Recent content by jocli

I am trying to automate the start-up of the connection from my ActiveX Excel spreadsheet to TWS. I run the connect subroutine as in the ActiveX IB sample sheet. But then the TWS comes up with a dialog box asking "Accept incoming connection attempt ?". To this I have to answer manually. It...

Thanks for your advice! I now have Windows XP Pro installed and the DDE works perfectly now. Also the daily system crashes I used to get under Windows Me are mostly gone now, so only for that it was worth the upgrade. I think most members of this forum will agree on this. Jozef.

It looks indeed like my problem has something to do with the system (Windows Me ???) being overloaded. If I increase the amount of quotes the data freeze happens a lot quicker (10 minutes in stead of 20 minutes). I upgraded from Office 2000 to Office XP, but the problem is still the same. I...

Thanks for your reply. I am only requesting 3 or 4 tickers (bid, ask & last quotes) when the Excel freeze problem occurs. I will try to test if the time to the Excel freeze diminisches if I increase the amount of quotes, ... Also, I will be upgrading to Office XP and Window XP pro soon...

Hello everybody, I really like the IB DDE link to Excel. I would like to use it, but 20 minutes after opening the Excel spreadsheet, all the Excel fields with the quotes freeze. I am using Windows Me and Excel 2000. Has anybody encountered the same problem ??? Have you found a solution...