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MetaTrader 4 news

10/25/2005

MetaTrader 4 Mobile. Build 186.

1. Added line studies: horizontal, vertical lines, Fibonacci lines;
2. Added feature of working with email messages, menu «Service->Mailbox»;
3. Added feature of managing system events sound alerts, menu «Service-> Settings», tab «Events»;
4. Added German interface language;
5. Added feature of deleting the useless login;
6. Added feature of setting up the capacity of history to be stored and displayed, menu «Service-> Settings», tab «Server», parameter «Max. bars in chart»;
7. Improved chart positioning at the «Auto Scroll» option being enabled;
8. Added feature of opening chart window from the context menu of the «Orders» tab;
9. Improved appearance of prices and indicator data in the chart;
10. Modified dialogue used for changing passwords;
11. Fixed displaying of the order close price in «By request» execution mode.

10/24/2005

MetaTrader4. Build 184

What’s new:
1. Fixed «Common error» of terminal connection;
2. Fonts of charts have fixed size, they don’t depend on font settings of the operational system anymore;
3. Added GetObjectVisibility(), SetObjectVisibility(), SetLevelValue(), SetLevelStyle(), FirstVisibleBar(), BarsPerWindow() functions; parameters MODE_MINLOT, MODE_LOTSTEP in the function of MarketInfo() function;
4. Fixed appearance of comments for pending orders;
5. Added functionality to assign hot keys for indicators, expert advisors and scripts through context menu of the «Navigator» window;
6. Settings of the terminal toolbars were transferred to the file of terminal.ini;
7. Improved work of the Client Terminal in two monitors;
8. Added Turkish and Spanish interface languages;
9. Modified coloring of modeling quality indicator considering initial and end dates of testing;
10. Fixed «Trade context is busy» error during expert advisor trading;
11. Improved work of the terminal through Data Centers;
12. Fixed calculation of margin requirements when testing experts on futures;
13. Improved calculation of cross currencies when testing;
14. Strategy Tester symbol list is updated when relogging;
15. Updated MetaEditor Dictionary.

10/6/2005

New Version of MetaTrader4 Client Terminal build 183 compatible with operational system of Windows 98 SE has been released. All terminal users working in Windows 98 SE are recommended to reinstall the terminal manually using the new installation file.

Installer can be downloaded at http://www.metaquotes.ru/download

The new build includes the following changes:
1. New version of the Alerts window, sizing being possible;
2. New dialog of the chart list to be called by Alt+W;
3. Periods of 60, 240, 1440 minutes can be specified in «Publisher»;
4. The Properties window will appear when Text or Label objects are created;
5. Added functionality to call New order window by double clicking on the symbol in the «Popup Prices» window;
6. Added ability to use predefined profiles; when switching between accounts, the profile will be loaded the name of which corresponds precisely with the account number;
7. Fixed error consisting in the unnecessary recalling of the expert advisor after initialization;
8. In tester, when generating data, spread is checked whether it equals 0; if yes, the difference between the latest bids and asks will apply;
9. Permitted to download templates from any directory, not only from that of /templates;
10. At testing, if there are indicators in the tester.tpl template, these are these indicators that are output at the chart opening, and indicators used by the expert advisor under test will not be output;
11. In MQL4, added the HideTestIndicators() function with the help of which one can hide indicators completely or selectively when opening testing chart;
12. Modified dialog of changing passwords: the type of the password to be changed is explicitly specified;
13. Fixed error of impossibility to change password if the current account was authorized as an investor’s one;
14. Fixed error of «trade context busy»;
15. Fixed error of quotes buffering in DDE;
16. Added new modes in MarketInfo() function; more details can be found in the in-built Help of MetaEditor;
17. Added reading/modifying Fibo levels from expert advisors;
18. In the texts describing Fibo levels, one can specify macro %$ instead of which a corresponding price will be inserted;
19. When testing, a necessary amount of data only will be taken from History Center, not the complete bases anymore;
20. Added Bulgarian and Korean interfaces;
21. Added sorting of Account History;
22. Updated MetaEditor dictionary;
23. Fixed errors of news duplication and reading of empty news messages;
24. Simplified the window of custom indicator settings;
25. Fixed errors of «ping failed» occurring during trading;
26. Fixed error of deinitialization of custom indicator when changing symbol or period;
27. Fixed error of scale latchup;
28. Fixed error of SMTP authorization at some mailing servers;
29. Fixed erroneous rounding of swaps in the «Symbol properties» window;
30. Fixed saving the ray property in «Trend by angle» objects;
31. In MQL4, the FileSeek() function returns logical value «bool»;
32. When testing, expert processes files in its own directory /tester/files;
33. Fixed errors according to crash logs.

10/3/2005

Release of MetaTrader 4 Mobile Terminal


MetaTrader 4 Mobile has been released today, essential improvements being made to its functionality.


The following has been done in the new version of mobile terminal:
1. Enabled support of indicators. Added 30 new indicators;
2. Enabled support of Trailing Stops;
3. Enabled setting of alerts;
4. Enabled support of terminal working where display has a low resolution;
5. Fixed displaying of crosshairs on charts;
6. Fixed error in the order modification window;
7. Fixed displaying of the «History» tab;
8. Improved the operation of the active order view window;
9. Fixed displaying of the account history orders;
10. Fixed saving of terminal settings;
11. Added parameter «Chart on foreground»;
12. Fixed errors in the news;
13. Added quick setting of the price for a pending order.


Installation pack can be downloaded at http://www.metaquotes.ru/download. Updates are also available via LiveUpdate system.

9/6/2005

MetaTrader 4 Mobile. Build 184.

1. Enabled advanced authorization mode support.
2. Added Russian interface.
3. Updated working with charts.
4. Updated interaction between mobile terminal and trading server.
5. Updates based on users suggestions.

8/22/2005

MetaTrader4. Build 181

What’s new:
1. Updated reading Digits parameter from template;
2. Updated Dictionary of MetaEditor IDE;
3. Updating based on crash-logs.

MetaTrader 4 Mobile. Build 181.

New beta-version MetaTrader 4 Mobile with charts is released. Installers can be downloaded at http://www.metaquotes.ru/download

8/14/2005

Today preliminary beta-version of MetaTrader 4 Mobile is released.

Unfortunately, a part of functions and charts drawing are not ready yet. We shall try to complete beta-version the nearest weeks and to release updatings through LiveUpdate.

All registration keys from MetaTrader 3 CE are valid for MetaTrader 4 Mobile version.

We shall be grateful for suggestions on the new program which can be downloaded by links:

http://www.metaquotes.ru/files/mt4mobilesetup.exe — Windows Installer

http://www.metaquotes.ru/files/mt4mobilesetup.cab — PDA Installer

These versions work only on PDA with ARM processors, and support of MIPS and SH3 is stopped because of their absence in the market.

8/12/2005

MetaTrader4. Build 180.

What’s new:
1. Updated a generation process of «Every-tick» mode;
2. At generation the restriction on a maximum amount of bars on the chart is removed. For generation all accessible amount of bars is used;
3. The error with freezing of terminal was fixed;
4. Updated setting parameters of indicators on testing chart;
5. Updated close points trendlines drawing;
6. In MQL4 now all extern variables in custom libries are ignored;
7. At opening a folder with log-files using context menu, contents of log-files are dumped and stored on disk;
8. Updated saving custom adjustments of toolbars;
9. Updated changing of the investor password;
10. Updated Dictionary of MetaEditor IDE;
11. Updated Data Center autoselection by Data Center autoconfiguration;
12. Improved the simultaneously working experts interaction in trade context;
13. In MQL4 added GlobalVariableSetOnCondition() function;
14. In «stderror.mqh» added descriptions of new error types ERR_TRADE_MODIFY_DENIED and ERR_TRADE_CONTEXT_BUSY;
15. Updated Dictionary of MetaEditor IDE.

7/26/2005

MetaTrader4. Build 178.

What’s new:
1. Added checkbox for enabling optimization parameters;
2. Work of initialization and deinitialization functions is limited by 2.5 seconds;
3. Added the features of inputting the sender and recipient addresses in ’Email’ tab of terminal properties;
4. Optimized parameters are shown ahead of the common parameters list;
5. Added in context menu of strategy tester journals the item ’Clear All Journals’;
6. Improved Dictionary in MetaEditor in Russian language;
7. Corrected errors on crash-logs.

Attention: MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal (build 176 and older) will not be supported after several days. We highly recommend you to update your client terminals up to the latest versions.

7/13/2005

MetaTrader4. Build 177.

What’s new:
1. Added checkbox for enabling optimization parameters;
2. Work of initialization and deinitialization functions is limited by 2.5 seconds;
3. Added the features of inputting the sender and recipient addresses in ’Email’ tab of terminal properties;
4. Optimized parameters are shown ahead of the common parameters list;
5. Added in context menu of strategy tester journals the item ’Clear All Journals’;
6. Improved Dictionary in MetaEditor in Russian language;
7. Corrected errors on crash-logs.

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