Hello
> And of course you assume that they are correct.
>
> And of course we are to blame.
> How come then that our plugin
works with other vendors?
Yes! you may very well be right or wrong. I
have been able to
establish a connection with the DDE running on MT4,
though this is a
windows program so the DDE would be compatible.
My
brokers Real/Demo trading platform along with the Moneyforex.com
DEMO
platform run on JAVA and I cannot obtain a correct connection to
the DDE
Server running on these trading platforms, is this because
they are JAVA
based programs.
> The truth is that when you contact the broker you
speak with
> ordinary "customer support" people that have NO IDEA what
they are
talking about
> when it comes to technicals.
Over
six months I have spoken with my broker regarding this problem
and have
tried to speak with FINATEK who produce the trading
platform software, my
broker cannot do anything because they say
they have been advised by
FINATEK that the DDE is running correctly.
In the only email received I
from FINATEK they advice that I should
seek support from my broker,
because they (FINATEK) cannot offer me
(End Users) support. I should seek
support from my broker who now
refuses to offer that support for
DDE.
> The answer is: no, their server is NOT correct. If you see
"yellow"
> it means that it does not send DDEAdvise updates
properly,
> OR... you did not configure the plugin correctly (did not
fill
the "Last" field with proper
> field definition that of course
depends on the source you are
using).
I would agree that the DDE
advice updates is not being sent properly
is this due to the trading
platform server not being correct or is
this because Amibroker is having a
problem connecting to a DDE server
running on a JAVA platform.
I
would add that I configured the DDE plugin using the information
provided
by Marcin Gorzynski. And this allowed some data to be
received, though the
data was unusable to produce charts.
> As DDE is generally
non-standarised and each
broker/vendor "invents" it on its own
> the
DDE is "general-purpose" plugin provided on "as-is" basis.
> It means
that while it works with dozen of vendors it does not
>mean that
it
> will work for each and everyone. You should better look for broker
that has some dedicated plugin.
While I had this problem with the
DDE server/Plugin with the software
offered by my broker, I also tested the
DDE plugin with a DEMO from
MoneyForex (Who is Not my broker) and found the
same connection
problems with the DDE Plugin remaining "Yellow" and
Amibroker only
receiving bad tick data.
MoneyForex offered and sent
me an API to use in place of the DDE
server, the comapidoc explains the
following:-
All interfaces of the COMAPI are accessible to import from
the next
TypeLibraries (tlb files). They reside in "<user's
directory>/myforex/com" and can be used to automaticly generate
code.
I was also provided with COM_API_delphi.zip and
MyForexCOMAPITest.exe
However I have no idea how to use any of
this, and my broker does not
have any knowledge of this API.
Any
ideas.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jtjpforex"
<john@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:30 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re:DDE
Plugin
>
>
> >I have tested the DDE plugin status by
setting up a database to
link
> > to the DDE server running on
MT4 and this works fine with the
Plugin
> > status being "Green"
connected.
> >
> > My problem is trying to connect to a DDE
server running on my
> > trading platform which is a Java Based
platform, the company that
> > produces the software is Finatek and
is used by companies like
> > MoneyForex (this is not my
broker).
> >
> > The DDE Plugin Status is "Yellow" and data
bars are being
retrieved
> > by Amibroker though this data is not
correct, there are
irregular
> > data spikes.
> >
> > I have contacted my broker who has said the data is correct and
the
> > DDE server is functioning correctly. This means that the
problem
> > should be with Amibroker, as the Plugin Status is Yellow
then
this
> > points to being a problem with Amibroker not
connecting to the
DDE
> > server.
> >
> >
Amibroker support are not replying to my emails.
> >
> >
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> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"treliff" <treliff@> wrote:
> >>
> >> how can
the data update when it is in WAIT mode (yellow)? or
can
> >
it?
> >>
> >> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"jtjpforex" <john@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
When trying to connect to the DDE server running on a Finatek
> >
trading
> >> > platform, the plugin remains "Yellow", the data
does update
> > though
> >> > there are errors in
the data.
> >> >
> >> > I have written to
Amibroker support and have had no reply
> > regarding
>
>> > this problem, I have not used the software for over a month
> > since I
> >> > cannot use it as I had
intended.
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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