How to organize the EAs

[Tom 5]

Hello guys,

i make more and more EAs. Some work, and some not and some i have in progress.
Now, its normal to have a version number of the EA to know that there is an improvement.
But how do you organize a new version?
We have no folders. If i write a new name behind the new version, the version before will overwritten and is away.
Now i tried to make different versions with boxes and disabled the older version. Result, the code blows up and the EA becomes extreme slow.
If i make a new Project for a new version, then i have also manually add all the variables, which i cant copy into a new project. Which is very time consuming. -

How do you organize your EAs to have an overview and can also work in progress EAs and keep an overview?

[trader.philipps]

@tom-5 I haven't tried but I think it would work like this:

1. Export V1.0.mq4 to a folder
2. Copy V1.0.mq4 to V1.1.mq4 in that folder
3. Create a new project MyNewEA
4. Import V1.1.mq4 to that project
5. Start making your changes

Like this you may also create projects with Al the trade management stuff etc. I believe.

[roar]

@trader-philipps That's the way. You don't even have to make a new project, it is created automatically when you import.

So,

1. Rename your project to "project1.1"
2. Export to .mq
3. Rename it back to "project"

ta-dah, now you can import your project1.1 anytime you want to go back.

[trader.philipps]

@trader-philipps said in How to organize the EAs:

@tom-5 I haven't tried but I think it would work like this:

1. Export V1.0.mq4 to a folder
2. Copy V1.0.mq4 to V1.1.mq4 in that folder
3. Create a new project MyNewEA
4. Import V1.1.mq4 to that project
5. Start making your changes

Like this you may also create projects with Al the trade management stuff etc. I believe.

It should read that you can create project / EA templates.

[Tom 5]

thank you guys, these are very usefull answers. Never thought to download the EAs and make a own folder for it. I will now also create a txt file and comment in it what has changed in each version. Thanks a lot for your help!