Where are my screenshots?

[miro1360]

only from normal EA startup:
File - Open Data Folder -- MQL5 - Files

... if the MT5 EA is from tester, I have not found the pictures in any folder ... MT4 worked in the tester ... I'm not alone in the MT5 crap
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/244453
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/65721

[isp00rt]

I hate MT5 crap :(. It took 26 screenshots today. 23 like this:

And three like this:

This is simply ridiculous. Why two different formats from the SAME code doing the job?

[miro1360]

MT5 is buggy in some things. Everything that goes in MT4 is a good idea to do in MT4.

[l'andorrà]

Interesting. Is it a MT5 problem or an incomplete MT5 implementation fir fxDreema?

[miro1360]

in my opinion it is MT5 problem ... once it works and once not

[fxDreema]

For sure, MQL5 is much more crazy.

So, most of the time the screenshot has height of 102 pixels, but the width is right. I wonder, do you have something around the chart that has the same height? My idea is that even if the height is wrong, it has some size and this size might be coming from somewhere.

[miro1360]

if your desired dimensions are 1280x1024, give a try with 1280x800

[isp00rt]

No, I don't have any other chart, app or file with that weird height. I will try miro's new settings.

[isp00rt]

I think I found a clue. Those 102 pixels are the height of the indicator's subwindow. No matter what dimensions I use (I tried those from miro), the problem is always the same. Now I will try not using any subwindow.

[isp00rt]

I can finally confirm that if no indicators windows are present, the block works perfectly. There is no need to specify any width and height. The problem is when subwindows are included. It crashes it on MT5 no matter what. Could that be fixed, please?

[miro1360]

it could be fixed if the metatrader5 were an open source but since it is not the only way to fix it is to create a ticket in mql5 site and ask them to fix it ... describe what you found related to the ChartScreenShot function. If you mention that you found it in combination with fxdreema, they will perfectly ignore you. It may be repaired in 5 years of continuous inquiry in the meantime, try using MT4. That's how MT5 works, EA programmers are waiting for bug fixes while working with MT4, or are looking for workarounds.

[isp00rt]

Maybe I will try to open a ticket. Thanks for the advice miro.

[l'andorrà]

What a pity. MT5 is a promising platform, but far away from being as stable as MT4.

[aghmusic]

@fxDreema said in Where are my screenshots?:

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