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+# MtApi - .NET API for MetaTrader trading platform (MetaQuotes).
+MtApi provides an .NET API interface to work with famous trading platfroms MetaTrader4 and MetaTrader5 (MetaQuotes).
+The api is using directly connection to MetaTrader terminal and is working with MQL functions and the most functions of the api have MQL interface.
+The connection can be local or remote (by TCP).
+
+# MtApi structure
+The project has two parts: 
+ - client side (C#): MtApi and MtApi5;
+ - server side (C# and C++/CLI): MTApiService, MTConnector, MT5Connector, MQL experts.
+Server side was designed with using WCF framework so it can be flaxible to setup connections but can be more slow compared with another connections types (for example, shared memory).
+MTApiService is common engine communication project of the API for MT4 and MT5. 
+MTApiService library should be placed in Windows GAC (Global Assembly Cache). Installers in the project will copied it to GAC automatically.
+
+# How to build solution
+The project is supported by Visual Studio 2015.
+To build solution you need to update sign key file in MtApiService project: 
+- open properties of MTApiService project;
+- go to tab Signing and select item MtApiKey.pfx;
+- input password "MtApiService".
+To make api for MetaTrader4 use MtApiInstaller and for MetaTrader5 use MtApi5Installer.
+All installers will be placed in folder "[root]\build\installers\" and all *.dll files will be placed in "[root]\build\products\".
+MQL files have been build to ex4 and stored into folders "mq4" for MetaTrader and "mq5" for MetaTrader5. They are ready to using in terminals.
+If you change source code of MQL expert you need to recompile it with MetaEditor.
+
+# Home website
+Please visit http://mtapi4.net