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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