Need help with Alert or PlaySound?

[Yves]

Hi! I've read the excellent text:Secrets of MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal: Alerting System. I like the fact to be able to trigger an .exe file instead of a .wav. I need to trigger .exe from an INDICATOR either for Buy, Sell, Close Buy, Close Sell. or It says we can trigger either a .bat .exe or .vbs instead of the .wav file from the events setup window.. My idea is to have a buy alert and a sell alert trigger different .exe (macro) files. Can the PlaySound command be use to trigger .exe file from within a .mq4? I hope my question is clear? Or how to start .exe file from within .MQ4? Thank You.

[Iggy]

If you want to buy or sell in mT4, you can just use buy or sell commands built into the lanquage no need to tirggerr playsound exe or bat files.

[Ralph Ronnquist]

greatyves:
Hi! I've read the excellent text:Secrets of MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal: Alerting System. I like the fact to be able to trigger an .exe file instead of a .wav. I need to trigger .exe from an INDICATOR either for Buy, Sell, Close Buy, Close Sell. or It says we can trigger either a .bat .exe or .vbs instead of the .wav file from the events setup window.. My idea is to have a buy alert and a sell alert trigger different .exe (macro) files. Can the PlaySound command be use to trigger .exe file from within a .mq4? I hope my question is clear? Or how to start .exe file from within .MQ4? Thank You.

I think the answer to you should be "No", although from https://docs.mql4.com/runtime/imports it appears possible to achieve something similar to what you want. Still, I also cannot see much point in trying.