DDE server

 

In MT4.

Tools>options>server

Tick box to enable DDE server.


In MT5.

This is not there. Any suggestions? Am I missing something?

I need the option to enable DDE server to link a program to it.


Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

John.

 
JohnDon posted  :

In MT4.

Tools>options>server

Tick box to enable DDE server.


In MT5.

This is not there. Any suggestions? Am I missing something?

I need the option to enable DDE server to link a program to it.


Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

John.

They dropped DDE support in MT5. This could be done via a DLL though...
 
gordon:
They dropped DDE support in MT5. This could be done via a DLL though...

DLL under the EA tab. Got it. Thanks.

Why would they drop DDE? SO useful.

 

K. That isn't working.


Anyone know who I have to ask to get this DDE included again? MT5 will be totally useless to me without it.


 
JohnDon:

DLL under the EA tab. Got it. Thanks.

Why would they drop DDE? SO useful.

You misunderstood... I meant u can write a DLL that implements a DDE server and call it from your experts (u can even write a DDE client). But it DOES NOT come built-in with MT5.

 

Ahh. understand now. Thank you.



 
JohnDon:

Ahh. understand now. Thank you.

By coincidence, this new article discusses your problem: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/27.
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