//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| SignalAlerts.mqh | //| Copyright 2026, Allan NiƱal | //| https://www.allanninal.dev/mql5 | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| MT4 edition of the shared alert helper: one message to | //| every channel that is switched on (pop-up, sound, push, e-mail), | //| silent in the tester. The caller sends one per closed-bar signal.| //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 (see LICENSE) #property strict #include input bool InpAlertPopup = true; // Pop-up alert input bool InpAlertSound = false; // Play a sound input string InpSoundFile = "alert.wav"; // Sound file (terminal Sounds folder) input bool InpAlertPush = true; // Push notification (set up MetaQuotes ID in Options) input bool InpAlertEmail = false; // E-mail (set up in Options) //--- chart timeframe as text (M15, H1, ...) string TfName() { switch(_Period) { case PERIOD_M1: return("M1"); case PERIOD_M5: return("M5"); case PERIOD_M15: return("M15"); case PERIOD_M30: return("M30"); case PERIOD_H1: return("H1"); case PERIOD_H4: return("H4"); case PERIOD_D1: return("D1"); case PERIOD_W1: return("W1"); case PERIOD_MN1: return("MN1"); } return("M"+IntegerToString(_Period)); } //--- send one message to every channel that is switched on void SignalAlertMessage(const string product,const string msg) { if(msg=="") return; if(IsTesting()) { CkDbg("alert not sent in the Strategy Tester: "+msg); return; } string text=product+": "+msg; CkDbg("alert: "+msg); if(InpAlertPopup) Alert(text); if(InpAlertSound && InpSoundFile!="") PlaySound(InpSoundFile); if(InpAlertPush) { if(!TerminalInfoInteger(TERMINAL_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED)) CkDbg("push not sent: notifications are off in Options"); else if(!SendNotification(StringSubstr(text,0,255))) CkDbg("push failed, error "+IntegerToString(GetLastError())); } if(InpAlertEmail) { if(!TerminalInfoInteger(TERMINAL_EMAIL_ENABLED)) CkDbg("e-mail not sent: e-mail is off in Options"); else if(!SendMail(product,text)) CkDbg("e-mail failed, error "+IntegerToString(GetLastError())); } } //--- Object budget: an indicator that draws labels or lines keeps at most OBJ_CAP of them. Past that, the oldest //--- are deleted as new ones are made, so a 20000-bar history cannot make the chart crawl. Buffers are not affected. #define OBJ_CAP 2500 string g_objq[]; int g_objn=0,g_objh=0; void ObjBudgetReset(void) { g_objn=0; g_objh=0; } void ObjBudget(const string name) { if(ArraySize(g_objq)!=OBJ_CAP) ArrayResize(g_objq,OBJ_CAP); if(g_objn