Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

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Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

Postby bowlesj3 » 01 Sep 2017

Hi,

rather than assume the answer to this is no I thought I would ask first. I just installed MC 64 bit. Everything went great except for one thing. It uses a 64 bit Global Variables dll. I just discovered that the 2007 MS-Access database program I use to communicate with MC can only use the 32 bit dll. Is there any way around this other than going back to the MC 32 bit version. I have also posted on the database forum to see if they have a 64 bit version but I would prefer not to upgrade the database program yet.

Thanks,
John
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Re: Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

Postby bowlesj3 » 02 Sep 2017

So it seems that an upgrade to MS-Access 2010 (office 2010) or up may be the only solution as the quote below suggests. I am wondering if anyone has done this and how it worked out with the 64 bit Global Variable dll? I would also need a text to speech reader to immediately voice anything placed in the clipboard.

The other option is to fully automate my trading system but I am not sure if I can trust it's ability to read the market as well as I can at this point. However just this week I have made some significant improvements in that area and I may start working toward that later this year.
IIRC, Access 2010 was the first version to have a 64-bit version (and all subsequent versions come in both 32 and 64 bit versions)

Of course, the general recommendation is to use the 32-bit version, but if you cannot get a 32-bit version of the DLL, you may have no choice. Note that this means that you'll have to use the 64-bit version of all other Office products: you cannot mix 32 and 64 bit versions.

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Re: Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

Postby arjfca » 12 Sep 2017

Hello John

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to the 64 version. Now instead of using the GV for the communication between MC and Excel, I transmit info using a text file and CSV string.

Martin

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Re: Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

Postby bowlesj3 » 13 Sep 2017

Hello John

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to the 64 version. Now instead of using the GV for the communication between MC and Excel, I transmit info using a text file and CSV string.

Martin
Hi Martin, Yes, I have done that with the el collections as well as GVs. I am now working toward full auto-trading which creates less need for communication between an external program and MC. At the same time today I will be pricing MS-Access 2016 64bit as well as Office 2016 64bit (with MS-Access 64bit included). I can't predict my final decision at this point. There are outside factors involved as well.

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Re: Any way for MC 64 to use a 32 bit dll

Postby bowlesj3 » 14 Sep 2017

The proper solution is described in this link.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50969&p=127065#p127065
It involves getting the 64 bit Microsoft Access and putting a PrrSafe command in the definitions so it can use the MC 64 bit dll.


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