Sterling API Developer Thread

zbojnik · Oct 17, 2012

Anyone know if I can make something like this with Sterling API?:
http://lotusbrokerage.com/images/screenshots/ninja_trader/dom.gif

WhiteOut56 · Oct 17, 2012

No you cannot. I know it in the API manual is does have a field for the depth of the book data... But is doesn't work

clearinghouse · Oct 17, 2012

Quote from luckybastard:

Totally agreed that it's only a matter of time before Sterling is out of business. Their API is just a big fat joke. Using COM for API communication, LOL, COM was never designed for speed. It's obsolete and slow as hell. Socket based API, not going through the platform but directly to the server, is of course the future and I'm happy to see other platform developers do see that and are finally jumping in. Hopefully Sterling gets soon what they deserve: chapter 11.

As much as I hate COM and their API, I've had a great deal of success with Sterling. The COM aspect was probably bad years ago, but with C++/CLI and .NET languages, the auto-generated wrappers make the platform tolerable.

Except for maybe Anvil, I think Sterling has the most usable front end.

zbojnik · Oct 17, 2012

Quote from WhiteOut56:

No you cannot. I know it in the API manual is does have a field for the depth of the book data... But is doesn't work

Do you have to have a program like Sterling to get the data? If you paying for the data there should be a way to have access to it without a platform. Is the solution FIX protocol?

TerryForLink · Oct 30, 2012

Quote from RueLorimier:

I did like what you said and had the same errors.........

zbojnik · Nov 12, 2012

Anyone know what this code is for?: string GetBookInfo(string bstrSymbol, string bstrBook)

guest2 · Jun 28, 2013

"ACTIVE X- Clients should now be able to target .Net Framework 4.0 instead of .Net 3.5"

http://www.sterlingtrader.com/Support/pro_8_3_0.html

slicky_pete · Nov 20, 2013

Hello,

i would like to kindly revive this topic so that I can pick your brains about how to connect to the sterling trader via a program developed in c#. I know that it says that the c# is inferior to VB, but that's because ST has made it's platform not in an efficient way and oriented to archaic programming languages, but that doesn't mater. From what I've red it should support .NET 4.0, and i would like to try it with 4.50 or 4.51, if it will work, otherwise i'll choose .NET 4.0 from visual studio (if possible).

Would some kind soul help me out how to connect to the portal? I'm fairly new to programming in c# but I have a moderate understanding how to manipulate and check the variables that I can get from Sterling Trader.

From the .net c# examples I didn't see any program that actually connects to the program, so if anybody can spare some time to paste a code how to connect I would be eternally grateful. Thanks guys.

guest2 · Nov 20, 2013

If u want I can share with u source of my program. Here is clip how it works: http://46.148.89.197/MarketCalendar/ && exe. Code is little bit dirty and without comments but u should understand. I do not put try{}catch{} blocks in right places so there is a possibility that program will threw exceptions closing itself and Sterling

Remember that you must run Visual Studio(and compiled exe) as Administrator if you want to connect to Sterling.

PM me.

slicky_pete · Nov 21, 2013

Quote from guest2:

If u want I can share with u source of my program. Here is clip how it works: http://46.148.89.197/MarketCalendar/ && exe. Code is little bit dirty and without comments but u should understand. I do not put try{}catch{} blocks in right places so there is a possibility that program will threw exceptions closing itself and Sterling

Remember that you must run Visual Studio(and compiled exe) as Administrator if you want to connect to Sterling.

PM me.

Sure. Just PM you. Thanks for your offer to help.