If you only have the executable file (file with ex4 extension), then you need to decompile this file to get the source code (file with mq4 extension). Some useful tips. You don’t need the source code (mq4 file) in order to build an MT4 Expert Advisor (EA) based on an indicator. In fact, an MT4 EA only uses the compiled file (ex4 extension). Ex4) file is the result of compiling the source code so it is not visible, whereas File. Mq4 file is the source code of the (. Ex4) can be viewed and edited. So that you can remove, add or change. Programming Language Written In MetaQuotes Language 4 (MQ4), and the services that we offer is to change the file. Ex4 into the file.

It’s not a matter of one being better than the other. Mq4 is the source code, what humans can read. That allows you to see how the indicator works. When you add it to the MT4 folder, MT4 automatically compiles it to ex4, a format that MT4 can understand. Indicator vendors will give you the final product in ex4 so you cannot see how it works and steal it.

There are a lot of decompilation services that claim that they can translate ex4 into mq4 so that you can see how an indicator works and make your own or modify it. I never tried it, but it is interesting. Hope that helps! Powered by, best viewed with JavaScript enabled.

To access the indicators you have the.ex4 files in an EA, use the iCustom function. If you haven't used iCustom, do a search and you will find lots of info. You also need to know which buffer the values you are interested reside in. To see what the value is in each buffer, in MT4 open up the Data Window (Ctrl + D). When you hoover the mouse over a bar on the chart, the value for each buffer of each indicator can be seen in the Data Window.

In the iCustom function, you would then specify the buffer whose value you would like to return. Play around with it and you'll soon get the hang of how it works. Akt spisaniya avtoshin blank word list. IgnoredThere are a few coders on this forum who make design and code trading tools to sell and I have seen many examples of people who find nothing wrong in cracking the ex4 ( you only have to go onto eBay to see many examples of this ) and next thing you know that piece of software is for sell on some obscure website.

No thought goes into the huge amount of skill experience and time that goes into programming the indicators/ea's/scripts etc it all comes down to making a quick dollar out of someone else's hard work and knowledge. I can think of several examples of free software coded on Forums ( that have been cracked and passwords removed etc ) that are currently for sale for thousands of dollars by unscrupulous Forex/Binary websites.

This is the reason that many coders on Forums no longer post the source code mq4 so at least it makes it harder for those so inclined and thankfully the new MT4 appears at this stage to be very hard to crack. So at best if it is not illegal then it is definitely immoral. So anyone who thinks its alright to decompile software needs to take a good long hard look at their moral compass. IgnoredExcellent post. Alas, the more indicators and EAs that are shared on forums for free, the greater the impression becomes that the software is of little or no value -- and there is nothing immoral in pirating something that has no monetary value.