First of all I need to say I don't know much about DLLs.
I am trying to send data from one program to another, using functions from kernel32.dll. My programs are coded in MQL4.
This is the code I use for the server part, which is supposed to save the data:
#define INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE -1
#define BUF_SIZE 256
#define PAGE_READWRITE 0x0004
#define FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS 0xf001F
#import "kernel32.dll"
int CreateFileMappingA(int hFile, int lpAttributes, int flProtect, int dwMaximumSizeHigh, int dwMaximumSizeLow, string lpName);
int MapViewOfFile(int hFileMappingObject, int dwDesiredAccess, int dwFileOffsetHigh, int dwFileOffsetLow, int dwNumberOfBytesToMap);
int UnmapViewOfFile(int lpBaseAddress);
int RtlMoveMemory(int DestPtr, string s, int Length);
int CloseHandle(int hwnd);
int CreateMutexA(int attr, int owner, string mutexName);
int ReleaseMutex(int hnd);
int WaitForSingleObject(int hnd, int dwMilliseconds);
bool started = False;
int hMapFile = 0;
int pBuf=0;
int hMutex;
int OnInit()
{
if(!started) {
started = true;
string szName="Global\\Value1";
int hMapFile = CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE,0,PAGE_READWRITE,0,BUF_SIZE,szName);
if(hMapFile==0) {
Alert("CreateFileMapping failed!");
return;
}
pBuf = MapViewOfFile(hMapFile, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, BUF_SIZE);
if(pBuf==0) {
Alert("Map View failed!");
return;
}
hMutex = CreateMutexA(0,0,"PriceMapMutex");
}
}
void OnTick()
{
WaitForSingleObject(hMutex,1000);
if(pBuf==0) return;
string szMsg = DoubleToStr(Bid,Digits);
Comment("Data: ",szMsg);
RtlMoveMemory(pBuf, szMsg, StringLen(szMsg)+1);
ReleaseMutex(hMutex);
return(0);
}
int deinit()
{
switch(UninitializeReason()) {
case REASON_CHARTCLOSE:
case REASON_REMOVE:
UnmapViewOfFile(pBuf);
CloseHandle(hMapFile);
break;
}
return(0);
}
This is what I use for my client part, which is supposed to pick up the data:
#define INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE -1
#define BUF_SIZE 1024
#define FILE_MAP_READ 4
extern int BufferSize = 1024;
#import "kernel32.dll"
int OpenFileMappingA(int dwDesiredAccess, bool bInheritHandle, string lpName);
string MapViewOfFile(int hFileMappingObject, int dwDesiredAccess, int dwFileOffsetHigh, int dwFileOffsetLow, int dwNumberOfBytesToMap);
int UnmapViewOfFile(string lpBaseAddress);
int CloseHandle(int hwnd);
int CreateMutexA(int attr, int owner, string mutexName);
int ReleaseMutex(int hnd);
int WaitForSingleObject(int hnd, int dwMilliseconds);
string szName;
int hMapFile;
string obj;
string data;
int hMutex;
double dd;
int OnInit()
{
szName="Global\\Value1";
hMapFile = OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_READ,False,szName);
if(hMapFile==0) {
Alert("CreateFile Failed!");
return;
}
obj="data";
ObjectCreate(obj,OBJ_HLINE,0,0,0);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,Gold);
hMutex = CreateMutexA(0,0,"PriceMapMutex");
}
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
CloseHandle(hMapFile);
Comment("");
ObjectDelete(obj);
return(0);
}
void start()
{
getsignal();
Comment("Data: ",DoubleToStr(dd,Digits));
Sleep(50);
}
void getsignal() {
WaitForSingleObject(hMutex,333);
data = MapViewOfFile(hMapFile,FILE_MAP_READ,0,0,BUF_SIZE);
dd = StrToDouble(data);
ReleaseMutex(hMutex);
UnmapViewOfFile(data);
ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],dd);
}
The code basically works. However I am facing 2 major problems with it.
Problem number 1:
I want to exchange multiple values ( value1, value2, value3, ... ). For some reason it seems to be irrelevant which name I use for szName="Global\\Value1". The server saves the value and the client picks it up no matter what names I use szName="Global\\Value1", szName="Global\\Value2" or szName="Global\\Value3". So for example in the server code I use szName="Global\\Value1" and in my client code I use szName="Global\\Value3" the client still picks up the value which the server writes to szName="Global\\Value1".
Problem number 2:
my client is only stable for about 5 hours. After that I get a message in the client programme saying
"There is a problem and the program needs to be closed...".
Then I close and restart my client and its again working for the next 5 hours.
Has anyone any idea?
