MQL Compile Action

This GitHub Action compiles MQL programs.

For full documentation, please read: GitHub Actions Documentation.

Usage

This action is only supported on Windows images.

Latest release

runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
  - uses: fx31337/mql-compile-action@v1

Specific release

runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
  - uses: fx31337/mql-compile-action@v1.0.0

Note: Check Releases for more details.

Latest development version

runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
  - uses: fx31337/mql-compile-action@master

Overriding default inputs

runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
  - uses: fx31337/mql-compile-action@master
    with:
        path: 'path/Dummy.mq5'
        include: '.'
        log-file: 'results.log'
        ignore-warnings: true
        verbose: true

Inputs

path (string)

Path to folder or file to compile.

Default: . (all files in the current folder are compiled).

include (string)

Path to search for includes files.

Default: ..

mt-version (string)

MetaTrader platform version to use. Default: 5.0.0.2361.

mt-cleanup (bool)

Whether to remove extracted metaeditor files after compilation. Default: true.

ignore-warnings (bool)

Whether to ignore compilation warnings.

log-file (string)

Specifies log filename for compilation messages.

syntax-only (bool)

Whether to skip generating binary file and only check for syntax issues. Default: false.

init-platform (bool)

Whether to run terminal(64).exe which downloads general-purpose MQL4/5 includes, example scripts and EAs.

It is required if you want to use e.g., #include <Arrays/Array.mqh> and so on.

verbose (bool)

Enables verbose mode (to print more messages). Default: false.

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