Any non-ActiveX APIs available?

[mburkhart]

Are there any eSignal APIs available that don't use ActiveX?

I'm looking to build a non-graphical application that retrieves Time and Sales data, then performs some calculations, but it appears that ActiveX controls require a GUI.

[JayF]

Yes, we do have other APIs available, but only for commericial developers. More FAQs on this subject are available by going to this URL.

[sthornington]

To add to this, you don't necessarily need to have a UI to access the API. ActiveX is a marketing term for COM controls, and can mean different things.

From a console application, you could just as easily get a handle to the API and do what you need to do.

Cheers,

Simon.

[JimBecker17]

DDE interface works to get quote info. This is how Excel and others access the data. It is stable and has been around forever.

I've opted this route (from 1998 era!) while they get the Active X approach sorted out... Looking forward to upgrading to Active X at some point though.