A hack is to send keystrokes to the login window.
Pass your username as separate keystrokes. Then send
a tab key. Then send your password as separate
keystrokes. Then send a return. There is a setting
to pre-fill the username in the .ini file (sorry, no
pre-fill for the password):

[Logon]
Username=edemo

.
.
.

If you pre-filled in the username you can just send a
tab and then the password plus a return key. I send
characters to windows with Perl, but you can do it in
almost any language (Visual Basic, C++).

I believe you can detect when the "Accept incoming
connection" window pops up. If that is possible you
might just be able to send the enter key to it to
accept the connection. I haven't tried this yet.

Good luck,
Carl

--- Michel <migurull@...> wrote:

Hi,

Does somebody know some way to run the TWS
application unattended?
What I need is:
1- Avoid the login screen, passing parameters
(UserName and Password) from
my calling application.
2- Respond to the message window asking 'Accept
incoming connection
attempt?' when I connect to the local server.

This is because I'm writting my own program (Visual
Basic using TWS ActiveX)
which allways runs in the background and want it to
automatically launch TWS
few minutes before markets open and perform some
automated tasks when I'm
not at home.

I've tried to launch TWS from my application with a
call to 'ShellExecute',
passing parameters as 'username' or 'user' without
success. I always get the
login screen blank because I ignore if TWS accepts
such parameters and how
they must be coded (I think this must be possible
because in the web demo,
the login screen appears whith such fields
pre-filled with 'edemo' and
'demouser'). Perhaps in some 'ini' file? (I've not
found any section related
to username and password).

Thanks for any help.

Michel.

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Matt..........How in the world?

...I completeley agree with you on this post and your subsequent...

How in the world does something so simple end up using or being 23
MB???

A full install of Qcharts is 13 MB
A full install of Erlanger Quote is 9 MB
A full install of WealthLab is 13.5 MB
A full install of TWS is 5.3 MB


I wonder if this was not written using less then Pro VB and is not
optimized?

Anyway...

I believe that no one in their right mind is gonna fork over 150
bucks on a software that they are unable to test on the securities
they trade...hasn't been scrutinized and stressed by a beta
team...and appears to consume resources at a prodigious rate out of
step with the task it accomplishes...is a black box that has no
documentation, no help file, no accompanying test results on
performance....and whose install process attempts to overwrite
duplicate OCX instead of checking mereley for their instance in the
sys files...

etc etc

Hate to blow your bubble...sorry

Scott










--- In twsapi@y..., "Matt" <mbriand@i...> wrote:

Super....You can only trade GE and if you want to try it for NQ &

ES you

have
to pay 150 USD....

I don't trade GE and I am not interested in it. Why didn't you do a

demo

for NQ
or ES with a limit in time ???

that would have been far smarter....

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Envoyé : mardi 2 juillet 2002 19:25
? : twsapi@y...
Objet : twsapi: Re: LINK to: TraderGuard , IB TWS scalping tool


--- In twsapi@y..., traderguard <no_reply@y...> wrote:

3th time:

sorry:
just go here then:

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Then again...if you do have the time...

he he

Or

If I get my hands on that code I will make a module for VB that plugs
in

Scott


--- In twsapi@y..., "Michel" <migurull@t...> wrote:

Thanks 'tripack44'.
If you dont have time, I dont need documentation, nor 'sanitized'

code. If

you want, just copy relevant parts of your code and I'll do with it.

Michel
-----Mensaje original-----
De: tripack44 [mailto:no_reply@y...]
Enviado el: martes, 02 de julio de 2002 14:49
Para: twsapi@y...
Asunto: twsapi: Re: automated login


I have a couple of programs that do this in VB. Unfortunately they
are coupled into larger programs or have ActiveX components. I may
try to strip out the relevent code "sanitize it", and put it into

a

project or two and write up some documentation if I find the time
during the coming weeks.

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Sorry,
Yes check it..it's safe

but 1st:

1st: you asked for it via e-mail..
2nd: don't use it.. just delete it.. i do not want you kick my butt
after long work on this app. I'ts not for you..
Just use your charts..

good day.
AMJ




--- In twsapi@y..., "Matt" <mbriand@i...> wrote:

I can't confirm that it is safe so far...The file is huge for what

it

does which is a bit strange for me...

Don't like to see software from a guy that doesn't give his idea

and use

an alias and
super hyper marketing :)

Can someone check the TCP ports that it is using and the files he is
using to see if there is not
a trojan or a virus in it ?

Thanks

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Schindler Trading [mailto:schindlertrading@h...]
Envoyé : mardi 2 juillet 2002 19:57
? : twsapi@y...
Objet : Re: twsapi: Re: LINK to: TraderGuard , IB TWS scalping tool



Thanks, Traderguard.

Could someone who tries it post, please? I'll feel better about

running

an executable after someone confirms that it is safe.

Regards,
Aaron Schindler
Schindler Trading



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To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:24 PM
Subject: twsapi: Re: LINK to: TraderGuard , IB TWS scalping tool

--- In twsapi@y..., traderguard <no_reply@y...> wrote:

3th time:

sorry:
just go here then:

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--- In twsapi@y..., traderguard <no_reply@y...> wrote:

3th time:

sorry:
just go here then:

From the author:
"I am not a good trader. I need all the help I can get. There were no
good software to protect me... so I made one.. and it work for me.
Try it"
AMJ

2.00.7.exe


RE:
Addition to your existing IB TWS platform. I designed it for scalpers
to profit from every single trend change with "adaptive Automation
Engine" monitoring market tick by tick and in real time.
You will love it.
It will automate your profit collection at the topmost point and also
auto-escape from bad point of entry. This is what i like the most.

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Does anyone have a comprehensive list of all or most of the possible
error strings that are fed through Tws1_errMsg ?

It sure would be nice to have a full list and a cross refrence index
to handle errors...

A library of err text strings if you will that can be refrenced and
then acted on if necessary...very much akin to VB's own error
handling....

If TwsErr = 11 Then
[do stuff]
Else
[do other stuff]
EndIf


Scott

I have a couple of programs that do this in VB. Unfortunately they
are coupled into larger programs or have ActiveX components. I may
try to strip out the relevent code "sanitize it", and put it into a
project or two and write up some documentation if I find the time
during the coming weeks.

--- In twsapi@y..., "Michel" <migurull@t...> wrote:

Hi,

Does somebody know some way to run the TWS application unattended?
What I need is:
1- Avoid the login screen, passing parameters (UserName and

Password) from

my calling application.
2- Respond to the message window asking 'Accept incoming connection
attempt?' when I connect to the local server.

This is because I'm writting my own program (Visual Basic using TWS

ActiveX)

which allways runs in the background and want it to automatically

launch TWS

few minutes before markets open and perform some automated tasks

when I'm

not at home.

I've tried to launch TWS from my application with a call

to 'ShellExecute',

passing parameters as 'username' or 'user' without success. I

always get the

login screen blank because I ignore if TWS accepts such parameters

and how

they must be coded (I think this must be possible because in the

web demo,

the login screen appears whith such fields pre-filled with 'edemo'

and

'demouser'). Perhaps in some 'ini' file? (I've not found any

section related

to username and password).

Thanks for any help.

Michel.

--- In twsapi@y..., tripack44 <no_reply@y...> wrote:

Trailing stops take a bit of proper organization to work out
correctly. You need to keep track of entry price, whether it is a

buy

or sell, MaxPnL for the open position and the Trail Stop amount.

You

use live data to figure the MaxPnL. For a long position the Trail
stop price = Entry Price - MaxPnL.

Actually the formula if you are in a long position for setting your
trailing stop would be Stop Price = Entry Price + MaxPnL - Trail Stop
Amount

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--- In twsapi@y..., "rasears" <rasears@y...> wrote:

I'm curious about two things as I get started on my own Java
project involving IB and their API. First, I think I'm understanding
that you have to have TWS running locally and that the socket client
checkbox must be checked in order to use the API. Is this correct? It
seems it must be true because the API does not offer any login
support.

Correct. When you connect using the API, a dialog box pops up on the
client asking whether you want to accept the connection.

Second, does anyone have experience using the Linux/UNIX client or
the Linux/UNIX APIs? Love to hear about any potential problems there.

TWS is a Java app, so it is pretty much the same on Linux as
elsewhere. I've had no problems that appeared to be specific to Linux.


Ken

As previous replies suggested, IB should not be misused as a
data feed. For several resons it's not suitable for that.

But in your example, you can drop the disconnect/connect and
assign use new Contract Objects with the same TickerIDs. This way
you can retrieve an arbitrary number of quotes sequentially.

Gernot

--- In twsapi@y..., usernew <no_reply@y...> wrote:

I am using the Java API. When I send more than 40 or so requests

for

ticker info, I get the following exception:

Error: Max number of tickers has been reached.

Then I tried to do the following:

connect;
for(i=0, i < 40; i++) send requests;
capture info using event handlers;
disconnect;
connect;
for(i=0; i < 40; i++) send requests;
capture info using event handlers;
disconnect;
etc.

But the problem is each time there is a connect() call, someone

needs

to manually click on the "Yes" button on the dialog that

asks "Accept

incoming connection attempt?"

I want to be able to download info on few hundred tickers at a

time,

what should I do ?

Thanks in advance.

I agree. Especially since IB doesn't provide all of the available quotes.

} I think this is something the API is probably not meant for.
} I think that IB wants to help their clients to do lots of profitable
} trades, and that?s why they developed TWS and the API.
}
} If you want to get a few hundred tickers at a time, my opinion is that you
} should subscribe a datafeed somewhere else. eSignal and PCQuote have API?s
} that might be useful to you.
} They are specialised on providing real time data.
}
} Marcus
}
} -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
} Von: usernew [mailto:no_reply@...]
} Gesendet: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:37 AM
} An: twsapi@...
} Betreff: twsapi: java api, maximum number of requests at a time ?
}
}
} I am using the Java API. When I send more than 40 or so requests for
} ticker info, I get the following exception:
}
} Error: Max number of tickers has been reached.
}
} Then I tried to do the following:
}
} connect;
} for(i=0, i < 40; i++) send requests;
} capture info using event handlers;
} disconnect;
} connect;
} for(i=0; i < 40; i++) send requests;
} capture info using event handlers;
} disconnect;
} etc.
}
} But the problem is each time there is a connect() call, someone needs
} to manually click on the "Yes" button on the dialog that asks "Accept
} incoming connection attempt?"
}
} I want to be able to download info on few hundred tickers at a time,
} what should I do ?
}
} Thanks in advance.