- Static/global. You don't want to authenticate every tick.
- Sure, write to a file, read on load.
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GlobalVariableSet() GlobalVariableGet() and friends: https://docs.mql4.com/globals
Not to be confused with the notion of "variable" in the usual programming sense. The above is an API to persist numerical values referenced by a name (given as a string). GlobalVariableSet() will immediately write to disk, so it should be pretty robust, even if you crash MT4.
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I need to authenticate a MetaTrader 4 user against an external user database using session token or similar means.
For this I am currently looking into making data persistent between multiple calls and instances of a MQL4 plugin.
Now my questions are:
Anything to get me started is highly appreciated!
Thanks a lot,
Markus