Syntax Highlighter for mql4 and mql5 in NotePad++

Hi!

First, great job!

But I"m facing a style problem: whenever I try to use a different style then the default, white-board one, I get an persistent undesired white background behind the words. 

How do I fix this?

Unfortunately, the author only designed these settings for a white background. If you want to change the styles, in Notepad++ you will have to go to Language >> Define Your Language, then select the language, in this case mq4. Then you will have to modify the style for each and every color-coded item. So under the tabs "Folder and Default", "Keyword Lists", "Comment and Number" etc, you will have to press the "Styler" buttons and manually choose the foreground and background colors for each and every color-coded item. Some foreground colors (ie text colors) which the author has used will not work against a dark background so you will have to manually choose the foreground (ie the text) color.

Alternatively, you could go to Settings >> Style Configurator, select "Enable global background color". This will override all individual background colors for various code languages and replace it with the theme background on your Notepad++. Choosing this setting may mean that Notepad++ may not work well for code in other languages.

Good work.

But I have to admit it was really hard for me to make it work because step 3 "The mq4.xml file is located in the Notepad directory as a subdirectory: c: / Program Files / Notepad ++ / plugins / API." is completely wrong. First, there is no "API" directory there. It is called "APIs". However this is not a big problem. The big problem is the mq4.xml file should go into Notepad++\autoCompletion folder. 

Thank you, Jatin Patel.

Good work indeed. Saving lot of time :)

These instructions are totally FUBAR!

I'm not gong to bother to install auto-completion, because I don't use NPP for coding, just viewing on remote servers

So I'll just use the highlighting part, which is installed by:

1. Extract the *.zip file from OP, somewhere. 
2. Copy the mq4.xml file to: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\
3. Open NPP and navigate to: `Language > Define your language...`, this will open a new "app",
   called "User Defined language v.2.1.0.12", a.k.a. "UDL".
   
4. Click "Import.." button and navigate to the other extracted file called:  userDefineLang.xml
   

5. After importing, you'll get ok message, but nothing else will show, so just close the "UDL" app.
   

6. Now go to: `Settings > Preferences` and in the tree menu, select:  "File Association > Customize" and
   type ".mq4" in the text field and hit the right arrow to place it in the "Registered Extensions" box.
7. Now, close NPP and re-open any *.mq4 file.
   
8. Voila'!
9. You can now also select "mq4" in the UDL app, to edit some of the settings.
10. NOTE: 
    
11.   (a) There are many new and changed functions and constants missng. in particular the math related ones not pre-fixed with "MathXXX".
12.   (b) The `View > List Functions` doesn't work, no matter what i try to do import and edit. 
    

After extensive testing I finally found the way how to get the function list to work!

The problem is that there are 2 functionList.xml files, in:

1. C:\Program Files\Notepad++\functionList.xml
2. C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\functionList.xml

However, you have to use and edit the user specific one, in (2)!

Add these lines:

                        <association id=    "mql4_function"        userDefinedLangName="MQL4"          />
                        <association id=    "mql4_function"        ext=".mq4"                          />
                        <association id=    "mql4_function"        ext=".mqh"                          />
                        <!-- ======================================================================== -->

Then for the Function section (we don't have a class here), copy the function part from the "c_function" section.
It should read:

                        <!-- =========================================================== [ MQL4 ] -->
                        <parser
                                displayName="MetaQuoteLanguage4" 
                                id         ="mql4_function"
                                commentExpr="(?s:/\*.*?\*/)|(?m-s://.*?$)">
                                
                                <function
                                        mainExpr="(?x)                                              # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
                                                        (?:                                                 # Declaration specifiers
                                                                \b
                                                                (?:
                                                                        (?-i:auto|register|static|extern|typedef)   # Storage class specifier
                                                                |       (?:                                         # Type specifier
                                                                                (?-i:void|char|short|int|long|float|double|(?:un)?signed)
                                                                        |       (?-i:struct|union|enum)
                                                                                \s+
                                                                                (?&amp;VALID_ID)                        # Struct, Union or Enum Specifier (simplified)
                                                                        |       (?&amp;VALID_ID)                        # Type-definition name
                                                                        )
                                                                |       (?'TYPE_QUALIFIER'(?-i:const|volatile))
                                                                )
                                                                \b
                                                                \s*
                                                        )*
                                                        (?'DECLARATOR'
                                                                (?'POINTER'
                                                                        \*
                                                                        \s*
                                                                        (?:
                                                                                \b(?&amp;TYPE_QUALIFIER)\b
                                                                                \s*
                                                                        )*
                                                                        (?:(?&amp;POINTER))?                        # Boost::Regex 1.58-1.59 do not correctly handle quantifiers on subroutine calls
                                                                )?
                                                                (?:                                             # 'DIRECT_DECLARATOR'
                                                                        \s*
                                                                        (?'VALID_ID'                                # valid identifier, use as subroutine
                                                                                \b(?!(?-i:
                                                                                        auto
                                                                                |       break
                                                                                |       c(?:ase|har|on(?:st|ntinue))
                                                                                |       d(?:efault|o(?:uble)?)
                                                                                |       e(?:lse|num|xtern)
                                                                                |       f(?:loat|or)
                                                                                |       goto
                                                                                |       i(?:f|n(?:t|line))
                                                                                |       long
                                                                                |       while
                                                                                |       re(?:gister|strict|turn)
                                                                                |       s(?:hort|i(?:gned|zeof)|t(?:atic|ruct)|witch)
                                                                                |       typedef
                                                                                |       un(?:ion|signed)
                                                                                |       vo(?:id|latile)
                                                                                |       _(?:
                                                                                                A(?:lignas|lignof|tomic)
                                                                                        |       Bool
                                                                                        |       Complex
                                                                                        |       Generic
                                                                                        |       Imaginary
                                                                                        |       Noreturn
                                                                                        |       Static_assert
                                                                                        |       Thread_local
                                                                                        )
                                                                                )\b)                                    # keywords, not to be used as identifier
                                                                                [A-Za-z_\x7F-\xFF][\w\x7F-\xFF]*        # valid character combination for identifiers
                                                                        )
                                                                |       \s*\(
                                                                        (?&amp;DECLARATOR)
                                                                        \)
                                                                |       \s*(?&amp;VALID_ID)
                                                                        \s*\[
                                                                        [^[\];{]*?
                                                                        \]
                                                                |       \s*(?&amp;VALID_ID)
                                                                        \s*\(
                                                                        [^();{]*?
                                                                        \)
                                                                )
                                                                \s*
                                                        )
                                                        (?=\{)                                              # start of function body
                                                "
                                >
                                                <functionName>
                                                                <nameExpr expr="(?!(if|while|for))\w+\s*\(" />
                                                                <nameExpr expr="(?!(if|while|for))\w+" />
                                                </functionName>
                                                <className>
                                                                <nameExpr expr="\w+(?=\s*::)" />
                                                </className>
                                </function>
                        </parser>

Make sure you get the "displayName" and "id" exactly right.

Next, and this is where the magic happens! Copy the file (from OP) and edit it:
C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\userDefineLang.xml

Make sure the beginning of it it reads:

<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="MQL4" ext="mq4 mqh" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
        ...

Now Re-start NPP!

You may need to fix the missing keywords in the userDefineLang.xml and add these:

            <Keywords name="Keywords1">#define #import #include #property extern input static const int double string color datetime bool void switch while if for else return true false TRUE FALSE True False continue break ushort char short long uchar uint ulong float enum struct class sinput template this do new</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2">init() deinit() start()  AccountBalance AccountCredit AccountCompany AccountCurrency AccountEquity AccountFreeMargin AccountFreeMarginCheck AccountFreeMarginMode AccountLeverage AccountMargin AccountName AccountNumber AccountProfit AccountServer AccountStopoutLevel AccountStopoutMode Alert ArrayBsearch ArrayCopy ArrayCopyRates ArrayCopySeries ArrayDimension ArrayGetAsSeries ArrayInitialize ArrayIsSeries ArrayMaximum ArrayMinimum ArrayRange ArrayResize ArraySetAsSeries ArraySize ArraySort CharToStr Comment DayDayOfWeek DayOfYear Digits DoubleToStr FileClose FileDelete FileFlush FileIsEnding FileIsLineEnding FileOpen FileOpenHistory FileReadArray FileReadDouble FileReadInteger FileReadNumber FileReadString FileSeek FileSize FileTell FileWrite FileWriteArray FileWriteDouble FileWriteInteger FileWriteString GetLastError GetTickCount GlobalVariableCheck GlobalVariableDel GlobalVariableGet GlobalVariableName GlobalVariableSet GlobalVariableSetOnCondition GlobalVariablesDeleteAll GlobalVariablesTotal HideTestIndicators Hour iAC iAD iAlligator iADX iATR iAO iBars iBarShift iBearsPower iBands iBandsOnArray iBullsPower iBWMFI iCCI iCCIOnArray iClose iCustom iDeMarker iEnvelopes iEnvelopesOnArray iForce iFractals iGator iIchimoku iMomentum iMomentumOnArray iMFI iMA iMACD iMAOnArray iHigh iHighest iLow iLowest iOBV iOpen iOsMA IndicatorBuffers IndicatorCounted IndicatorDigits IndicatorShortName iRSI iRSIOnArray iRVI iSAR IsConnected IsDemo IsDllsAllowed IsExpertEnabled IsLibrariesAllowed IsOptimization IsStopped iStdDev iStdDevOnArray iStochastic IsTesting IsTradeAllowed IsTradeContextBusy IsVisualMode iTime iVolume iWPR MarketInfo MathAbs MathArccos MathArcsin MathArctan MathCeil MathCos MathExp MathFloor MathLog MathMax MathMin MathMod MathPow MathRand MathRound MathSin MathSqrt MathSrand MathTan MessageBox Minute Month NormalizeDouble ObjectCreate ObjectDelete ObjectDescription ObjectFind ObjectGet ObjectGetFiboDescription ObjectGetShiftByValue ObjectGetValueByShift ObjectMove ObjectName ObjectsDeleteAll ObjectSet ObjectSetFiboDescription ObjectSetText ObjectsTotal ObjectType OrderClose OrderCloseBy OrderClosePrice OrderCloseTime OrderComment OrderCommission OrderDelete OrderExpiration OrderLots OrderMagicNumber OrderModify OrderOpenPrice OrderOpenTime OrderPrint OrderProfit OrderSelect OrderSend OrdersHistoryTotal() OrderStopLoss OrdersTotal() OrderSwap OrderSymbol OrderTakeProfit OrderTicket OrderType OrdersTotal OrdersHistoryTotal Period PlaySound Point Print RefreshRates Seconds SendFTP SendMail SetIndexArrow SetIndexBuffer SetIndexDrawBegin SetIndexEmptyValue SetIndexLabel SetIndexShift SetIndexStyle SetLevelStyle SetLevelValue Sleep StringConcatenate StringFind StringGetChar StringLen StringSetChar StringSubstr StringTrimLeft StringTrimRight StrToDouble StrToInteger StrToTime Symbol TerminalCompany TerminalName TerminalPath TimeCurrent TimeDay TimeDayOfWeek TimeDayOfYear TimeHour TimeLocal TimeMinute TimeMonth TimeSeconds TimeToStr TimeYear UninitializeReason WindowBarsPerChart WindowExpertName WindowFind WindowFirstVisibleBar WindowHandle WindowIsVisible WindowOnDropped WindowPriceMax WindowPriceMin WindowPriceOnDropped WindowRedraw WindowScreenShot WindowTimeOnDropped WindowsTotal WindowXOnDropped WindowYOnDropped Year High Low Close Open Time StringSplit StringGetCharacter StringToCharArray StringSetCharacter StringAdd StringBufferLen StringCompare StringFill StringInit StringReplace StringSetCharacter StringToLower StringToUpper CharToString CharArrayToString ColorToARGB ColorToString DoubleToString EnumToString IntegerToString ShortToString ShortArrayToString TimeToString StringToColor StringToDouble StringToInteger StringToShortArray StringToTime StringFormat ArrayCompare ArrayFree ArrayFill ArrayIsDynamic MathIsValidNumber TimeGMT TimeDaylightSavings TimeGMTOffset TimeToStruct StructToTime Day DayOfWeek AccountInfoDouble AccountInfoInteger AccountInfoString TerminalInfoInteger TerminalInfoString MQLInfoInteger MQLInfoString SymbolsTotal SymbolName SymbolSelect SymbolInfoDouble SymbolInfoInteger SymbolInfoString SymbolInfoTick SymbolInfoSessionQuote SymbolInfoSessionTrade CopyRates CopyTime CopyOpen CopyHigh CopyLow CopyClose CopyTickVolume CopyRealVolume CopySpread ChartApplyTemplate ChartSaveTemplate ChartWindowFind ChartTimePriceToXY ChartXYToTimePrice ChartOpen ChartFirst ChartNext ChartClose ChartSymbol ChartPeriod ChartRedraw ChartSetDouble ChartSetInteger ChartSetString ChartGetDouble ChartGetInteger ChartGetString ChartNavigate ChartID ChartIndicatorDelete ChartIndicatorName ChartIndicatorsTotal ChartWindowOnDropped ChartPriceOnDropped ChartTimeOnDropped ChartXOnDropped ChartYOnDropped ChartSetSymbolPeriod ChartScreenShot GlobalVariableTime GlobalVariablesFlush GlobalVariableTemp FileFindFirst FileFindNext FileFindClose FileIsExist FileCopy FileMove FileGetInteger FileReadBool FileReadDatetime FileReadFloat FileReadLong FileReadStruct FileWriteFloat FileWriteLong FileWriteStruct FolderCreate FolderDelete FolderClean IndicatorSetDouble IndicatorSetInteger IndicatorSetString ObjectGetTimeByValue ObjectGetValueByTime ObjectGetDouble ObjectGetInteger ObjectGetString ObjectSetDouble ObjectSetInteger ObjectSetString TextSetFont TextOut TextGetSize EventSetMillisecondTimer EventSetTimer EventKillTimer EventChartCustom _Digits _Point _LastError _Period _RandomSeed _StopFlag _Symbol _UninitReason Ask Bars Bid Volume CheckPointer DebugBreak ExpertRemove GetPointer PeriodSeconds PrintFormat ResetLastError ResourceCreate ResourceFree ResourceReadImage ResourceSave SendNotification  ZeroMemory TerminalClose TesterStatistics WebRequest fmax fmin fmod fabs exp pow rand printf sprintf sqrt srand sin tan sizeof acos cos atan asin ceil floor log log10</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3">Black DarkGreen DarkSlateGray Olive Green Teal Navy Purple  Maroon Indigo MidnightBlue DarkBlue DarkOliveGreen SaddleBrown ForestGreen OliveDrab  SeaGreen DarkGoldenrod DarkSlateBlue Sienna MediumBlue Brown DarkTurquoise DimGray  LightSeaGreen DarkViolet FireBrick MediumVioletRed MediumSeaGreen Chocolate Crimson SteelBlue  Goldenrod MediumSpringGreen LawnGreen CadetBlue DarkOrchid YellowGreen LimeGreen OrangeRed  DarkOrange Orange Gold Yellow Chartreuse Lime SpringGreen Aqua  DeepSkyBlue Blue Magenta Red Gray SlateGray Peru BlueViolet  LightSlateGray DeepPink MediumTurquoise DodgerBlue Turquoise RoyalBlue SlateBlue DarkKhaki  IndianRed MediumOrchid GreenYellow MediumAquamarine DarkSeaGreen Tomato RosyBrown Orchid  MediumPurple PaleVioletRed Coral CornflowerBlue DarkGray SandyBrown MediumSlateBlue Tan  DarkSalmon BurlyWood HotPink Salmon Violet LightCoral SkyBlue LightSalmon  Plum Khaki LightGreen Aquamarine Silver LightSkyBlue LightSteelBlue LightBlue  PaleGreen Thistle PowderBlue PaleGoldenrod PaleTurquoise LightGray Wheat NavajoWhite  Moccasin LightPink Gainsboro PeachPuff Pink Bisque LightGoldenrod BlanchedAlmond  LemonChiffon Beige AntiqueWhite PapayaWhip Cornsilk LightYellow LightCyan Linen  Lavender MistyRose OldLace WhiteSmoke Seashell Ivory Honeydew AliceBlue  LavenderBlush MintCream Snow White clrBlack clrDarkGreen clrDarkSlateGray clrOlive clrGreen clrTeal clrNavy clrPurple clrMaroon clrIndigo clrMidnightBlue clrDarkBlue clrDarkOliveGreen clrSaddleBrown clrForestGreen clrOliveDrab clrSeaGreen clrDarkGoldenrod clrDarkSlateBlue clrSienna clrMediumBlue clrBrown clrDarkTurquoise clrDimGray clrLightSeaGreen clrDarkViolet clrFireBrick clrMediumVioletRed clrMediumSeaGreen clrChocolate clrCrimson clrSteelBlue clrGoldenrod clrMediumSpringGreen clrLawnGreen clrCadetBlue clrDarkOrchid clrYellowGreen clrLimeGreen clrOrangeRed clrDarkOrange clrOrange clrGold clrYellow clrChartreuse clrLime clrSpringGreen clrAqua clrDeepSkyBlue clrBlue clrMagenta clrRed clrGray clrSlateGray clrPeru clrBlueViolet clrLightSlateGray clrDeepPink clrMediumTurquoise clrDodgerBlue clrTurquoise clrRoyalBlue clrSlateBlue clrDarkKhaki clrIndianRed clrMediumOrchid clrGreenYellow clrMediumAquamarine clrDarkSeaGreen clrTomato clrRosyBrown clrOrchid clrMediumPurple clrPaleVioletRed clrCoral clrCornflowerBlue clrDarkGray clrSandyBrown clrMediumSlateBlue clrTan clrDarkSalmon clrBurlyWood clrHotPink clrSalmon clrViolet clrLightCoral clrSkyBlue clrLightSalmon clrPlum clrKhaki clrLightGreen clrAquamarine clrSilver clrLightSkyBlue clrLightSteelBlue clrLightBlue clrPaleGreen clrThistle clrPowderBlue clrPaleGoldenrod clrPaleTurquoise clrLightGray clrWheat clrNavajoWhite clrMoccasin clrLightPink clrGainsboro clrPeachPuff clrPink clrBisque clrLightGoldenrod clrBlanchedAlmond clrLemonChiffon clrBeige clrAntiqueWhite clrPapayaWhip clrCornsilk clrLightYellow clrLightCyan clrLinen clrLavender clrMistyRose clrOldLace clrWhiteSmoke clrSeashell clrIvory clrHoneydew clrAliceBlue clrLavenderBlush clrMintCream clrSnow clrWhite</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4">switch while if for else return default case</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords5">ERR_NO_ERROR ERR_NO_RESULT ERR_COMMON_ERROR ERR_INVALID_TRADE_PARAMETERS ERR_SERVER_BUSY ERR_OLD_VERSION ERR_NO_CONNECTION ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_RIGHTS ERR_TOO_FREQUENT_REQUESTS ERR_MALFUNCTIONAL_TRADE ERR_ACCOUNT_DISABLED ERR_INVALID_ACCOUNT ERR_TRADE_TIMEOUT ERR_INVALID_PRICE ERR_INVALID_STOPS ERR_INVALID_TRADE_VOLUME ERR_MARKET_CLOSED ERR_TRADE_DISABLED ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_MONEY ERR_PRICE_CHANGED ERR_OFF_QUOTES ERR_BROKER_BUSY ERR_REQUOTE ERR_ORDER_LOCKED ERR_LONG_POSITIONS_ONLY_ALLOWED ERR_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS ERR_TRADE_MODIFY_DENIED ERR_TRADE_CONTEXT_BUSY ERR_TRADE_EXPIRATION_DENIED ERR_TRADE_TOO_MANY_ORDERS ERR_TRADE_HEDGE_PROHIBITED ERR_TRADE_PROHIBITED_BY_FIFO  ERR_NO_MQLERROR ERR_WRONG_FUNCTION_POINTER ERR_ARRAY_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE ERR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_CALL_STACK ERR_RECURSIVE_STACK_OVERFLOW ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_STACK_FOR_PARAM ERR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_PARAM_STRING ERR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_TEMP_STRING ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED_STRING ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED_ARRAYSTRING ERR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_ARRAYSTRING ERR_TOO_LONG_STRING ERR_REMAINDER_FROM_ZERO_DIVIDE ERR_ZERO_DIVIDE ERR_UNKNOWN_COMMAND ERR_WRONG_JUMP ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED_ARRAY ERR_DLL_CALLS_NOT_ALLOWED ERR_CANNOT_LOAD_LIBRARY ERR_CANNOT_CALL_FUNCTION ERR_EXTERNAL_CALLS_NOT_ALLOWED ERR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_RETURNED_STR ERR_SYSTEM_BUSY ERR_INVALID_FUNCTION_PARAMSCNT ERR_INVALID_FUNCTION_PARAMVALUE ERR_STRING_FUNCTION_INTERNAL ERR_SOME_ARRAY_ERROR ERR_INCORRECT_SERIESARRAY_USING ERR_CUSTOM_INDICATOR_ERROR ERR_INCOMPATIBLE_ARRAYS ERR_GLOBAL_VARIABLES_PROCESSING ERR_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_NOT_FOUND ERR_FUNC_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_TESTING ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_CONFIRMED ERR_SEND_MAIL_ERROR ERR_STRING_PARAMETER_EXPECTED ERR_INTEGER_PARAMETER_EXPECTED ERR_DOUBLE_PARAMETER_EXPECTED ERR_ARRAY_AS_PARAMETER_EXPECTED ERR_HISTORY_WILL_UPDATED ERR_TRADE_ERROR ERR_END_OF_FILE ERR_SOME_FILE_ERROR ERR_WRONG_FILE_NAME ERR_TOO_MANY_OPENED_FILES ERR_CANNOT_OPEN_FILE ERR_INCOMPATIBLE_FILEACCESS ERR_NO_ORDER_SELECTED ERR_UNKNOWN_SYMBOL ERR_INVALID_PRICE_PARAM ERR_INVALID_TICKET ERR_TRADE_NOT_ALLOWED ERR_LONGS_NOT_ALLOWED ERR_SHORTS_NOT_ALLOWED ERR_OBJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS ERR_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_PROPERTY ERR_OBJECT_DOES_NOT_EXIST ERR_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_TYPE ERR_NO_OBJECT_NAME ERR_OBJECT_COORDINATES_ERROR ERR_NO_SPECIFIED_SUBWINDOW ERR_SOME_OBJECT_ERROR ERR_NOTIFICATION_SEND_ERROR ERR_NOTIFICATION_WRONG_PARAMETER ERR_NOTIFICATION_WRONG_SETTINGS ERR_NOTIFICATION_TOO_FREQUENT ERR_NO_ERROR ERR_NO_RESULT ERR_COMMON_ERROR ERR_INVALID_TRADE_PARAMETERS ERR_SERVER_BUSY ERR_OLD_VERSION ERR_NO_CONNECTION ERR_TOO_FREQUENT_REQUESTS ERR_ACCOUNT_DISABLED ERR_INVALID_ACCOUNT ERR_TRADE_TIMEOUT ERR_INVALID_PRICE ERR_INVALID_STOPS ERR_INVALID_TRADE_VOLUME ERR_MARKET_CLOSED ERR_TRADE_DISABLED ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_MONEY ERR_PRICE_CHANGED ERR_OFF_QUOTES ERR_REQUOTE ERR_ORDER_LOCKED ERR_LONG_POSITIONS_ONLY_ALLOWED ERR_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS ERR_TRADE_MODIFY_DENIED ERR_TRADE_CONTEXT_BUSY ERR_TRADE_EXPIRATION_DENIED ERR_TRADE_TOO_MANY_ORDERS ERR_TRADE_HEDGE_PROHIBITED ERR_TRADE_PROHIBITED_BY_FIFO</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords6">MODE_OPEN MODE_LOW MODE_HIGH MODE_CLOSE MODE_VOLUME MODE_TIME PERIOD_M1 PERIOD_M5  CHART_IS_OBJECT CHART_BRING_TO_TOP CHART_MOUSE_SCROLL CHART_EVENT_MOUSE_MOVE CHART_EVENT_OBJECT_CREATE CHART_EVENT_OBJECT_DELETE CHART_MODE CHART_FOREGROUND CHART_SHIFT CHART_AUTOSCROLL CHART_SCALE CHART_SCALEFIX CHART_SCALEFIX_11 CHART_SCALE_PT_PER_BAR CHART_SHOW_OHLC CHART_SHOW_BID_LINE CHART_SHOW_ASK_LINE CHART_SHOW_LAST_LINE CHART_SHOW_PERIOD_SEP CHART_SHOW_GRID CHART_SHOW_VOLUMES CHART_SHOW_OBJECT_DESCR CHART_VISIBLE_BARS CHART_WINDOWS_TOTAL CHART_WINDOW_IS_VISIBLE CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE CHART_WINDOW_YDISTANCE CHART_FIRST_VISIBLE_BAR CHART_WIDTH_IN_BARS CHART_WIDTH_IN_PIXELS CHART_HEIGHT_IN_PIXELS CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND CHART_COLOR_FOREGROUND CHART_COLOR_GRID CHART_COLOR_VOLUME CHART_COLOR_CHART_UP CHART_COLOR_CHART_DOWN CHART_COLOR_CHART_LINE CHART_COLOR_CANDLE_BULL CHART_COLOR_CANDLE_BEAR CHART_COLOR_BID CHART_COLOR_ASK CHART_COLOR_LAST CHART_COLOR_STOP_LEVEL CHART_SHOW_TRADE_LEVELS CHART_DRAG_TRADE_LEVELS CHART_SHOW_DATE_SCALE CHART_SHOW_PRICE_SCALE ENUM_CHART_PROPERTY_DOUBLE CHART_SHIFT_SIZE CHART_FIXED_POSITION CHART_FIXED_MAX CHART_FIXED_MIN CHART_POINTS_PER_BAR CHART_PRICE_MIN CHART_PRICE_MAX ENUM_CHART_PROPERTY_STRING CHART_COMMENT   PERIOD_M15 PERIOD_M30 PERIOD_H1 PERIOD_H4 PERIOD_D1 PERIOD_W1 PERIOD_MN1  TIME_MINUTES TIME_DATE TIME_SECONDS  OP_BUY OP_SELL OP_BUYLIMIT OP_SELLLIMIT OP_BUYSTOP OP_SELLSTOP  PRICE_CLOSE PRICE_OPEN PRICE_HIGH PRICE_LOW PRICE_MEDIAN PRICE_TYPICAL PRICE_WEIGHTED  MODE_LOW MODE_HIGH MODE_TIME MODE_BID MODE_ASK MODE_POINT MODE_DIGITS MODE_SPREAD MODE_STOPLEVEL MODE_LOTSIZE MODE_TICKVALUE MODE_TICKSIZE MODE_SWAPLONG MODE_SWAPSHORT MODE_STARTING MODE_EXPIRATION MODE_TRADEALLOWED MODE_MINLOT MODE_LOTSTEP MODE_MAXLOT MODE_SWAPTYPE MODE_PROFITCALCMODE MODE_MARGINCALCMODE MODE_MARGININIT MODE_MARGINMAINTENANCE MODE_MARGINHEDGED MODE_MARGINREQUIRED MODE_FREEZELEVEL  DRAW_LINE DRAW_SECTION DRAW_HISTOGRAM DRAW_ARROW 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Hello everybody,

First of all to you, Jatin Patel, thank you very much for the pioneering work you have done. There's a lot of work in there.

I am a beginner in both Notepad ++ and MQL.

I implemented Jatin Patel's instructions for the installation and I think I implemented it correctly.

Only the fourth point of Jatin Patel's instructions I did not fully understand. I allow myself to quote Jatin Patel: "4. Note: Please remember to enable Settings -> Preferences for hints display options". I found the path "Settings -> Preferences", but I didn't find the "hints display options" entry there. Moreover, it is also not clear what the purpose of the setting is. If possible, please give me a hint where I can find the setting "hints display options".

At first glance, MQL seems to work reasonably well for me in Notepad ++, at least one piece of code that I have entered as a test in Notepad ++ is highlighted in color with MQL as the language.

I would also like to thank you, EAML, for your very precise, detailed and well-thought-out installation instructions. I also went through these and worked through points that were not yet included in Jamel's instructions (or I overlooked them there ;) ).

Regarding the last two postings from you, Jamel, I have to say that so far I have not been able to understand where and how I have to insert the snippets of code.

However, I would still like to make full use of MQL in Notepad ++, if possible.

I therefore asked myself whether someone (Jamel, EAML, or someone else who can do it) would like to update the three files and upload them again, possibly also with updated installation instructions. I think that it would then no longer be necessary to manually insert code afterwards (because, especially with the last two pieces of code from EAMEL, it is not 100% clear to me at which point in the code I have to insert this). :)

That would really be a great thing if someone can do it and feel like it. I don't know how to do it. :) :)

I would be happy to read from you again.

Greetings,
Ralph

Does anyone has this syntax ? goole drive linke is dead !