What is the function to set Alerts (not Alert() function) in MQL4 (metatrader)?

External question — Stack Overflow Stack Exchange Author: Pranav Joshi Original post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74938763 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. Confusing terms clarification: Type 1: Alert() function in mql4 Type 2: Alerts that can be set on the UI of metatrader -see the image My question is related to type 2 Alerts. QUESTION: Is there a way to set alert via MQL4? Just looking for the right function name. My searches simply returned references to the type 1 alerts, nothing on type 2. NOTE: I am not looking for an indiactor solution. Tnx in advance.

External answer — Stack Overflow Stack Exchange Author: Yasin İPEK Original post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/75767535 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. if(TimeCurrent() > LastTimeSaved+Delay && AlertCount <= maxiterations) { AlertCount++; LastTimeSaved=TimeCurrent(); PlaySound("alert.wav"); Alert("Max Trades Reached!!!"); } for example

External answer — Stack Overflow Stack Exchange Author: PaulB Original post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/75790078 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. There are no inbuilt functions that enable you to set alerts in the Terminal Tab. The alerts that are set are stored in the following folder: <MT4 Data Folder>/profiles/alerts.ini You could possibly figure out the format of the stored information in the alerts.ini file, but you would need to read/write to it using Windows OS functions. You can read about this on the following page: File Operations via WinAPI