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Hi,

 

I'm trying to using BcLib in my own code and have one question:

 

WriteLn() only show a line of text of limited length(less than half the width of window), is that correct? and is there a way to overcome this?

 

BTW, I really appreciate your excellent articles on this blog, there are thought provoking and practical at the same time. Would you mind sharing more of your arbitrage strategies and experiences? I'm very interested in this area of trading, and would to explore more and contribute if I can. I do most of my coding in Python.

 

Thank you,

 

H. Yao

Hi,

 

I'm trying to using BcLib in my own code and have one question:

 

WriteLn() only show a line of text of limited length(less than half the width of window), is that correct? and is there a way to overcome this?

 

BTW, I really appreciate your excellent articles on this blog, there are thought provoking and practical at the same time. Would you mind sharing more of your arbitrage strategies and experiences? I'm very interested in this area of trading, and would to explore more and contribute if I can. I do most of my coding in Python.

 

Thank you,

 

H. Yao

 

Hi,

 

The text length limitation affects Comment() and CreateObject(), so they are inner limits of MetaTrader. Also, expect limitations to 32 of 16 characters (don't remember now) for order comments. You could use a MoveTextPointer() followed by WriteLn(). Once you create the text slots you need just to address them with Say() to update the contents.

For the moment, I am quite out of trading, but I'll be back once MT5 is out. I'll probably also rewrite BcLib and make a CHM file for it, once things could be adressed professionally with multiasset backtester and events.

 

Regards,

Bogdan

Hi,

 

I'm trying to using BcLib in my own code and have one question:

 

WriteLn() only show a line of text of limited length(less than half the width of window), is that correct? and is there a way to overcome this?

 

BTW, I really appreciate your excellent articles on this blog, there are thought provoking and practical at the same time. Would you mind sharing more of your arbitrage strategies and experiences? I'm very interested in this area of trading, and would to explore more and contribute if I can. I do most of my coding in Python.

 

Thank you,

 

H. Yao

 

Hi,

 

The text length limitation affects Comment() and CreateObject(), so they are inner limits of MetaTrader. Also, expect limitations to 32 of 16 characters (don't remember now) for order comments. You could use a MoveTextPointer() followed by WriteLn(). Once you create the text slots you need just to address them with Say() to update the contents.

For the moment, I am quite out of trading, but I'll be back once MT5 is out. I'll probably also rewrite BcLib and make a CHM file for it, once things could be adressed professionally with multiasset backtester and events.

 

Regards,

Bogdan

 

Thank you for your help, Bogdan. Hope you keep us informed.

 

Cheers,

 

H. Yao