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IBC and TWS 981

Lou Dudka All Messages By This Member #47987 I've finally been forced by IB to bite the bullet and migrate to TWS 981. I've been previously using IBController320 (aarghh) and older TWS. Richard - what a bummer! So if I don't want to be logged off if can 1 - Use IBC and Task Scheduler to log me off and on.? Kind of a pain, but one of the more important features of IBC was the ability to save my TWS settings at a specific time each day.? This saved my butt more times than I'd care to admit (accidentally delete a chart with tons of info on it, e.g.). 2 - Use the autostart feature of TWS. ???????? - Does TWS actually shut down and then auto-restart?? ???????? - If so, can I turn on autosave and essentially do what IBC did for me for a lot of years?? I just have to be careful if I manually shut down TWS to check if I want the setting saved. Is the above accurate? Be well, Lou Dudka
Nick #47988 开云体育 I have Auto save settings, Use/store settings on server, Save watchlists to cloud and Save market scanners to cloud all checked. It saves my settings on exit but I haven't stress-tested it to see if there are any gotchas. I have TWS set to restart at 5:15Pm Eastern time since all markets I follow are closed at that time. It does what it says - the program exits and re-starts and signs in automatically (no entry of credentials needed). I seem to remember something about requiring credentials on Sunday but I usually shut down for the weekend so I don't know if it would auto-restart or not. On 8/20/2021 6:36 PM, Lou Dudka wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text I've finally been forced by IB to bite the bullet and migrate to TWS 981. I've been previously using IBController320 (aarghh) and older TWS. Richard - what a bummer! So if I don't want to be logged off if can 1 - Use IBC and Task Scheduler to log me off and on.? Kind of a pain, but one of the more important features of IBC was the ability to save my TWS settings at a specific time each day.? This saved my butt more times than I'd care to admit (accidentally delete a chart with tons of info on it, e.g.). 2 - Use the autostart feature of TWS. ???????? - Does TWS actually shut down and then auto-restart?? ???????? - If so, can I turn on autosave and essentially do what IBC did for me for a lot of years?? I just have to be careful if I manually shut down TWS to check if I want the setting saved. Is the above accurate? Be well, Lou Dudka
Lou Dudka All Messages By This Member #47992 Nick, Thanks for the quick and complete reply!! Exactly what I was looking for - I'll try testing over the weekend.? The only thing IBC offered (that I had use for) was scheduled saves of TWS.? Using TWS autosave on logoff I'll have to remember to shut it off if I bring down TWS during day for some reason (such as deleting a chart, etc). A sad goodbye to IBC .... Richard - thanks so much (again ...)! Be well, Lou Dudka
Richard L King Member Profile All Messages By This Member #48000 开云体育 Lou ? It makes no difference to me whether you use IBC, but I think there are still advantages to using it. ? I never have to remember to log on even once a week, because the combination of IBC and Task Scheduler makes the whole thing completely 'hands-off'. And if you find the timed settings saving beneficial, all the more reason to stick with it. (The only thing I do have to remember is to login to the server that runs IBC after a restart, so that the scheduled task runs properly – I could set the server up to autologin to that user, but this has security implications. And it's very rare that I have to restart the server – usually only after some updates.) ? Mind you, the sooner people stop using IBC, the sooner I can stop having to support it!... ? By the way, where is this TWS 'autosave' setting? I'm not aware of it. ? Richard ? ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lou Dudka Sent: 21 August 2021 00:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [TWS API] IBC and TWS 981 ? Nick, Thanks for the quick and complete reply!! Exactly what I was looking for - I'll try testing over the weekend.? The only thing IBC offered (that I had use for) was scheduled saves of TWS.? Using TWS autosave on logoff I'll have to remember to shut it off if I bring down TWS during day for some reason (such as deleting a chart, etc). A sad goodbye to IBC .... Richard - thanks so much (again ...)! Be well, Lou Dudka
Lou Dudka All Messages By This Member #48001 Hi Richard, Thanks, as always, for your insights. "Auto save" , I think, is a bit of a misnomer - it used to be called something like "save on exit." It's in Edit->Global Conflagration -> Lock and Exit -> Exit Options -> Auto Save Settings I'm running an ancient Win7 laptop that's held together with baling wire and bandaids as my "server" and access it thru Remote Desktop.? It does a fine job and never bogs down.? I pretty much have to re-boot it weekly to keep it breathing, so the re-start of TWS on Sundays isn't too much of a hassle.? Added a cheap $50 SSD and it gave it amazing new life. Nick - I did some quick testing and yes, Auto Save did save everything.? I checked the time stamps on the files and they're spot on.? I shut down/start up at 5:22 PM each day, the same time I used to have IBC save my TWS settings. Be Well, Lou Dudka

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