help please - "CTRL +F6 or CTRL+TAB"

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hello
i want to program an EA this EA switch to the next chart window each minute

we can switch to the next chart window by CTRL +F6 or CTRL+TAB
i need your help please;

how can i program this by SendMessageA ? or other method

please example

thank you
 

This is a good reference for PostMessage stuff

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/124688

but doesn't seem to have what you need on casual inspection.

 

Looks like you need

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/110904

specifically the keybd_event function.

 
dabbler:

This is a good reference for PostMessage stuff

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/124688

but doesn't seem to have what you need on casual inspection.


hello;
thank you dabbler

but it is not WM_COMMAND ; you can use WM_COMMAND with 65280 - 65281 - 65282 - 65283 ....... but i need to know MAX of chart windows

 
dabbler:

Looks like you need

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/110904

specifically the keybd_event function.



thank you dabbler ;

keybd_event can not help me i want to work by Handle ;

 
sahlih2000:



thank you dabbler ;

keybd_event can not help me i want to work by Handle ;

Pity, because this handy little script that I just wrote and tested seemed to do what you asked for in your original post :-(

#include <WinUser32.mqh>

// This script cycles between open chart windows using a CTRL+F6 keypress
int start(){
   for( int n=1; n<20; n++ ){
      Comment(n);
      keybd_event(17,0,0,0); // 17=Ctrl
      Sleep(10);
      keybd_event(117,0,0,0); // 117= F6
      Sleep(10);
      keybd_event(117,0,KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0);
      Sleep(10);
      keybd_event(17,0,KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0);
      Sleep(2000);
   }
   
   Comment("");
}
 
Flipping Charts Automatically - MQL4 forum
 
WHRoeder:
Flipping Charts Automatically - MQL4 forum


My script does the same thing and has the same problem! (as noted in the referenced old post.) You have to catch whichever chart the script is running in and kill the script on that chart. Sounds like it needs a GlobalVariable as a flag to stop the script. Then a new Kill script can set the Global to a Kill value to kill off the slideshow script. The OP is only running once a minute, but at say 5 seconds per chart it could get a bit difficult to stop!
 
WHRoeder:
Flipping Charts Automatically - MQL4 forum




thank you very much this yes i want this
 
dabbler:
My script does the same thing and has the same problem! (as noted in the referenced old post.) You have to catch whichever chart the script is running in and kill the script on that chart. Sounds like it needs a GlobalVariable as a flag to stop the script. Then a new Kill script can set the Global to a Kill value to kill off the slideshow script. The OP is only running once a minute, but at say 5 seconds per chart it could get a bit difficult to stop!


thank you very much for your idea
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