Thanks Todd

This call:

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Call Tws1.placeOrder(3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0)

End Sub

Is incorrect....

Proper call for limit order:

Call Tws1.placeOrder(3030, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", _
0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 1000.00, 0)

Strike is of type "float", and must be defined with a numeric value;
Not an empty string...

And if you are sending a limit order, you must define a limit
price....

I believe you can just leave the currency field
blank... "GLOBEX", , "LMT", not sure about this but I think it
isn't even looked at unless secType is of type CASH

Scott

I use the demo accounts with the standalone TWS all
the time:

Login: cdemo for futures and edemo for stocks.

Password: demouser for both
--- marinindextrader <marinindextrader@...>
wrote:

To any and all...

I have never used the demo server.

I have always used my accounts...for testing

What is up with the demo server? When I fire up my
client side TWS
what special user name and password are required to
access the demo
server?

I have a suspicion that you need to log on through
the web based Java
platform to access the demo server accounts...I hope
I am wrong...

Thanks

Scott

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Your IF statements need to define their upper limits just under the
threshold of the next limit...otherwise they will all trigger....is
that what you wanted?



Example:

If size >= 10 And size < 20 Then
Label7.Visible = True
Else
Label7.Visible = False
End If

If size >= 20 And size < 30 Then
Label8.Visible = True
Else
Label8.Visible = False
End If

DAVID
it's working

U R
LifeSAVER..

thank you so much

Andrew













--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",

1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", 0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 1025, 0
1025 is the price you wnat to buy or better - be careful with this

as it may work

put there the right "YOUR" price

End Sub

----- Original Message -----
From: David
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help


Type mismatch - your declarations of your variables is incorrect -

read the rewuirements and check your DIM statements

you probably define,say, quantity as long or single and should be

integer

this is your problem


----- Original Message -----
From: multicen2002
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help


Run-time Error 13




--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:
> what errors do you get ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: multicen2002
> To: twsapi@y...
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help
>
>
> Thank you for trying David.
> But again it is not working.. everything else works fine.
>
> Anybody know how to solve my 1 week long torture with this
line ??
> Please, post a sample code line which really works for you

and I

can
> go from there.
>
> WARM Thank you to You all.
>
> Andrew
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> -----------------------------------
> bad code line start here
> -----------------------------------
>
> Private Sub Command4_Click()
>
> Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",
> 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:
> > First, your ORDERID - 1 could be a PROBLEM - generate a

larger

> number and increase by delta of 10 or more ( still first

order

may
> cause duplicate error - keep trying or increase first and

then

place
> an order)
> > after Expire Date - the strike price use 0
> > right use "" instead
> > on the exchange not sure - use "GLOBEX" if after the

other

changes
> will not make it work(dont trade ES)
> > again for currency use ""
> > This should work
> > David
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: multicen2002
> > To: twsapi@y...
> > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:15 PM
> > Subject: twsapi: Please, help
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl

like

you,
> > everything starting to work just fine.
> > BUT..
> > I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
> > what is wrong with this code ??
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > code
> > ----------------------------------------
> > Private Sub Command4_Click()
> >
> > Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
> > LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > Please, help ..
> > multicen2002@y...
> >
> >
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > twsapi-unsubscribe@y...
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> >
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Option Explicit
' contract description vars

Dim id As Long
Dim symbol As String
Dim secType As String
Dim expiry As String
Dim strike As Long
Dim right As String
Dim exchange As String
Dim curency As String
Dim port As Long


Private Sub Command1_Click()
Tws1.reqMktData id, symbol, secType, expiry, strike, right, exchange,
curency
Label23.ForeColor = vbGreen
Label23.Caption = "connected"
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
Tws1.cancelMktData id
Label23.ForeColor = vbRed
Label23.Caption = "disconnected"

End Sub

**
BAD CODE
**

Private Sub Command4_Click()
Call Tws1.placeOrder(3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0)
End Sub









Private Sub Form_Load()

'Here I have set all of the values as static constants for
demonstration purposes

port = 7496 'this is the port number you wrote down
id = 1 '
symbol = "ES"
secType = "FUT"
expiry = "200209"
strike = 0
right = ""
exchange = "GLOBEX"
curency = ""
Tws1.Connect "", port 'This must be the very first thing that is
called


End Sub

'------------------------------------------------------
' PRICES
'------------------------------------------------------



Private Sub Tws1_tickPrice(ByVal id As Long, ByVal tickType As Long,
ByVal price As Single)

'Dim oldprice
'Dim lastprice

'If tickType = LastPriceID Then
'If price > oldprice Then
'Label26.BackColor = vbRed
'End If
'oldprice = price
'End If
'End Sub










'*
'PRICE -last transaction
'*
Dim LastPrice

If id = 1 Then 'reference the reqMktData call by its id number
If tickType = 4 Then
LastPrice = price
Label1.Caption = Format(LastPrice, "0.00")
End If
End If

'*
'PRICE - BID
'*

Dim BIDPrice
If id = 1 Then 'reference the reqMktData call by its id number
If tickType = 1 Then
BIDPrice = price
Label3.Caption = Format(BIDPrice, "0.00")
End If
End If


'*
'PRICE - ASK
'*
Dim ASKPrice
If id = 1 Then 'reference the reqMktData call by its id number
If tickType = 2 Then
ASKPrice = price
Label4.Caption = Format(ASKPrice, "0.00")
End If
End If


End Sub

'------------------------------------------------------
' SIZES
'------------------------------------------------------

'*
'SIZE - LAST
'*

Private Sub Tws1_tickSize(ByVal id As Long, ByVal tickType As Long,
ByVal size As Long)

If id = 1 Then 'reference MUST BE 1
If tickType = 5 Then
'Label2.Caption = Format(size, "000000")
Label2.Caption = size
End If
End If

'*
'SIZE - BID
'*

If id = 1 Then 'reference MUST BE 1
If tickType = 0 Then
Label5.Caption = size

If size > 10 Then
Label7.Visible = True
Else
Label7.Visible = False
End If

If size > 20 Then
Label8.Visible = True
Else
Label8.Visible = False
End If

If size > 30 Then
Label9.Visible = True
Else
Label9.Visible = False
End If

If size > 40 Then
Label10.Visible = True
Else
Label10.Visible = False
End If

If size > 60 Then
Label11.Visible = True
Else
Label11.Visible = False
End If

If size > 100 Then
Label12.Visible = True
Else
Label12.Visible = False
End If

If size > 140 Then
Label13.Visible = True
Else
Label13.Visible = False
End If

If size > 180 Then
Label14.Visible = True
Else
Label14.Visible = False
End If

If size > 240 Then
Label15.Visible = True
Else
Label15.Visible = False
End If

If size > 320 Then
Label16.Visible = True
Else
Label16.Visible = False
End If

If size > 440 Then
Label17.Visible = True
Else
Label17.Visible = False
End If

If size > 560 Then
Label18.Visible = True
Else
Label18.Visible = False
End If

If size > 680 Then
Label19.Visible = True
Else
Label19.Visible = False
End If

If size > 800 Then
Label20.Visible = True
Else
Label20.Visible = False
End If

If size > 1200 Then
Label21.Visible = True
Else
Label21.Visible = False
End If

If size > 2000 Then
Label22.Visible = True
Else
Label22.Visible = False
End If






End If
End If


'*
'SIZE - ASK
'*

If id = 1 Then 'reference MUST BE 1
If tickType = 3 Then
Label6.Caption = size
End If
End If
End Sub

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Please, will you overrite my code line to work ??
it is not working - market , limit..NONE
thanx David

Andrew



--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:

You have to specify the limit price for the LMT orders - put ther

the CurrentAsk to get you in the market now.

----- Original Message -----
From: multicen2002
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help


Thank you for trying David.
But again it is not working.. everything else works fine.

Anybody know how to solve my 1 week long torture with this

line ??

Please, post a sample code line which really works for you and I

can

go from there.

WARM Thank you to You all.

Andrew
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------------
bad code line start here
-----------------------------------

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0

End Sub






--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:
> First, your ORDERID - 1 could be a PROBLEM - generate a larger
number and increase by delta of 10 or more ( still first order

may

cause duplicate error - keep trying or increase first and then

place

an order)
> after Expire Date - the strike price use 0
> right use "" instead
> on the exchange not sure - use "GLOBEX" if after the other

changes

will not make it work(dont trade ES)
> again for currency use ""
> This should work
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: multicen2002
> To: twsapi@y...
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:15 PM
> Subject: twsapi: Please, help
>
>
> Hi,
> I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl like

you,

> everything starting to work just fine.
> BUT..
> I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
> what is wrong with this code ??
>
> ----------------------------------------
> code
> ----------------------------------------
> Private Sub Command4_Click()
>
> Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
> LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0
>
> End Sub
>
> Please, help ..
> multicen2002@y...
>
>
>
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> twsapi-unsubscribe@y...
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Run-time Error 13




--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:

what errors do you get ?
----- Original Message -----
From: multicen2002
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help


Thank you for trying David.
But again it is not working.. everything else works fine.

Anybody know how to solve my 1 week long torture with this

line ??

Please, post a sample code line which really works for you and I

can

go from there.

WARM Thank you to You all.

Andrew
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------------
bad code line start here
-----------------------------------

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0

End Sub






--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:
> First, your ORDERID - 1 could be a PROBLEM - generate a larger
number and increase by delta of 10 or more ( still first order

may

cause duplicate error - keep trying or increase first and then

place

an order)
> after Expire Date - the strike price use 0
> right use "" instead
> on the exchange not sure - use "GLOBEX" if after the other

changes

will not make it work(dont trade ES)
> again for currency use ""
> This should work
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: multicen2002
> To: twsapi@y...
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:15 PM
> Subject: twsapi: Please, help
>
>
> Hi,
> I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl like

you,

> everything starting to work just fine.
> BUT..
> I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
> what is wrong with this code ??
>
> ----------------------------------------
> code
> ----------------------------------------
> Private Sub Command4_Click()
>
> Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
> LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0
>
> End Sub
>
> Please, help ..
> multicen2002@y...
>
>
>
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> twsapi-unsubscribe@y...
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--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:

what errors do you get ?
----- Original Message -----
From: multicen2002
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: twsapi: Please, help


Thank you for trying David.
But again it is not working.. everything else works fine.

Anybody know how to solve my 1 week long torture with this

line ??

Please, post a sample code line which really works for you and I

can

go from there.

WARM Thank you to You all.

Andrew
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------------
bad code line start here
-----------------------------------

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0

End Sub






--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:
> First, your ORDERID - 1 could be a PROBLEM - generate a larger
number and increase by delta of 10 or more ( still first order

may

cause duplicate error - keep trying or increase first and then

place

an order)
> after Expire Date - the strike price use 0
> right use "" instead
> on the exchange not sure - use "GLOBEX" if after the other

changes

will not make it work(dont trade ES)
> again for currency use ""
> This should work
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: multicen2002
> To: twsapi@y...
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:15 PM
> Subject: twsapi: Please, help
>
>
> Hi,
> I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl like

you,

> everything starting to work just fine.
> BUT..
> I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
> what is wrong with this code ??
>
> ----------------------------------------
> code
> ----------------------------------------
> Private Sub Command4_Click()
>
> Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
> LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0
>
> End Sub
>
> Please, help ..
> multicen2002@y...
>
>
>
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> twsapi-unsubscribe@y...
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Thank you for trying David.
But again it is not working.. everything else works fine.

Anybody know how to solve my 1 week long torture with this line ??
Please, post a sample code line which really works for you and I can
go from there.

WARM Thank you to You all.

Andrew
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------------
bad code line start here
-----------------------------------

Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 3030, "BUY",
1, "ES", "FUT", "200209", "", "", "GLOBEX", "", "LMT", 0, 0

End Sub






--- In twsapi@y..., "David" <kotomo@p...> wrote:

First, your ORDERID - 1 could be a PROBLEM - generate a larger

number and increase by delta of 10 or more ( still first order may
cause duplicate error - keep trying or increase first and then place
an order)

after Expire Date - the strike price use 0
right use "" instead
on the exchange not sure - use "GLOBEX" if after the other changes

will not make it work(dont trade ES)

again for currency use ""
This should work
David
----- Original Message -----
From: multicen2002
To: twsapi@y...
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: twsapi: Please, help


Hi,
I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl like you,
everything starting to work just fine.
BUT..
I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
what is wrong with this code ??

----------------------------------------
code
----------------------------------------
Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0

End Sub

Please, help ..
multicen2002@y...



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Hi,
I am working on my VB API for IB platform. Thanx to ppl like you,
everything starting to work just fine.
BUT..
I wasted 1 week trying to send limit order from my box.
what is wrong with this code ??

----------------------------------------
code
----------------------------------------
Private Sub Command4_Click()

Tws1.placeOrder 1, "BUY", 1, "ES", "FUT", "200209",_
LastPrice, , "SMART", , "LMT", LastPrice, 0

End Sub

Please, help ..
multicen2002@...

To any and all...

I have never used the demo server.

I have always used my accounts...for testing

What is up with the demo server? When I fire up my client side TWS
what special user name and password are required to access the demo
server?

I have a suspicion that you need to log on through the web based Java
platform to access the demo server accounts...I hope I am wrong...

Thanks

Scott

This message was originally posted on IB's API forum. I Thought it
worthy of our archives and discussion.

Posted on Wednesday, June 19, 2002 - 06:26 am:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
Dear IB,

There is a problem with the ActiveX API/TWS interface after a
disruption of the internet connection to IB. To demonstrate this
problem using the Excel sheet do this:
1 - Place a stop or limit oder (order status will change
to 'Submitted' or 'Presubmitted' depending on ordertype and
exchange). Write down the assigned order id. In this example I assume
it is 123.
2 - Fake a disruption of your internet connection by unplugging the
network cable from your PC till TWS show the grid.
3 - Plug in the cable again, the grid disappears and TWS shows quote
updates again. So far so good.
4 - Now try to cancel the order - You get an error "Can't find order
with id 123"
5 - If you request open orders you see the order Id has changed (in
our case from 123 to 124).


Questions:
What is the correct procedure to cancel the order?
Why does IB renumber order id's after a disruption of the internet
connection?


Note:
- This behaviour doesn't match the API documentation for cancelOrder
() which tells you to use the ID that was specified previously in the
call to placeOrder().
- This also explains the 'Duplicate order id' messages people have
been seeing lately.
- In the example above we used cancelOrder() but placeOrder() (when
changing orders) has the same problem.
- We used the most current Release of TWS and the API

Regards,
Pieter

...thanks for keep us up to date......seriously

...post any and all peculiarities you find with the OCA process...

Scott




--- In twsapi@y..., "BrianL_98" <brianl_98@y...> wrote:

Hi,

If you are still wondering how to place an OCA in VB, I did some
testing today and was able to get it to work. Here's what you do:
The OCA property has a default value of null (""). Set this

property

to some other value. Successive order placements using placeOrder

()

will all be grouped together as OCA orders. When done, you should
reset the OCA property to null.

Here's a code snippet that sets two OCA stop orders:

Tws1.oca = "test2"
Tws1.placeOrder NextID, "BUY", 1, "ES", _
"FUT", "200209",
0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "STP", 0, 1035
NextID = NextID + 1
Tws1.placeOrder NextID, "SELL", 1, "ES", _
"FUT", "200209",
0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "STP", 0, 1000#
NextID = NextID + 1
Tws1.oca = ""


--Brian



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

Thanks Elliot,

However, I have read the TWS docs and understand the purpose of

OCA.

That was never the question. The placeOrder() method doesn't

include

in its declaration a variable for sending an OCA identifier, nor

does

it allow for TIF or Transmit to be sent with the individual

orders.

Could someone explain how to implement these properties on an

order

to order basis? Thanks

Hi,

If you are still wondering how to place an OCA in VB, I did some
testing today and was able to get it to work. Here's what you do:
The OCA property has a default value of null (""). Set this property
to some other value. Successive order placements using placeOrder()
will all be grouped together as OCA orders. When done, you should
reset the OCA property to null.

Here's a code snippet that sets two OCA stop orders:

Tws1.oca = "test2"
Tws1.placeOrder NextID, "BUY", 1, "ES", _
"FUT", "200209",
0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "STP", 0, 1035
NextID = NextID + 1
Tws1.placeOrder NextID, "SELL", 1, "ES", _
"FUT", "200209",
0, "", "GLOBEX", "", "STP", 0, 1000#
NextID = NextID + 1
Tws1.oca = ""


--Brian



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

Thanks Elliot,

However, I have read the TWS docs and understand the purpose of

OCA.

That was never the question. The placeOrder() method doesn't

include

in its declaration a variable for sending an OCA identifier, nor

does

it allow for TIF or Transmit to be sent with the individual orders.
Could someone explain how to implement these properties on an order
to order basis? Thanks