick,
put the dll into the multicharts folder.

This should give you the time with milliseconds.

DefineDLLFunc: "GetMachineTime.dll", Long,"MachineTimeMill";
If LastBarOnChart Then Print("HHMMSSMMM",MachineTimeMill:1:0);

Stan Bokov

... (e.g. GV_ResetAllNmdDbls). When using this function in MC, an error message occurs that says: 'Can't find function "GV_ResetNmdDbls" in dll.' Can/how can Global Variables be reset to zero in MC on chart refresh? Thanks. Global Variables work in MultiCharts without having had to insert ...

escamillo

... (e.g. GV_ResetAllNmdDbls). When using this function in MC, an error message occurs that says: 'Can't find function "GV_ResetNmdDbls" in dll.' Can/how can Global Variables be reset to zero in MC on chart refresh? Thanks. Global Variables work in MultiCharts without having had to insert ...

tekram

... (e.g. GV_ResetAllNmdDbls). When using this function in MC, an error message occurs that says: 'Can't find function "GV_ResetNmdDbls" in dll.' Can/how can Global Variables be reset to zero in MC on chart refresh?

3man

... at 0x ErrorCode: 0xC0000005 ( -1073741819 ) ExceptionType: 0x00000000 ( 0 ) Module: C:\Program Files (x86)\MBTrading\MBT Desktop Pro\MbtCom.dll Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\TS Support\MultiCharts\TPServerProxy.exe Thread ID: 0x00000994 ( 2452 ) Time: 22.05.2011 - 22:42:55.667 What am ...

escamillo

... (e.g. GV_ResetAllNmdDbls). When using this function in MC, an error message occurs that says: 'Can't find function "GV_ResetNmdDbls" in dll.' Can/how can Global Variables be reset to zero in MC on chart refresh?

radekj

You cannot use menaged dll in in unmenaged program like default-dlls (C++, Delphi etc.) !

They must be called as ActiveX object or you must wrap it (C# dll) into menaged-unmenaged-mixed dll !

ciao
radekj

PS: menaged = .net, unmenaged = pure 32bit or 64bit assembler executable

rondot samuel ws

Hi, I'm not a specialist but I can answer some things : When you have a dll, you dont care in which language she was created. You call it on the same way. For create a DLL, it seems Free basic is really simple (read somewhere on this forum) So if you are not ...

eto

Thanks Tj,

Is the same to call c# dll function as c dll function?

How about the parameter will it to specified the same?

I read the dll document but the example is for C dll so a bit confuse.

TJ

Hi,

I'm very new with MC and easylanguage.

Appreciate if anyone can help to provide any tutorial or sample how to produce c# dll and how to call if from easylanguage.

Thanks in advance.

rgds,
eto

see this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8498

eto

Hi,

I'm very new with MC and easylanguage.

Appreciate if anyone can help to provide any tutorial or sample how to produce c# dll and how to call if from easylanguage.

Thanks in advance.

rgds,
eto

janus

You could write a DLL that executes the MS Windows Sleep or SleepEx function to wait so many milliseconds, but I think I saw somewhere how one can access the MS functions directly out of a study. I can't recall the details though. Perhaps I was dreaming.

Stan Bokov

Have you looked into ELEXCEL.DLL? I think it's a library that allows you to communicate with Excel, and could potentially link MultiCharts with Excel.

You might want to check out this link - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums ... -6521.html

Stan Bokov

The 'hack' is not really a hack, it's another way of routing orders from MultiCharts to other brokers (usually it's done through a DLL). The most stable way to make this DLL is to use the complete instructions from our Order API and use the broker's API to make the two talk to each other. ...

Stan Bokov

Thread closed.

Stan Bokov

MultiCharts can use external DLL files from PowerLanguage script. You can use the following keywords to access external DLLs:

external method: "myfile.dll"

However, keep in mind that PLE is available only the regular version of MultiCharts.

MechTrader

... open (I don't have enough screen real-estate otherwise). I would be willing to pay to have this feature implemented. As it is now, I had to make a DLL that filters my mouse signals to only tell MC my mouse moved when I click. I also find clicking to get the data tip window difficult because the ...

power

Hi,

Is MultiCharts has a sdk to develop using C#. I want to use Visual Studio and build .dll files than import to MultiCharts. Is there a mechanism like that in Wealth-Lab.

sptrader

Yes, very nice- here is a screen shot of a 2 to 20 random test.

Stan Bokov

You don't need the MC API, but what you need to know is how to access external DLLs from whatever third-party application you are trying to use. For instance, MC reads external DLLs through the keywords "external method: "yourfile.dll"". How others do it, we are not sure.

TJ

Nice work.

Thanks for sharing.

furytrader

... my ability to do research since I'd see every random number set twice. To overcome this apparent shortcoming in MultiCharts, I wrote a small dll using FreeBasic that allows the user to generate a more robust random number integer by inputting the minimum and maximum values the integer could ...

kravarka

thank you,
i'm with the new version now and everything is ok!

Stan Bokov

I can't speak for MC4, but in MC7 you can place it in the MultiCharts installation directory and then use: external method: "yourfile.dll" You can also place it into any other directory, but then you need to write out the whole path. Is there a reason you are using such an old version? You ...

cyberdad

... sometimes). Of course, it is a pricey choice if you don't already have a license. Import Component-> Type Library-> PLkit type library Create DLL project and add the type library to your project. You also need a Powerlanguage indicator/signal to play the role of interfacing with the functions ...

janus

... as part of their job or hobby and know it very well. I just like to keep it simple as possible and focus on trading. I also had a go to writing a DLL in VS but got nowhere after spending too much time. As you say one can do it FB (and other similar environments) in a matter of minutes.

kravarka

Hello, i've made an dll with some functions inside and i want to use it with multicharts powerlanguage i'd found a way to write the code correct but i receive an error that dll was not found i'd tried to put it in system32 folder and ...

furytrader

TJ, you bet I will, once I create some DLLs that have good functionality. In the meantime, I used the following website for information on how to compile a DLL using FreeBasic. I was able to call the mathematical functions from inside of EasyLanguage ...

TJ

Thank you - both of these suggestions are very helpful. I was able to test a very simple DLL using FreeBasic and it worked as it should. I did the same thing earlier this week in Visual Studio and kept getting errors. I find it ironic that we have to go "back" a few ...

furytrader

Thank you - both of these suggestions are very helpful. I was able to test a very simple DLL using FreeBasic and it worked as it should. I did the same thing earlier this week in Visual Studio and kept getting errors. I find it ironic that we have to go "back" a few ...

furytrader

Does anyone here have any experience in creating DLL using Visual Studio .net to extend MultiCharts functionality? For example, how would one go about creating a DLL in the spirit of ELCollections.dll to add functionality to MultiCharts? Are there ...

dgss

... ) Continuable: 0x00000001 ( 1 ) ErrorCode: 0xE06D7363 ( -529697949 ) ExceptionType: 0x00000001 ( 1 ) Module: C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll Process: C:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts Discretionary Trader\QuoteManager.exe Thread ID: 0x000004D8 ( 1240 ) Time: 01.04.2011 - 17:30:22.710 ...

TJ

... Extension Software Development Kit (SDK) provides users with the ability to write code in a programming language that allows for the creation of DLLs (for example, C++, Pascal, Delphi, or Visual Basic) and call that code from within an EasyLanguage analysis technique. https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Additional_Information_Sources ...

piranhaxp

Dear Guys,

I know that I'm able to export indicator values to a dll. But I have no experience with reading these values from the dll (not from the indicator itself) via COM-interface for another application. Is that possible without MC API ?

Any comments are appreciated.

Thank you.

Regards.

Mike

Erik Pepping

Yes, so far this morning everything seems ok, after the recommended change. Maybe should be default for IB ?

LRP

Hi Erik
Have a look at: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8362
and the problem should be solved.
Gruss, LRP

Erik Pepping

Another update if I look at the data in quote manager (because it just happened again) , the trade fields does not have this value !

Very urgent BUG ! Super untrusted indicators because of this problem !

Erik Pepping

When i delete all data with the quote manager and reload the charts it is ok !

Erik Pepping

I updated the IB api from multicharts discretionary trader I'm getting huge shadows (extreme lows and highs) in my charts (See attachment) . These ticks have not been seen in charts from IB, so they are not correct, Live i can see them forming in one second or so, so it seems to be one tick. I'm usi...

janus

... disagreeing with MC. Unless I'm reading the screens wrong, something is definitely not working properly. BTW, the CPU tick is obtained (via a DLL) from the Microsoft Windows function that retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started, up to 49.7 days.

Dave Masalov

Dear siscop,

Unfortunately, there are no such keywords. Probably you can get these values using dll functions if broker API allows it.

rondot samuel ws

Hi, any link to "EL Collection DLL " ? I didn't find them thanks Doesn't the EL Collection DLL do this fairly easily? I've used it to read in statistical tables for patterns that are then monitored in real-time. It was pretty simple to set ...

furytrader

Doesn't the EL Collection DLL do this fairly easily? I've used it to read in statistical tables for patterns that are then monitored in real-time. It was pretty simple to set up. The fact that it's a custom DLL shouldn't matter - it's in the public domain.

TJ

Googling around, it seems the only way to read from a file in easy language is to use a custom made external dll. Wtf, this seems crazy. I can play videos but I can't read a few numbers from a file....?! Definitely a great idea. You can add a feature request here: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/ ...

AntiMatter

Googling around, it seems the only way to read from a file in easy language is to use a custom made external dll.

Wtf, this seems crazy. I can play videos but I can't read a few numbers from a file....?!

rondot samuel ws

... checked "order confirmed" and when you are in front of computer you can valid order. About email etc, nothing is available. But you can do it with dll etc. Not easy. May be http://triagetrading.com/ will be available soon for MC and you can do it. My strategy generates limit and stop orders. I ...

Dave Masalov

When I run the updater I see the following message: ERROR: Unable to registry file. Res= 5, Err= 0 -->: regsvr32.exe "tsIBDataFeed.dll" /s DONE What does this mean? Dear janus, Please come to our Live Chat between 6:30AM and 2PM EST so we can connect to your computer remotely and analyze ...

CrazyNasdaq

That's OK .
The DLL that works on Multicharts 6.1 are ok and works fine, so if you use Multicharts 6.1 you have no problem with Zenfire API.

tucciotrader

I think I have this installed: tsZFDataFeed.dll 1.0.3605.400 is that ok?

tucciotrader

Hi, is it true that: "Zenfire has updated his API so the old link and DLL from Multicharts to Zenfire datafeed has a bug. It creates many records equal to zero in its historical database. All versions form Multicharts 5.5 to 6 beta 2 has this bug and Multicharts ...

janus

When I run the updater I see the following message:

ERROR: Unable to registry file. Res= 5, Err= 0
-->: regsvr32.exe "tsIBDataFeed.dll" /s
DONE

What does this mean?

Nick

Hi guys, Just to be clear I don't think that the delay is needed or any other adjustments to the zenfire dll. (Unless we discover any other 'wrinkles'). Knowing the sequencing is A C B (from my example a few posts back) users can construct their code accordingly. We will need ...

Andrew Kirillov

Nick,
Please send me a screenshot of QuoteManager->Data Sources-> Zen-fire data feed.
It should show 1.0.1284 version.

We have no issues with the latest dll on our end. Please let me know.

janus

... using some complex logic in my code but it's not pretty. It works most of the time but it's not ideal. If I get the time I might develop a DLL to bypass the MC order management system. I will lose a lot of nice features, such as the tracking tool built-in to MC so I will have to develop ...

Nick

Hi Andrew thanks for the help getting the new zen dll's going. It's simply based on the fact that it will result in a crossed market! It depends somewhat on the matching algorithm of the exchange but if contracts are bid and asked at the same price ...

Andrew Kirillov

Nick,
MC6 will work. Just try the dll. I don’t want to spend more time discussing it. See Zen-fire/Rithmic API and you will see the ask/bids fields are sent separately, not as single data field. It is easy to understand that they will be updated at different times and that overlaps are possible.

Spaceant

Specifically, I'm referring to this blog post -- https://www.multicharts.com/traders-blog/?p=115 Ok, so, it's a .dll. Now what? What do I do with it? I love Multicharts, and would love nothing more than to find in it the same cumulative delta functionality as one finds in Investor ...

gregorio123456

the problem is w TWS914 or yours dll for TWs914 (you need upgrade your tsibdatafeed.dll for TWS914 or TWS914 have some bug) MC6.1 and MC5.5 w TWS913 work fine w tsibdatafeed.dll stander(last ..1.0.3605.400) note(I try MDT w TWS914 no get ...

tortoise

... Ok, this is very helpful. So, in other words, this data2/data3 code yields, more or less, garbage? Also, I see MC has made some sort of .dll available that appears to have something to do with this subject (cumulative delta/IQ feed), but I'm not at all sure what to do with it (aside from ...

CrazyNasdaq

Ok, this is very helpful. So, in other words, this data2/data3 code yields, more or less, garbage? Also, I see MC has made some sort of .dll available that appears to have something to do with this subject (cumulative delta/IQ feed), but I'm not at all sure what to do with it (aside from load ...

tortoise

Ok, this is very helpful. So, in other words, this data2/data3 code yields, more or less, garbage? Also, I see MC has made some sort of .dll available that appears to have something to do with this subject (cumulative delta/IQ feed), but I'm not at all sure what to do with it (aside from load ...

tortoise

Specifically, I'm referring to this blog post -- https://www.multicharts.com/traders-blog/?p=115 Ok, so, it's a .dll. Now what? What do I do with it? I love Multicharts, and would love nothing more than to find in it the same cumulative delta functionality as one finds in Investor ...

Dave Masalov

Dear ym58, For every WS and for all MC instances the same memory segment is used: Shared Data Segment. In other words, dll is independent but it uses Data segment shared by various applications that run as separate processes. All applications that call this DLL share this data segment ...

ym58

... a GV system independent : 1- from one WS to another WS ? 2- from one MC instance to another MC instance ? 3- not at all, for it is a windows_based DLL and it is set and prevails once for all ? What I simply mean is : should a particular GV be set in a particular WS, will it be set for all WS and/or ...

ym58

Dave,

I am not familiar AT ALL with DLL programming and/or GV's code improvements, nor do I know, besides, WHERE to post an improvement request.

I really wish I could find something simpler and more straightforward that would use standard features of GV's.

Any clue ?

Dave Masalov

... Apparently it can be done only by changing the source code of Global Variables. This source code should be in open access. General concept is: 1) Dll functions can be called when a study is created and turned on or off. The following methods should be used: OnCreate OnDestroy 2) A corresponding ...

vking

... use NT for order entry - but I am trying to see if I can use MC itself for charting as well as order entry through strategies. By using external DLL - I woudn't have the ability to replay etc to make sure the orders being placed/replaced/cancelled etc as I would expect them to be. Thanks

Dave Masalov

Dear siscop,

Such substitutions are not possible in PL scripts. The only thing I can suggest is to use functions. You can write your own custom dll library and pass a part of your calculations there.

janus

... adjusted to :) I've done the exact same thing. See attached code. It includes a lot of other stuff I use to override orders using my own external DLL programs to block, supplement or cancel automatically generated orders. MC v7 will provide some of these features. Which brings me back to my comment ...

piranhaxp

TS has the same issue in combination with Commodo Firewall or Security Suite. I can't remember right now, but there was an issue with one dll used from both.

Regards.

Mike

geizer

... could you please explain about folder in PLE editor for arrange strategy etc... do you create folder in TS support\Multicharts\studyserver\studies\dll or anywhere else ? thanks in advance for any reply regardsLaurent Laurent, To create custom folders in PLE: 1. Open studies pane 2. Select where ...

sdonahue

... to the chart to supply the bid and ask data to the Ninja-supplied ELD for the data feed, but I can't seem to get data to pass through to NT. The dll is in the MC program directory, so there should be no issue there. I used to use this successfully in TS, so I am aware of the setup and configuration- ...

rondot samuel ws

Hi,

could you please explain about folder in PLE editor for arrange strategy etc...

do you create folder in TS support\Multicharts\studyserver\studies\dll or anywhere else ?

thanks in advance for any reply

regards

Laurent

Dave Masalov

... include holiday and half day trading. Dear Tony, Yes, you will need to hardcode it: write it in the script or read it from a file thru external dll. Basically, you should skip holidays by means of your script.

skan

Hello
Thanks.
The problem with global variables is that you need to use external dll and not standard easylanguage, and is not as portable.

Dave Masalov

Dear skan,

Then, you need to write a dll function to export values to Excel in real-time. You can find more information on this subject in Easy Language SDK on the Support --> Help and Tutorials --> Documentation page of the site.

Dave Masalov

... together (one for each strategy) or to export them all to the same excel sheet. Dear skan, You can export these values in Excel using the external dll function. Or you can write them to a text document with delimeters and then export it to Excel. Thus, you won't even need any external dll.

sptrader

I imported the TS "strategy Equity" indicator, works great. No dll needed.

skan

Hello
The poshpup dll link is dead.
Please could somebody upload it or send it to me?

Thanks

CrazyNasdaq

Hi,
today I've problem with the connection to Open&Cry data on Multicharts version 5.5
The login name and password are correct.
Is there any new API from OEC or any new DLL files to connect Quotemanager with OEC data feed ?

Thanks

Anastassia

Hi Danilo,

Developers checked it on our end and confirmed it is a bug. We will soon provide a dll with the fix. I will post it to forum once it is available.

Thank you

furytrader

... work-around, I wrote a separate indicator that pulls the moving average values from data series 2 into a shared data map (using the ELCollections.dll) which can then be retrieved at any time by indicators and strategies inserted into data series 1. This seems to work okay although, as you might ...

janus

... trade price as well with them. That's the limitation of MC I'm talking about. So, option a) and b) won't be of any use. I was going to write a dll to retrieve bid and ask in real-time for my own charting package, which I developed before I bought MC. I no longer need it since I'm not so interested ...

furytrader

... distinguish between changes in the bid/offer with actual trades or (b) depending on what you want to do with the size of the bid/offer, create a .dll that retrieves this information from your data stream and then makes it available to MultiCharts when an actual trade occurs. For what I want to ...

Dave Masalov

Dear andydandy,

You can code it in your strategy using external dll file (you can call externall dlls from PowerLanguage code).

Sigma Trader

Zen-Fire tech support says they do not support MultiCharts 1-800-496-1683 ext 3

Sigma Trader

No, a new zen-fire dll is apparantly not needed. The symbol formatting for zen-fire is the following: For CME symbol root<month code><y> where month code H=Mar, M=June, U=Sept, Z=Dec where y=year = 1 through 0 for 10th year CME Examples: ...

Sigma Trader

Is a new datafeed dll needed for Zen-Fire? The existing one no longer works with the YM. It does work with the ES. I think zen-fire changed their symbol mapping for some symbols and YM was one of them.

Dave Masalov

Dear radekj, Everything works fine on our end. Here is the example of the code: external: "c:\mcdll.dll", void, "mycalc", IEasyLanguageObject, string, double ; var: mydata(0); value1 = mydata[10]; mycalc( self, "mydata", 200 ) ; Plot1(mydata[1]); And DLL file: void __stdcall ...

jek

... data from TS. Anastassia told me on chat to downgrade to TS 8.6. I have 8.4, 8.6, 8.7 and 8.8 all still installed. So I tried selecting the 8.6 TS dll in QuoteManager/settings. This didn't solve the problem. Do I have to actually uninstall TS8.8 and TS8.7 ? It is weird because if you quit everything ...

radekj

if you reference back data in EL script it cause exception by ANY call to external function in dll ! exampel: vars: mydata(0); ... = mydata[1]; "next call to any dll function causes EXCEPTION !" PLKIT is massive BUGY ! i am tired of searching for a new workarounds of so ...

Dave Masalov

Dear tucciotrader,

It is absolutely legal, you can purchase our SDK: https://www.multicharts.com/multicharts/sdk/

For more information please contact us directly by phone.

tucciotrader

... feed tick by tick. I am in love with Multicharts and I can program a little C and C++ language. I am considering of trying and create a custom dll in order to connect Multicharts to my italian brokerage system LIVE. I have a long long way to go, though :-( Mostly because I have no idea how ...

Dave Masalov

... ? Dear LMC, Everything can be decoded, this is called reverse engineering. Theorethically, it is possible to decode binary code just as every dll file and every application. However, it will require enormous professional and time ressources. It is simply not rational to spend so many efforts ...

Dave Masalov

... to the fix list. However, there is a workaround. Make the variable series type, if there are series functions calls. For example: external: "c:\mcdll.dll", void, "mycalc", IEasyLanguageObject, string, double ; value9 = 0.0 ; value1 = value9[1]; // make value9 serial variable mycalc( self, "value9", ...

Emmanuel

... good. That is why diamond lock look interesting. Does anyone know where this binary is located ? Maybe can we use a second software to protect the dll ? http://www.brothersoft.com/mpress-77695.html http://www.brothersoft.com/aspack-3899.html http://www.brothersoft.com/enterprise-architect-60300.html ...

misterbear

I have narrowed down the problem further. If i attempt to pass in BarNumber as an argument to the DLL function, I get the runtime parameter error. It does not seem to matter if the arg is type int or double. Passing BarNumber as an arg works in TS but not in MC. //======= ...

Dave Masalov

Dear misterbear,

Everything works normally. Please find attached the C++ Dll with the source code and a .pla archive with the example of the script as well as a screenshot.

misterbear

In my C++ DLL the following standard TS SDK call is failing to return a pointer to the IEasyLanguageVariable *pVar and instead raises a "bad parameter" error in MC. See code below. I am doing a port of my EasyLanguage code which ...

TJ

... be de-compiled? Everything can be decoded, this is called reverse engineering. Theorethically, it is possible to decode binary code just as every dll file and every application. However, it will require enormous professional and time ressources. It is simply not rational to spend so many efforts ...

Dave Masalov

Dear cyberdad,

You are welcome. Glad to hear that the problem has been solved.

cyberdad

... I now understand what happened. There was another irrelevant error in my code at the time I was trying to access the data streams from my DLL. So. I decided to code the data streams structure myself and just feed the prices to the DLL. Doing so, I also fixed the irrelevant error without ...

Dave Masalov

Dear cyberdad,

You are welcome. Please tell me how are you trying to get access to prices? Using what functions of interface?

cyberdad

... the end it makes no difference really. It took me less than an hour to simulate data series access and manipulation using custom code inside the DLL. A dynamic array of records of arrays is all it takes to hold all data series information in a chart (and I am sure there are much better ways than ...

Dave Masalov

Dear cyberdad,

Sorry for the late answer. In fact you can reference data of any data series. If you pass IEasyLanguageObject in custom dll, you can get all the necessary data from chart.

cyberdad

Never mind, 3 days for an answer to such a simple matter is a bit much. I decided to just feed the dll with all price data needed and let everything get calculated inside the dll code. Which makes my code platform independent too. You never know which is the next best platform, ...

cyberdad

I just need to know one thing basically. Does "IEasyLanguageObject" carry all available data streams in a chart as it gets passed to a custom DLL function(s) (ie data1,data2 etc)? If I know that indeed it does, then I can try to figure out what's wrong with my code. If it doesn't then I can try ...

LMC

Hi, is it difficult to use Diamond Lock ? Do you need to create a DLL file to store important elements of your trading system ? and , is this DLL file encrypted as well ?

cyberdad

The error is "Message: Error in Study 'Mechano DLL' ; ;" Capture.PNG The error occurs when the strategy is applied to data1 (as base stream) and calling a data2 stream value inside the DLL pELObj.CloseMD[data2].AsDouble[Bars]; When the strategy ...

TJ

... But when attempting to use data2 stream an error occurs.
....

what is the error?
what is the error message?

cyberdad

I wrote a "hello world" dll in Delphi that interfaces with MC through PLkit.dll. The DLL has 2 basic functions returning the value of data1.Close[bars] and data2.Close[bars]. The function using data1 stream works fine. But when attempting ...

flyinglight

Is it possible that DLL get the orders on the chart or the hint window?
I would like to know how to get the orders, using functions or interfaces like IEasyLanguageObject provided by the EasyLanguage Extension SDK.

Thanks a lot

oscar

... at 0x ErrorCode: 0xC0000005 ( -1073741819 ) ExceptionType: 0x00000000 ( 0 ) Module: C:\Program Files (x86)\MBTrading\MBT Navigator\MbtCom.dll Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\TS Support\MultiCharts\TPServerProxy.exe Thread ID: 0x00000EAC ( 3756 ) Time: 29.08.2010 - 18:16:36.515

oscar

... at 0x ErrorCode: 0xC0000005 ( -1073741819 ) ExceptionType: 0x00000000 ( 0 ) Module: C:\Program Files (x86)\MBTrading\MBT Navigator\MbtCom.dll Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\TS Support\MultiCharts\TPServerProxy.exe Thread ID: 0x00000BF4 ( 3060 ) Time: 29.08.2010 - 14:19:42.893

tradersheldon

... TS example and give me one error can solve it somebody or see where is the error please... #import " C:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts\PLKit.dll" no_namespace ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Calculate simple moving average value double __stdcall MovAvg ( ...

tradersheldon

But not in micro or miliseconds that the traders need... i only see it in seconds... TJ i have tried to program it with reserve funtions of the dll and in the oputput appear 5900546.00 in the post of multichart said to me that the funtion DEFINEDLLFUNC: "kernel32.dll", int, "GetTickCount"; give ...

tradersheldon

Hi i would like to know to compile my systems in one DLL, ther is some manual to do it and how to use the objets of multichats...

Thanks in advanced

Anastassia

Hi Maxpi,

it would be great if Multicharts included a dll for interfacing NxCore

At this point, NxCore data feed is not planned to be implemented into MultiCharts. However, we will take your suggestion into consideration for the future versions of MC.

Thank you

tradersheldon

... topic for all users of MC is to know how can improve the calculations of the trades in the systems, I think that if we compile all systems in one dll will be faster for example or can TSSupport give us some tips.. the formula that i mean is this DEFINEDLLFUNC: "kernel32.dll", int, "GetTickCount"; ...

maxpi

or any other super-feed like NxCore... it would be great if Multicharts included a dll for interfacing NxCore, the scanner will work with 5000 issues, it takes a super-feed to supply that. TS2000 would do that many issues with DTN Satellite but that feed is phasing out in favor of NxCore...

hero

... future I guess my only chance to use MC is to upgrade to PRO version or change datafeed because if Bloomberg API changes you can't expect the old dll to work. I realy do hope that MC will consider to at least sell Bloomberg feed support with the current version of MC. 8000 USD for Bloomberg feed ...

Tresor

... post. So what's the difference between the "final" releases of 6.0 build 3553 and 6.01 build 3605? The changes I am aware of are: the following dlls were added: libeay32.dll and ssleay.dll - these dlls were added to improve the integration with Dukascopy (maybe these dlls have an effect on other ...

faschim

... Correct me if I am wrong. Is there a new way of getting the "context". Perhaps in IEasyLanguageObj? The context of this question is that I have a DLL which contains an entry function that for any particular call directs data and misc to the appropriate object in an array of calculation objects ...

janus

... features, and partly because I like the language despite some of odd features that could be handled much better. I'm now thinking of using my own DLL plug-ins to interact with IB directly thus bypassing MC's order management system. This will overcome all of the issues I'm currently having with ...

Nick

Great find! Thanks.

aljafp

... case can be resolved to his satisfaction in a number of ways: (i) make him pay a symbolic $1 for the pro licence or (ii) send him Bloomberg dll every time a new MC version shows up (iii) ....... something else .......... so that the resolution of Bibulous' case does not disrupt the new development ...

Tresor

... case can be resolved to his satisfaction in a number of ways: (i) make him pay a symbolic $1 for the pro licence or (ii) send him Bloomberg dll every time a new MC version shows up (iii) ....... something else .......... so that the resolution of Bibulous' case does not disrupt the new development ...

radekj

... can get maximal ca. 20 updates per second ! (because the guys from tssupport puted PatsWrapper.exe COM server between tsServer.exe and the PATSAPI.DLL, donno why !) Check you data for delay/desynchronization between datafeed and MC chart ! ciao radekj

janus

... conclusion is EasyLanguage is fantastic for simple to medium level studies but fails miserably for very complex ones. There is an option to use DLLs so very complex computations can (and should) be executed outside of MC. However, there's still the issue of duplicate computations when one needs ...

TJ

... So I doubt any keywords in the indicator is at fault for crashing your computer. (unless it invokes an external program that does the damage. eg. DLL, etc.) I did experience your episode once... It happened recently (sorry I did not record the MC version); The indicator crashed my computer a couple ...

janus

steven, if you need to run an application outside of MC, all you have to do is build a small DLL stub that executes it. MC can then call the DLL, which in turn calls the .exe. If you need to pass information to the application then that can be done too. If you need to ...

Dave Masalov

Dear steven,

Unfortunately, there is no other way to call C# in EasyLanguage besides a dll file.

Stanley Miller

... Brokers. PowerLanguage · Different backtesting results on historical and real-time data when using two data series. · Exception when using ELExcel.dll and referencing empty cells with ELXL_GetCellStringRC function. · pELObj->CloseMD[dataN]->AsDouble[0] when N > 1 does not work. "Wrong parameters" ...

2haerim

4) Rename TSstorage.dll to TSstorage_old.dll_old and TSstorage_New.dll to TSstorage.dll

=> tsStorage.dll file in the MultiCharts install folder?

I think it should be read as

4) Rename TSstorage.GDB to TSstorage_old.GDB and TSstorage_New.GDB to TSstorage.GDB

Please clarify this.

tekram

... That’s when the problems began. Because of multi-threading we ran into bugs specific to MC, in other words given the exact same strategy and dll’s, we would run into crashes with MC whereas the same strategy would perform thousands of iterations without problem in TS. More errors manifested ...

tcat

... to answer this thread. Thierry, 1. Since Wouter is one of TRAD people now it is his duty to advocate TS. However it is a fact that his own tool/DLL that never being designed with multi-threading in mind works several times faster on MultiCharts. It is an achievement of our vision and engineers. ...

Andrew Kirillov

Thierry, 1. Since Wouter is one of TRAD people now it is his duty to advocate TS. However it is a fact that his own tool/DLL that never being designed with multi-threading in mind works several times faster on MultiCharts. It is an achievement of our vision and engineers. We were first ...

janus

... very useful for advanced real-time traders. I now use two screens (more to come) so I can quickly add/reverse/cover my trades using IB or my DLL addon to MC. I'm actually using MC less and less for trading purposes but I still will have a need for it for back-testing ideas. ScaleTrader and ...

titletrading

... ACD Project\Test File"),"Date",",",date); plot1(Date,"Date"); end; What have other people done to write to file for use in Excel? I cannot use a .dll it slows down my strategy considerably.

steven

Dear Dave,

Thanks for the reply.
Is there any other way to call C# except DLL with EL?

Regards,
Stv

Dave Masalov

Dear steven,

Regarding C#, if it is done in a C# dll with exportable functions, then it is possible. C# have mechanisms to export functions declarations in a dll.

As for JAVA, most likely it can be done only using some sort of adapters.

albertc

I want to apply two different indicators to one chart with one indicator passing shared variables to the other via GlobalVariable.dll and ELCollections.dll. However, the receiver code in one indicator requires the sender code in the other indicator to finish before it can do anything. As ...

Dave Masalov

Dear rodent,

If you are talking about portfolio optimization, I believe that the process using your DLL file is PortfolioBacktester.exe. You can try to change the number of Dll loads in DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH using librarycount. This may speed up the performance.

rodent

This may not be a multicharts problem, but I took an existing DLL that worked for regular strategy trading in TS and then started using it in Multicharts. I try to optimize portfolio with this DLL, and it runs very, very slowly. So I have a few questions: ...

FHTrader

I have re-read the instructions a few times, re-installed and done the followings based on the instructions. 1) placed ELCollections.dll filet in the Multicharts.exe program directory (i.e. "C:\Program File\TS Support\Multicharts\"), and import "ELCollections.eld" file in the zip with PLEditor. ...

beck donald

... 0x000000000(0) Description: The instruction at")x Error Code: 0xC0000005(-1073741819) ExceptionType:0x000000000(0) Module: C:\Windows system32\ntdll.dll Process C:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts\MultiCharts.exe Thread ID:0x000014B0(5296) Time:04.05.2010-21:31:08.593

smashthepound

Hi, I hope this subject will be still read because it is a never ending story ... I just did download the dll and some easylanguage files and had a quick look at the code and also at the description. I seems like Global Variables is just good for retrieving the last value of ...

bowlesj3

... can not be done using a special study is opening the output file for display. I can do that directly from my notification popup. Without a special DLL or external program such as some sort of basic or database program you pretty much have to open that file with the standard windows commands. Note ...

Bruce DeVault

... what I coded. Well, the question is how to implement this IOG counting inside a non-IOG strategy. I just tried to separate them into two using GV DLL. Don't know if there is a way to combine them into one as the original non-IOG strategy would be affected when IOG is enabled, at least the signals ...

Spaceant

... what I coded. Well, the question is how to implement this IOG counting inside a non-IOG strategy. I just tried to separate them into two using GV DLL. Don't know if there is a way to combine them into one as the original non-IOG strategy would be affected when IOG is enabled, at least the signals ...

Spaceant

... this feature, send a message to them to request it to expedite the development!! BTY, I have developed a set of codes that do the job using GV DLL. Apparently, they can do the job as I want, but I still feel that this is not perfect yet and needs testing before I publish them. I probably will ...

janus

... agree MC has a long way to go with some of the very important features, like manual override trading. I've fixed that myself by writing my own dll stub and custom application. So, that's not a major concern for me. Still, it would be a benefit for others to have this feature some time soon, ...

Bruce DeVault

... in some EasyLanguage that essentially exists to perform a "side effect" such as outputting a text file or sending a live trade to a broker via a DLL, is to simply structure it deliberately as a signal rather than as an analysis technique (assuming you don't require plots as essential for what ...

janus

... there will always be a desire to see the same information from multiple angles for reassurance and control. I can do all that now using my own dll extension to MC. However, as you alluded to, it's wise to have an alternative way to perform these functions. If MC and/or my dll stops working ...

Bruce DeVault

... works on TS - they're MultiCharts-specific issues. In some cases (such as with FastFileAppend) it may be specific to the fact that the DLL is being used simultaneously from multiple threads, thus introducing issues that wouldn't be exposed on TS when it's single threaded in execution. ...

ctrlbrk

I've written an EasyLanguage interface for Collective2. It isn't the best, and wont be until you add external C++ DLL module for doing a HttpWebRequest. But it gets the job done. The quick and dirty: I decided the easiest thing to do would be to write a Collective2 function, that ...

Tresor

... transfers the unfiltered data feed or the original data feed from the exchange and then (ii) pass this knowledge onto TSS and request that MC's dll responsible for handling the data from your provider be rewritten E.g. at the moment MC receives filtered / massacred data feed from OEC. But if ...

Spaceant

... using an intrabar order generation strategy. I am not sure how this can be coded as in my 5min EOB strategy. Well, I am trying to code using GV DLL to feed the signal, in additional to limit order sent to IB, to another IOG strategy that does the following: 1) Issue a market order if certain ...

janus

... to retrieve the historical volume for just the current bar once that bar is completed? I suspect there isn't a way so I may have to write my own dll using IB's api to retrieve the historical value. The better approach would be for IB to fix this issue but I know they have been asked about this ...

bowlesj3

... I also hard code my GVs in this directory (An old TS4.0 habit). "C:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts\GlobalVariable.dll" Setting up and running this is very easy. However, I only trade one symbol and have it on several charts. These scripts are set up for one symbol ...

janus

... soon, which is why I developed my own method. In fact I may do everything outside of MC and use MC just for collecting and feeding the data to my dll's, and sending instructions back to place orders and draw objects and indicators. My code also runs about 3-4 times faster than EL code so that's ...

janus

... I also use it to sound an alarm if during on-line mode (flagged by receiving an update tick) the study (actually my own app communicating via a dll stub) fails to receive subsequent update ticks within a specified time to warn me of a possible break in the connection for the data feed. Even ...

Tresor

... or ''tick data'' and you will find suggestions by OEC engineers on how to receive unfiltered data in ticks from OEC. Then suggest to TSS that MC's dll responsible for handling OEC data is slightly rewritten to receive those unfiltered data. The OEC data being unreliable results from the fact that ...

TJ

thanks to geizer for the link. Extending PowerLanguage with a DLL Originally published by Roger Rines on PowerBASIC users forum. Link: http://powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?s=1833c3287a317dddb7715d6d9a5d6ced&t=27727&highlight=TS How to create ...

janus

... 99.99499987499375200000 99.99499987499375200000 So, if someone is writing code to be used in both TS and MC, and they are using dll's, then they should explicitly type cast each numeric variable as double. It also appears that if you use say float in MC and pass it to a dll with ...

janus

... they both get 8 bytes making the types redundant? I know that TS adopts the former approach. This has bearing on the way one passes variables to dll's. I haven't experienced any problems but wanted to make sure I am using the right approaches.

TW

Here is a DLL for reading text files:

www.codetalkerworld.net/downloads_dll.htm

Bruce DeVault

EasyLanguage has no direct commands to read text files. However, you could do this from a DLL - either by building your own or by using a prebuilt package like ADE (which is built upon the ELC DLL) to fulfill your purpose.

Spaceant

... A and B). The key indicator called GV Arb Trig in which you can plug in different numbers to initiate the trade triggers. You need to install GV DLL Version 2.2 to do the job. Inputs: Opt(0); Vars: SetRtn1(0); SetRtn1=GVSetNamedInt("ArbTrigger",Opt); Plot1(Opt); In the first chart with symbol ...

Spaceant

... I have an idea of having a GV indicator that acts as a trigger to do the job. I will test it and post it later to share. 1) Again, with GV DLL, I still think that it is a bit too complicated to do the job, think of how many clicks are required to do amend the GV input. I think that it is ...

Spaceant

... but it seems that it is only in "minute by minute" in Global mode instead of tick by tick or second by second. I have just started to learn GV DLL, but not yet installed EL collection or ADE. I will do it later. Frankly speaking, I am getting a bit frustrated as my codes seem working some time, ...

bowlesj3

... I did it just recently although not in global mode. GV calls are just calls to adjust data or retrieve data from an area in memory that the GV dll sets aside (using windows global variable standards I think). This memory is outside of MC itself. Those calls do not know if it is a playback going ...

Spaceant

Hi, I opened a workspace consisting of two charts, one in 5-min duration and one in 1-second duration. My intention was to test the GV DLL to feed a signal from the 5-min chart into the 1-secnd chart. It failed as it seems to me that the playback function only works in a single chart, BUT ...

marekj

I'm waiting for Anastasia's answer 2 weeks if I can use current TT interface (or wait for new dll) on 1 tick ES charts after my problems with Zenf-fire. Every time I email her, answer is the same, developers are working on it, I need to wait. My conclusion...TSS doesn't ...

wegi

I think a workaround could be working with global variables, with pushpop.dll. You can setup 2 charts with the same system. Chart 1 stores the equity line in the global variable. This chart is not for autotrading, only for the equitycurve. in chart 2 you can ...

janus

... if lastbaronchart is true). Now that would be nice. I already have a use for that feature! At the moment I funnel some of my studies to a master dll to decide the order of execution under certain circumstances. Some of my studies are dependent on others.

janus

... alert messages to my own catch-all console app, writing messages to log files for auditing and debugging purposes, an exit handler to cleanup my dll variables and workspace, etc., etc. For now, I'll just have to resort to indenting large sections of my code and skip over them using appropriate ...

ts2mc

hello TJ, i am doing backtest and want orders placed on IB account. I do not want to user inbuild OrderAutomat of MC, i use my own dll placing orders. basically, if i send Buy ("Long") NbrShares contracts this bar at close; i want this order being filled in backtest and for real trading ...

janus

... to work (eg, undo) and some decent run time error notifications. I'm saying this not so much for myself anymore as I'm working around it using dll's developed in another IDE, but for all the other users, both existing and future to make MC a much better platform. But if MC is not interested ...

janus

... For very short term or day traders this is often an issue. The only way to overcome this issue now is to write your own immediate order types in a dll using, if available, the broker's api's. IB provides such a library and I have played with them before I started using MC. I lost interest writing ...

janus

... continue to develop new studies for some time to come. One thing I am sure of. If I need to develop complex studies I will be doing it either in a dll or on another platform.

janus

... a batch of them every so often and remotely store them on another site. I also do a lot of my development in another language as I use a lot of dll's. I suppose that's why I get so annoyed when I do some editing in PLEditor. Some would say I'm spoilt using another editor that doesn't have the ...

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