Settings File Conversion

* Phoenix_EA_v5_7_0.mq4 into Phoenix_EA_v5_7_1.mq4

 Settings File Conversion Steps

  1. Open the EXCEL .xls file inside attachment phoenix 5.7.1.Convert.zip.
  2. Close any other EXCEL files for safety.
  3. Open, in a text editor, your ".set" file from directory "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 4\tester".
  4. Select and copy the whole file. <ctrl>a then <ctrl>c or for your editor do: <ctrl>a then <ctrl><insert>
  5. Go to the EXCEL Do <ctrl>a. That's key sequence changed. The spreadsheet is "read only" to protect you from destroying it.
  6. Go back to your text editor do: <ctrl>a then <ctrl>v or for your editor do: <ctrl>a then <shift><insert>
  7. Save the file in your text editor.

 

Testing a Converted Settings File

  1. Open Phoenix_EA_v5_7_0 in MetaTrader
  2. Change some settings
  3. Run a simulation.
  4. Check the Report Tab
  5. Save the settings file
  6. Complete the Settings File Conversion Steps above.
  7. Open Phoenix_EA_v5_7_1 in MetaTrader
  8. Load the settings file (now converted)
  9. Run the same simulation
  10. Check the Report Tab (the result should be the same as step 4)

You can repeat steps 3 to 10 again and again.