Socket comms from EFS, etc?

[bfry5282]

Any ideas how best to access a socket from EFS? I'm considering an easy way to access IB's TWS order platform in a more sophisticated way than the current IB plugin, which doesn't appear to offer much control. I didn't even see an automated cancel order method in the IBBroker object.

I realize that there would be some challenges in managing a socket from an EFS instance, especially since it relies on a tick to be activated, and we have no Timer function for polling.

But maybe usage of a general purpose socket DLL could allow EFS to kick off orders, and *maybe* trigger an asynchronous callback from that DLL for a simple asynchronous processing capability.

GURUS: Any ideas how best to do this? Anybody have a module to handle simple comms? I'm wide open to suggestions.

The best approach for me would be to access the embedded JVM implementation via a DLL, and handle the comms from a Java-based subsystem.

[Gavishti]

You can purchase the DLLs you are looking for at http://www.dynaorder.com/ Many are using them successfully. Just search this forum for DynaOrder.

[bfry5282]

Thanks, I've looked at DynaOrder, and it seems to be pretty good. I asked some questions about working with in the limitations of EFS, such as the fact that a tick is needed to enter EFS at main, and whether events could be sourced from the DLL to make the EFS control a bit more robust.

In the end, I'll probably write my own semi-automatic front-end to TWS in Java, and not try and trigger any trades from EFS, or exercise any significant control from EFS.