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Open Trading Metatrader 4 Python Integration
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Python Anaconda #5

Closed Mahdi-Roozbahani closed 8 years ago

Mahdi-Roozbahani commented 8 years ago

I have python27 which is installed by Anaconda. Is there anyways that we can connect this API to Anaconda Python? I added my Anaconda folder to my environment variable, but it didn't help (python27.dll is in the main folder of Anaconda. However, the other dlls are in different folders) There are many libraries and packages already installed in Anaconda and would be great if we can access to them.

OpenTrading commented 8 years ago

You can use Anaconda but the Python under MT4 knows nothing about Anaconda. Windows determines how a dynamic executable looks for Dlls, and the easiest thing to do is copy the python27.dll to the Windows system32 (or equivalent) folder. In our experience, putting the Dll directory on the PATH is not enough. Perhaps this is why the standard Python distribution adds the python27.dll to the system32 diectory.

We'll add this advice to the documentation - thanks for the report.

OpenTrading commented 8 years ago

Does your Anaconda include Pywin32? If not, that may also be a problem.

We've added the reauirement for pywin32 to the documentation.