Useful DotNET CSharp tips for Interactive Brokers?
Who knew this could be such a massive pain!! TWSLink2 is not cooperating and the sample code is full of exceptions/bugs or does not build! For a paid product, that is pretty bad
Some helpful tips here:
http://holowczak.com/ib-install/2/ ß- this appears to be the most appropriate
- Note that I ran into:
- During the API installation the TWS ActiveX Control ocx will be installed and registered as a Windows Control. Typically this control will install without any problems. However in some cases it can fail to register. Notes on how to manually register the Tws.ocx control are found on the next to last page of this tutorial.
Download Windows API here: http://interactivebrokers.github.io/#
I used default install directory of C:\TWS API\ or Windows user access C:\Users\Bryan\Documents\
Instructions from IB here:
https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/api/apiguide/csharp/csharpsampleapptutorial.htm
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