How to Start TWS from its JTS folder...

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I actually like their program a lot. 'Been using it for almost 10 years now. I use it every day and it's rock-solid.
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Glad to hear you are comfortable with your software, wish I shared your sentiment.
 
Then you might start by taking the jts directory and adding javaw.exe to it and see what happens when you execute a variation of the command line on a pc without java installed (or maybe a different version ... perhaps it doesnt matter ... a java person might know).
 
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I'm now sure how much work you want to do to accomplish this but here is a tool that Java programmers use regularly to do just what you want:

http://www.duckware.com/jexepack/index.html

This enables you to create a "normal" Windows exe file (using IB's jar's) which you can simply double click to launch, and it can be on an encrypted USB drive or anywhere you want.
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I'm not familiar with this tool, and it may well be 100% reliable, but I'd be careful using it on a trading platform.

IB would not be liable if TWS went beserk if run this way. Not sure they would know, but you would.
 
Is there a way to use this to run TWS from a USB key on any computer?
I'm thinking that if the USB key contained all the files needed it could work but you also need to change the target addresses. Anyone figured this out?
 
If you mean on any Windows computer then yes, either jsmooth or jexepack should be able to create an executable that has all the files self contained so it will run off a USB drive by just double-clicking on it. You don't have to worry about the target address because it references everything off the directory of the executable.

If you are talking about running on ANY computer (Mac/Windows/Linux) then even that is possible running a jar file which does the same thing as jsmooth or jexepack. On Windows you can launch JAR files by just double-clicking on it and on most other platforms you can right-click and choose "Launch using Java.bin" or some such. I wrote a tool which is a jar file which I run to simplify deploying TWS and bot software to a variety of servers which does most of what this magical jar file would need to do. If this is what you want let me know. Such a "universal launcher" would be a fun little project, the java-geek that I am. :)
 
I was running TWS on a USB stick (encrypted) a few months back and it ran fine. But Java was installed on the pc hard disk.

I haven't tried without java installed on the hard drive.




Quote from BeeRy:

Is there a way to use this to run TWS from a USB key on any computer?
I'm thinking that if the USB key contained all the files needed it could work but you also need to change the target addresses. Anyone figured this out?
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Hello,

I want to use JSmooth to run TWS from a USB stick.

In the section ´Application´ I have to edit the Main Class field to specify the class used as entry point of the program.

Where can I find this Main Class. I selceted jts.jar but I don´t know which one to select.


Kind regards,

Milco de Kruijter
 
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