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| name: Test | Test MetaTrader5 Initialization | ||
| on: | ||
| push: | ||
| branches: ['*'] | ||
| pull_request: | ||
| jobs: | ||
| test: | ||
| runs-on: windows-latest | ||
| timeout-minutes: 15 | ||
| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/checkout@v4 | ||
| - name: Set up Python | ||
| uses: actions/setup-python@v4 | ||
| with: | ||
| python-version: '3.11' | ||
| - name: Download and Install MetaTrader 5 | ||
| run: | | ||
| # Download MT5 setup | ||
| Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://download.mql5.com/cdn/web/metaquotes.software.corp/mt5/mt5setup.exe" -OutFile mt5setup.exe | ||
| # Install MT5 silently | ||
| Start-Process -FilePath .\mt5setup.exe -ArgumentList "/auto" -Wait | ||
| # Verify installation | ||
| $mtPath = "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5\terminal64.exe" | ||
| if (Test-Path $mtPath) { | ||
| Write-Host "MetaTrader 5 installed successfully" | ||
| } else { | ||
| Write-Error "MetaTrader 5 installation failed" | ||
| exit 1 | ||
| } | ||
| - name: Install Python dependencies | ||
| run: | | ||
| python -m pip install --upgrade pip | ||
| pip install MetaTrader5 | ||
| - name: Run MT5 terminal with desktop parameter | ||
| run: | | ||
| # Kill any existing MT5 instances | ||
| taskkill /F /IM terminal64.exe 2>$null | ||
| Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 | ||
| # Start MT5 with the /desktop parameter as suggested in MQL5 forum | ||
| $process = Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5\terminal64.exe" -ArgumentList "/portable", "/desktop" -PassThru | ||
| $processId = $process.Id | ||
| Write-Host "Started MetaTrader 5 terminal with PID $processId using /desktop parameter" | ||
| Start-Sleep -Seconds 30 | ||
| - name: Test MT5 initialization | ||
| run: python -c "import sys, MetaTrader5 as mt5; print(f'MT5 version: {mt5.__version__}'); print('Initializing...'); result = mt5.initialize(path=r'C:\\Program Files\\MetaTrader 5\\terminal64.exe', timeout=60000); print(f'Result: {result}, Error: {mt5.last_error()}'); sys.exit(0)" | ||
