thomson reuters DDE Links and QT

[Keltner]

Thompson Reuters has a product call Eikon and it allows U 2 query their servers using a DDE link into excel. I am pondering how 2 interface this DDE engine and use QT and by-pass-excel
Any Thoughts on this. I do not want 2 reinvent lots of excel functions I already have. I just want those same functions to work in QT




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[d_stranz]

Perhaps the reason no one has answered is that you need to sign up for a Thomson Reuters developer account before you can view any of the API information, and signups are closed to all except those who have been "invited". Hardly what I would consider "open source".

Anyway, it appears that they have an SDK and API that might implement multiple ways to get at their data, only one of which could be DDE. You'll have to use your "invitation" to investigate on your own.

[ChrisW67]

You can use DDE in your C++ program by resorting to the native Windows API ( https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx ). Intercept the Windows message loop using the QCoreApplication::winEventFilter() to drive the DDE code.

Using a COM interface, if one is available, would be far easier than DDE; you could use ActiveQt in that case.

[Keltner]

You can use DDE in your C++ program by resorting to the native Windows API ( https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx ). Intercept the Windows message loop using the QCoreApplication::winEventFilter() to drive the DDE code.

Using a COM interface, if one is available, would be far easier than DDE; you could use ActiveQt in that case.

Sweet ! TThanks for the help. Thanks for the comment

Perhaps the reason no one has answered is that you need to sign up for a Thomson Reuters developer account before you can view any of the API information, and signups are closed to all except those who have been "invited". Hardly what I would consider "open source".

Anyway, it appears that they have an SDK and API that might implement multiple ways to get at their data, only one of which could be DDE. You'll have to use your "invitation" to investigate on your own.

They have so many APIs I can not keep them all straight. thanks for the comment

[DoruSandor]

Thompson Reuters has a product call Eikon and it allows U 2 query their servers using a DDE link into excel. I am pondering how 2 interface this DDE engine and use QT and by-pass-excel
Any Thoughts on this. I do not want 2 reinvent lots of excel functions I already have. I just want those same functions to work in QT




http://financial.thomsonreuters.com/...7EgRoCsqXw_wcB

https://customers.reuters.com/developer/
oPen source
http://thomsonreuters.com/en/press-r...-data-api.html

I am trying to do something similar and I can't find the DDE info (Server & Topic) for the Eikon app. If you have them, can you please let me know what they are?

Thanks,
Doru