Retrieving Volume data via DDE

[Axelar]

Greetings,

I am trying to "pull" volume via DDE into Excel from a couple of 3min charts. Reading through the thread(s), I used one of the samples as a template, however I can't seem to get it to function correctly.

The value always remains at "0".

Here is the code;

var dde1 = null;

function preMain() {

setStudyTitle("Volume4 Test");
setCursorLabelName("Volume",0);
setPlotType(PLOTTYPE_HISTOGRAM,0);
}


function main() {
if (dde1 == null) {
var sName = ("Vol_" + getSymbol() +"_"+ getInterval());
sName = sName.replace("$", ""); // remove $ from string
sName = sName.replace("#", ""); // remove # from string
sName = sName.replace("-", ""); // remove # from string
sName = sName.replace(" ", "_") // replace space with underscore
debugPrintln("DDE Link for Excel =eSignal|EFS!"+sName);
dde1 = new DDEOutput(sName);
}

return getValue("Volume");

return dde1.set("Volume");

}


Here are some samples of syntax used in the worksheet:

=eSignal|EFS!Vol_GOOG_3
=eSignal|EFS!Vol_GBP_A0FX_3

Any ideas/feedback would be appreciated.

Axel

[ACM]

Axel
Replace the following two lines of code

return getValue("Volume");

return dde1.set("Volume"); 

with the following

var vVolume = getValue("Volume");
    if(vVolume==null) return;

    dde1.set(vVolume);
    
    return vVolume; 

Once you implement this change the DDE links you posted as samples should work
Alex