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I don't recommend anyone to use NetDDE especially with TWS DDE Server. Our work with DDE projects within last 5 years showed that
NetDDE is most unstabe and unreliable way to share data via network.
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Rodney Grisham" <Rod.Grisham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Justin Fanning" <Justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: TWS via netDDE?
> Justin,
>
> > 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.
>
> Have you tried a resource like this:
> Creating a NetDDE Link in Excel on Windows NT
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q128/4/91.asp
> or others on the MS web site.
>
> Have you tried something like a Google search for NetDDE?
>
> You might also post your question to the xltraders discussion group on
> yahoogroups. Some subscribers to that group do some very sophisticated
> things with Excel.
>
> xltraders information:
> The purpose of this list is to exchange ideas and techniques for using
> Excel in trading. This includes VB/VBA code as well.
> web join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xltraders/join
>
> Rod
>
>
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