Doesnt seem to work with tradestation 9.1?

[elmutt]

Im trying to write a script to automate some things in tradestation 9.1 and it seems any kind of automated input simply does not work with tradestation. I tried autohotkey and it does not work either.

I assume this is because there are some built in countermeasures in tradestation to prevent automated input. Im curious if anyone has run into this problem with tradestation or any other programs and if there is any way around it?

I was thinking of just writing what I need in c++ but I have a feeling it still might not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help

[water]

What does the AutoIt Window Info Tool display for the controls you try to automate?

What have you tried so far? Can you post the code?

Edited August 25, 2012 by water

[elmutt]

Im just trying a very basic script before I do anything major. Ultimately I want to do some automated data downloading but right now im just trying to make anything work:

WinWaitActive("TradeStation 9.1 - Desktop #1 - StockResearch1")

Send("This is a test")

MsgBox(0, "Tutorial", "Hello World!")

The message box comes up but the text does not get entered. When used on notepad the text gets entered fine. Exact same deal with autohotkey, I can get it to beep when the script is run but mouse clicks and keyboard input do nothing at all.

[water]

I would give ControlSend a try because Send is not very reliable for what you try to do.

[elmutt]

I tried

ControlSend("TradeStation 9.1 - Desktop #1 - StockResearch1", "", "[CLASSNN:Edit47]", "test string")

and it does nothing in tradestation.

Also the mouse clicks work if im doing it for notepad but does nothing for tradestation.

MouseClick("left", 1220, 298, 2) - Works in notepad but does nothing if tradestation is the active window

Edited August 25, 2012 by elmutt

[water]

What's the return value of ControlSend?

$iResult = ControlSend("TradeStation 9.1 - Desktop #1 - StockResearch1", "", "[CLASSNN:Edit47]", "test string")
MsgBox(0, "", "Result: " & $iResult)

[JLogan3o13]

Is this an actual desktop app, or are you trying to enter data into the website itself? From the website (albeit without creating an account) it appears it is all web based, which if it is Java may make it very difficult to interact with.

[peterp]

elmutt,

Depending on what you're trying to do, it may be simpler to use TradeStation's EasyLanguage. I'd be happy to give you a hand with that.

peter@tradestation.com