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You need to be sure that TWS has enabled Net DDE , it is my understanding an
application can disable it.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Fanning" <Justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "indextrader" <indextrader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: TWS via netDDE?
>
> I am using the demo Excel sheet found at
>
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/index.html?cgi-bin/apiBetaControl.pl~top.body
>
> What I tried to do was substitute the usual username
> cell with //computer/usename
>
> I can pass DDE interprocess (same machine) without
> a problem, but so far have not been able to establish
> a netDDE connection from an Excel on one machine
> to a TWS on another. I've setup both DDEshare &
> trusted, also tried NetBIOS straight & over IP.
>
> I haven't used NetDDE before, so I'm not sure if I
> am making a fundamental NetDDE flaw, or if this is
> a TWS issue.
>
> All help warmly received :)
>
>
> Justin
>
> ---
>
> indextrader wrote:
>
> > Have you used their sample DDE excel sheet?
> > By netDDE, do you mean to a different computer on your network or on the
> > machine that TWS is running on?
> > No problem if on same pc.
> > But I have *never* been able to get real-time data to another machine.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Justin Fanning" <Justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 3:24 PM
> > Subject: TWS via netDDE?
> >
> >
> >
> >>Can anyone who has used TWS via netDDE on Win XP
> >>(or 2k/NT) tell me how they did it?
> >>
> >>I have created ddeshare entries for
> >>edemo, edemo|* and edemo$ in both DDE shares
> >>and trusted shares, but I can't get Excel to
> >>connect via netDDE to TWS.
> >>
> >>I've tried using \\computername\edemo,
> >>I keep getting Invalid Name errors with Excel.
> >>\\ip.ip.ip.ip\edemo gives me a Value not available
> >>error.
> >>
> >>I saw some stuff saying to use
> >>\\computername\ndde$/edemo but that just gives
> >>me VB/Excel errors.
> >>
> >>Thanks guys,
> >>
> >>
> >>Justin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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