This topic is SUPER!! I have been creating spreadsheets in Excel that grabs data from bloom using blp formula. Now I think I wasted so much time. Would you guys know any forum that's dedicated to the these topics??? I want to see some examples of ppl develope using the bloom API. Hubert

Hube,Just type wapi on your bloomberg and you'll get to the ActiveX website. then download the help and have a look around. there are a few coding examples available that I found pretty complete and neat for most uses. Then you just have to build up from there.Hope this helps,G

Hi all, Since there are so many people here doiing blp automation stuff i thought i would ask this question: i primarly used to do the blp api stuff from excel vba, which was ok, and works pretty fine. a few months back we decided ( for good reasons ) to port a lot of stuff over into .NET. i read on the wapi somewhere( i guess in the faq) that blp doesnt support the .NET stuff yet. so i started using the interoperability to call the functions in vb, which get the data from blp.. but surprise of surprises, one day i was messing around with the references in the .NET environment, and i saw the familiar blp dll. i added this reference and beleive it or not i can do all the stuff that i used to do in vba in c#. and for some reason it works faster. i think i am messing up something somewhere, and dont have the expertise to know if what i am doing is right.. can someone help me out here.. Thanks

Wannabedude,You simply created a .NET wrapper for the COM API. Simple as that.http://www.csharphelp.com/archives3/arc ... 8/Interop/

hi FDAXHunter,, thanks dude. good links .

QuoteOriginally posted by: FDAXHunterWannabedude,You simply created a .NET wrapper for the COM API. Simple as that.http://www.csharphelp.com/archives3/arc ... nterop/And enter the wonderful world of .Net "Once spunt into the net I never got out"

i got into .net a few months back, and beleive me theres no looking back. i like the stuff. ijust wish it were a littlt easier to find information about some stuff that i have abouts nowand then....

I'm trying to get Beta for a specific stock out of bloomberg terminal and store/display it in the DB/GUI that I'm writing. I have nothing so far (started this a day ago).Any hints would be greatly appreciated.Thanks

hi, you can get started by tying wapi on the bloomberg terminal...... it has plenty of examples. Good Luck.

WAPIIf you're looking for fully commented, open-source VBA examples, search WAPI VBA Examples or use keyword DDEVBA01 as your search criteria. Really easy to navigate if you know how to use a mouse The next best solution is to use <HELP><HELP> and have your question escalated to APEXS - API Escalation Support and Solutions. You'll get a phone call. You'll get a real answer. You'll realize the answer was on WAPI if you didn't RTFM.~Peace

Hey All,I have a question that can't be answered by WAPI or the API Dev Group because the respond that they do not support .net.So, I have been working with writing a .net bloomberg data server which uses remoting to distribute blp data to our office (yes we have the data distribution license).the deal here is that I want my VB.NET app to do a BlpData.Subscribe and have Blp Hit back to a function everytime data gets updated.The problem, is that although everything *seems* to be coded correctly, my Blp_Data function (Or the status one) never get called.NE Suggestions?Here's The Code:<pre type="man I wish you guys had a [PRE] fake html tag so that my code would remain indented and easy to view.... well, thats just too bad>Public Class BpsConsole Private Shared WithEvents Blp As New BLP_DATA_CTRLLib.BlpData <STAThread()> _ Shared Sub Main() Try ' RemotingConfiguration.Configure("BPService.config") ' Console.WriteLine("BPService is initialized and running. Hit enter to stop and exit.") Console.WriteLine("Subscribing") Blp.ActivateRealtime = True Blp.Subscribe("IBM Equity", 1, "PX_LAST") Blp.Flush() Console.WriteLine("Did subscribe") Console.ReadLine() Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine("Exception while starting BPS. Error Message: " + ex.Message) Console.WriteLine("Stack Trace: " + ex.StackTrace) Console.WriteLine("BPService initialization failed. Hit enter to exit.") Console.ReadLine() End Try End Sub Shared Sub Blp_Data(ByRef Security As Object, ByRef cookie As Integer, ByRef Fields As Object, ByRef Data As Object, ByRef status As Integer) Handles Blp.Data Console.WriteLine("[Blp_Data]") End Sub Private Shared Sub Blp_Status(ByRef Status As Integer, ByRef SubStatus As Integer, ByRef StatusDescription As Object) Handles Blp.Status Console.WriteLine("[Blp_Status]") End SubEnd Class[/PRE]

Good evening skimania, .NET is not supported yet. Only support for Sun Solaris, Delphi, MFC, VB60, and VBA. I've talked with a few developers who were able to get their Data and Status events fired. If I can get some snippets from them, I'll post it here.In the interim, you may want to consider joining the .NET Beta group. Simply use <Help><Help> and ask to be put on the .NET Beta list.~Peace

skimania, I don't thint u can use New keyword together with With Events. You must first declare your object and instanciate it afterwords.Have a look at the office application event sample at:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us ... s.asp?Hope this helps.cheers

rgablejr >> did I not say that blbg doesn't support .net! it sucks tho, because they should support whatever they're clients are using. it's coming soon tho I guess. thanks for the heads up about the .net beta group, I hope they send me some good stuff. And yes, if you find some code that fires the data event, PLEASE post it for the world to see. Apparently, someone else I have spoken with managed to do it with c# about a year ago, but I'm still waiting on her code - we'll see....Silvershark >> i appreciate the idea, but I tried it and it made no difference. the sample you sent me reffered to vb6 and not vb.net tho, and they are very different. If this werent a finance forum I would go into the technical details of lazy instantiation, but I doubt any of you really give a $@!#.Thanks for all your help guys, but it's not over yet!

Good day skimania, You did say so, but so did I I will do a bit of 'sniffing around' today to see if I can find a snippet. Once I find it, I will post it.~Peace