Configure the Connecting Service Name

1. Launch Trader Workstation or IB Gateway
2. Open the Windows File Explorer
3. Navigate to C:\TWS API\samples\DdeSocketBridge
4. Right click the “runDdeSocketBridge.bat” file.
5. Click Edit from the list. This will open a new Notepad window.
   • NOTE: Windows 11 users may need to choose “Show more options” first.
6. On the third line after “DdeSocketBridge.jar” add -s followed by whichever Service name you wish to use in Excel.

NOTE: Be sure on each page of your connected DDE that you match the User Name cell with what is listed here.

echo off
if not exist "DdeSocketBridge.jar" goto :error
java -Djava.library.path=.\src\main\resources -jar DdeSocketBridge.jar -sExcelsior
goto :end
:error
echo DdeSocketBridge.jar is not found
:end