Upcoming Empty4 4 and MQL4 Upgrades

silky · Post by **silky** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:44 am

http://forum.mql4.com/69005, the latest offering from Ivan and his commrades at MetaCrap

Empty4 4 Platform Beta Build 865: Web Trading, Direct Payment for Hosting and One-Time Passwords
The beta version of the updated Empty4 4 platform is to be released on Friday, August 28, 2015. We will update our public MetaQuotes-Demo server located at demo.metaquotes.net:443. We invite all traders to join the testing of the new platform, evaluate all its features and help developers to fix the errors.

To update Empty4 4 platform to build 865, connect to demo.metaquotes.net:443 server.
The final build of the new Empty4 4 platform will be released after the public beta test.

Empty4 4 Client Terminal build 865 ,1.Web Trading: The first web version of the trading platform has been released. All trading and analytical features of a desktop terminal can now be accessed from a web browser! The web platform is safe to use - any transmitted information is securely encrypted. Trading account passwords are encrypted and stored only in your browser's local storage.

silky · Post by **silky** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:13 pm

Ivan has surfaced again.

New Empty4 4 Platform Build 900: Class Templates in MQL4 and Optimized Memory Use
Empty4 4 platform update is to be released on Thursday, October 22, 2015. The update will feature the following changes:

Empty4 4 Client Terminal build 900
1. Terminal: Fixed changing a password for an inactive (unconnected) account.
2. Terminal: Optimized use and release of memory when working with large amounts of historical data.
3. Terminal: Fixed and optimized working with a large number of news categories.
4. Signals: Fixed unsubscribing from signals via the Navigator window context menu.
5. MQL4: Added class templates allowing you to create parametrized classes like in C++. That enables even greater abstraction and ability to use the same code for working with objects of different classes in a uniform manner. An example of using:
6. MQL4: Fixed memory reallocation in the ArrayCopy function that could occasionally cause crashes of MQL4 programs.
7. Tester: Fixed an error that occasionally caused nulling of the variables declared on the global level after testing an indicator.
8. Tester: Fixed testing when connection to a trade server is lost.
9. MetaEditor: Fixed defining a function name in MetaAssist in the presence of type casting.
10. MetaEditor: Fixed opening large files.
11. MetaEditor: Added F hotkey to call the search function from the Code Base tab, as well as multiple tips in the status bar for the commands for working with a code: increasing/decreasing indentation, navigation, case shift, etc.
12. Fixed errors reported in crash logs.

nonlinear · Post by **nonlinear** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:34 pm

If anyone knows, I am curious what this might entail >> Terminal: Optimized use and release of memory when working with large amounts of historical data.

Post by **SteveHopwood** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:27 pm

nonlinear » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:34 pm wrote:If anyone knows, I am curious what this might entail >> Terminal: Optimized use and release of memory when working with large amounts of historical data.

Don't actually know, but here is what I surmise: trouble for the user.

PIPone · Post by **PIPone** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:18 pm

Here we are again with the usual troubles reserved to metacrap's users

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After the last update to build 900 some indicator of mine stopped working

Caution with runnning EAs using indicators !

Post by **milanese** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:34 pm

PIPone » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:18 pm wrote:Here we are again with the usual troubles reserved to metacrap's users .
After the last update to build 900 some indicator of mine stopped working
Caution with runnning EAs using indicators !

Probably the code needs to be adapted to new coding standarts in those indicators.

Cheers

Tommaso

Post by **SteveHopwood** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:38 pm

milanese » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:34 pm wrote:
PIPone » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:18 pm wrote:Here we are again with the usual troubles reserved to metacrap's users .
After the last update to build 900 some indicator of mine stopped working
Caution with runnning EAs using indicators !
Probably the code needs to be adapted to new coding standarts in those indicators.

Cheers

Tommaso

Hmmmmmmm. Not a lot of comfort to those daft enough to have paid $299.99 for some crap custom abortion whose coder has now disappeared off the face of the planet.

Or maybe an inadvertent kindness?

silky · Post by **silky** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:34 pm

New Empty4 4 Platform Build 910: Bug Fixing
Empty4 4 platform update is to be released on Thursday, November 12, 2015. The update will feature the following changes:
1. Code Base: Fixed and accelerated downloading MQL4 programs from the Code Base. Download free source codes of trading robots and indicators directly in the platform.
2. Terminal: Fixed unloading price history from memory. An error occurred previously in case of insufficient memory.
3. Terminal: Fixed display of some user interface elements when working in Windows 10.
4. Terminal: Fixed removing graphical objects from the chart using the Backspace key.
5. Signals: Improved and fixed translations of the trading signals showcase.
6. MQL4: Added the SYMBOL_VISIBLE read-only property to the ENUM_SYMBOL_INFO_INTEGER enumeration.
7. MQL4: Fixed template operation.
8. MQL4: Fixed the ArrayCopy function behavior when copying a string array in case the data area of a data source and receiver overlap entirely or partially.
9. Tester: Added a limitation when testing demo versions of indicators and Expert Advisors from MQL5 Market. Now, testing of paid products' demo versions is forcefully completed one week prior to the current terminal date.
10. MetaEditor: Fixed occasional conflicts between tooltips and other applications.
11. Fixed errors reported in crash logs.

The update will be available through the LiveUpdate system.
http://forum.mql4.com/70225

silky · Post by **silky** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:59 pm

A Thanksgivings gift from Ivan and all his cronies

New Empty4 4 Platform Build 920: Faster operation and managing a visual test from the configuration file
Empty4 4 platform update is to be released on Thursday, November 26, 2015. The update will feature the following changes:
1. Terminal: Fixed initial and periodical scanning of trade servers in the trading account opening dialog. Now, availability and pings are defined in a timely manner with no need for manual scanning.
2. Terminal: Optimized and accelerated the client terminal operation.
3. Terminal: The terminal interface has been further adapted for high resolution screens (4K).
4. MQL4: Fixed downloading custom indicators from MQL4 applications' resources. Indicators are included into resources via the #resource directive. This allows creating "all-in-one" applications that are much easier to distribute.
5. MQL4: Fixed the accuracy of the level value display in custom indicators. Previously, the accuracy always comprised 4 decimal places, while now it depends on the accuracy of an appropriate custom indicator values.
6. MQL4: Fixed checking the possibility of reducing an object of one type to another type as a result of inheritance when passing the object as a method\function parameter.
7. MQL4: Fixed recalculation of standard indicators on a specified buffer (iIndicatorOnArray) in case the data is set by an array having a fixed size. Previously, the indicator was not recalculated occasionally.
8. MQL4: Fixed errors in class templates.
9. Tester: Added ability to manage visualization mode when launching the tester from the configuration ini file. The new TestVisualEnable parameter (true/false) has been implemented for that. If the parameter is not specified, the current setting is used.
10. Tester: Fixed an error in the CopyXXX functions that caused the real history data, instead of the test history one, to be returned.
11. Tester: Fixed reading test parameters from the configuration ini file passed in the command line.
12. Tester: Fixed excessive memory deallocation after closing a visual testing chart, which occasionally made history data unavailable for actually operating Expert Advisors.
13. Fixed errors reported in crash logs.
The update will be available through the LiveUpdate system.

silky · Post by **silky** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:49 am

Update from Ivan and his cronies as his gift for Christmas to you

New Empty4 4 Platform build 940: Optimized for high-resolution screens
Empty4 4 platform update is to be released on Friday, December 11, 2015. The update will feature the following changes:
1. Terminal: The terminal interface has been completely adapted for high resolution screens (4K). All user interface elements are properly displayed on large screens. On smaller screens, the UI elements are automatically enlarged for better readability.
2. MQL4: Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause "Error writing EX4" during compilation in Windows 10.
3. MQL4: Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause errors while loading external DLLs in scripts and Expert Advisors.
4. Hosting: Fixed migration of trading environment with a custom indicator containing an EX4 library call, if the indicator is called from an Expert Advisor.
5. Signals: Fixed error notifications on the signal subscription page. For example, notifications about the absence of required symbols for copying, about different trading conditions, etc.
6. MetaEditor: Fixed arrangement of open windows, if one of them is maximized. Open files can be tiled, cascaded, arranged vertically and horizontally using appropriate commands of the Window menu.
7. Fixed errors reported in crash logs.
The update will be available through the LiveUpdate system.