I have been trying to make an indicator that only calls another indicator by icustom. I made this line of code;

double COG=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true);

Ive tryed to put the line different places of the code and ive played about with the name of the double, I have been reading and reading lots of tutorials. I think that mabey i must put some thing at the start like number of buffers!? mabey it should not be a double?

as it stands i am getting errors when i compile;

'init' - comma or semicolon expected
'init' - expression on global scope not allowed

can someone please help me to understand this with any custom indicator? because I feel that the tutorials that I have read (and I beleve I have them all) have given me the line of code for icustom but it doesnt work simply by having the line on its own, I know it must be changed for each indicator but there are some things missing from the explanation.

Ive had a major attempt at this Im am quite proud of myself! I got some code from Codersguru, I changed it for an indicator. lol it looks good has no errors when compiling (first time ever!!!!!) but ... it makes metatrader "not responding" when you add it to a chart.
I changed all the names of the buffers of the indicators (from val1, val2, val3, val4. to value1, value2...etc) because i figured that they were interfearing with each other as i had a better look at the code Codersguru had made (he made a code for calling supertrend with icustom) he changed the names of the buffers so i thort that must be it, but no still not responding.

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| COG call.mq4 |
//| |
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 4
#property indicator_color1 Lime
#property indicator_color2 Red
#property indicator_color3 CLR_NONE
#property indicator_color4 CLR_NONE
//---- buffers

double value1[];
double value2[];
double value3[];
double value4[];

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- indicators
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1,Lime);
SetIndexBuffer(0,value1);

SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1,Red);
SetIndexBuffer(1,value2);

SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_NONE);
SetIndexBuffer(2,value3);

SetIndexStyle(3,DRAW_NONE);
SetIndexBuffer(3,value4);

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();

//---- check for possible errors
if (counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if (counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;

int pos=Bars-counted_bars;



while(pos>=0)

{
value1[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true);
value2[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true);
value3[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true);
value4[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true);
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

this is the thread where i got the code made by Codersguru;
http://www.forex-tsd.com/questions/3...-function.html

i noticed i left a part out of my code pos at the ends and pos--;

value1[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos);
value2[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos);
value3[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos);
value4[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos);

pos--;

lets try it!

ok I have made progress I have half my indicator on the screen (only the red part of the indicator, lol wheres the green part?) this is the first thing i have ever got to half work though i cant beleve it hahaha! does any one konw what i have done wrong?

hmm i added numbers at the end 0,1,2,3 for experiment. i dont know why? but it has done something, now i have a flat red line and green!!!!

yay! its not right though, mabey worse this is strange! help me please someone... everyone is sleeping zzz zzz zzz except me!

Look this is what i did (in Bold):

value1[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0);
value2[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,1);
value3[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,2);
value4[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,3);

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| COG call.mq4 |
//| |
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 4
#property indicator_color1 Lime
#property indicator_color2 Red
#property indicator_color3 CLR_NONE
#property indicator_color4 CLR_NONE
//---- buffers

double value1[];
double value2[];
double value3[];
double value4[];

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
string short_name;

//---- indicators
IndicatorBuffers(4);

SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1,Lime);
SetIndexBuffer(0,value1);

SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1,Red);
SetIndexBuffer(1,value2);

SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_NONE);
SetIndexBuffer(2,value3);

SetIndexStyle(3,DRAW_NONE);
SetIndexBuffer(3,value4);

IndicatorDigits(Digits+2);


return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();

//---- check for possible errors
if (counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if (counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;

int pos=Bars-counted_bars;



while(pos>=0)

{
value1[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0);
value2[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,1);
value3[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,2);
value4[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,3);

pos--;
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

i tryed putting

value1[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0,0);
value2[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0,1);
value3[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0,2);
value4[pos]=iCustom(NULL,0,"COGpoint1",50,3000,0,true,pos,0,3);

now it has kept again only the red line wich is buffer 2 but it has now put higher up in the chart screen and it it still flat. crazy!?!?

whats so special about buffer 2???

I got icustom working, this thread helped alot. Im working on an EA but im learning as im doing it so its a lil slow. Is there a way stop the EA after one trade or even autoclose itself after entering one trade?

The problem is after it hits my take profit, if everything still points short, it re-enters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated....