Cannot load and/or export ex4 normally anymore (web version)

[Abade69]

I am trying to finish my project, but i can't seem to export ex4 files at all. all i get is the "wait" label, and then nothing happens.

https://fxdreema.com/shared/XJduEi3kc

The project is pretty big. I have problems loading and surfing this website aswell.

[miro1360]

you need wait few seconds ... or another way for big project can be this:

1. generate mq4
2. open metaeditor
3. in metaeditor open mq4 file
4. click Compile button
   ... and your ex4 file is generated

[fxDreema]

How often do you have problems with the website? People from China told me that their connection with the website is bad, but I have no idea how much. I personally live far away from the actual server and I have delay for each request about 120 ms, but even with that the website works fast enough for my taste (and I like speed). But maybe there is something else, I don't know...

There are few possible problems with .ex4/.ex5 files. The first problem is that the compiler (metaeditor.exe) starts very slow. This program can run as a normal Windows program as you know (MetaEditor) and also in command line mode. But with every new version the program starts slower and slower in command line mode. Unfortunately I can't fix that. But half of the waiting time is because of that.

The other half of the time you wait is for the file to be downloaded, because it is bigger that 1MB. Here I have some feeling that the speed should be faster, so I will investigate this.

There is another possible reason - the compile time could be slow. This is the time for which the MQL code is compiled. For your project this time is not very small, probably because of the size of the source code. But fortunately it compiles relatively fast. Because I noticed few times that with certain content in the MQL code, the compilation time becomes huge.

[Abade69]

@miro1360 said in Cannot load and/or export ex4 normally anymore (web version):

you need wait few seconds ... or another way for big project can be this:

1. generate mq4
2. open metaeditor
3. in metaeditor open mq4 file
4. click Compile button
   ... and your ex4 file is generated

Thanks, i will try that!

[Abade69]

@fxDreema said in Cannot load and/or export ex4 normally anymore (web version):

How often do you have problems with the website? People from China told me that their connection with the website is bad, but I have no idea how much. I personally live far away from the actual server and I have delay for each request about 120 ms, but even with that the website works fast enough for my taste (and I like speed). But maybe there is something else, I don't know...

There are few possible problems with .ex4/.ex5 files. The first problem is that the compiler (metaeditor.exe) starts very slow. This program can run as a normal Windows program as you know (MetaEditor) and also in command line mode. But with every new version the program starts slower and slower in command line mode. Unfortunately I can't fix that. But half of the waiting time is because of that.

The other half of the time you wait is for the file to be downloaded, because it is bigger that 1MB. Here I have some feeling that the speed should be faster, so I will investigate this.

There is another possible reason - the compile time could be slow. This is the time for which the MQL code is compiled. For your project this time is not very small, probably because of the size of the source code. But fortunately it compiles relatively fast. Because I noticed few times that with certain content in the MQL code, the compilation time becomes huge.

My files are bigger than 1MB, and i have exported my project like a thousand times, as i like to correct errors/aesthetics as soon as i make a change. Right now i am exporting the .mq4 and then use the compiler directly as suggested. I noticed the increased compiling times after i included two of these structures:

So maybe it has something to do. Sometimesit takes more or less time, or doesn't work at all!

I only had problems with the site yesterday (timeout errors, and long loading times), right now it seems to be working allright! From México Baja.