Monitoring variables

[Matt_mm]

Is there any way of monitoring variables or debugging while Forex Tester is running?

[Terranin]

Is there any way of monitoring variables or debugging while Forex Tester is running?

Yes, you can use Delphi debugger. (I did not use it, for me usually everything is clear without debugging so can not help you with how to setup it). Also you can track your variables printing to Journal with Print function. Or you can use Breakpoint function - it stops strategy and shows some message.

[Matt_mm]

Thanks!

[dackjaniels]

Perhaps also worth mentioning is that if you use the Print command and generate many debug messages the journal may overflow and not all messages will be visible.
If you suspect this is true simply browse to the ForexTester program folder, open the LOGS folder and open the ForexTester.log file in notepad. This will contain all of the messages.

Steve

[Matt_mm]

Thanks for the heads up dackJaniels

[philBell]

There's a post about linking the debugger to ForexTester

http://www.forextester.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1065

I'm new to Delphi, and am using the free 2006 version mentioned in the Forum. So far, I can get the debugger linked (its the Run menu's Attach to Process, not Start menu referred to in the post above), but when the debugger opens up breakpoint markers have a small cross overlaid on them, and everything I've tried so far is causing Forex Tester to crash with an access violation; don't know if plasmapelz is/was using a different version of Delphi. Being able to step through the strategy would be a big help.