GetUserId/CustomerId from DLL

Joe@DA · Postby **Joe@DA** » 11 Sep 2011

How can I get to something within a DLL that is unique to customer or computer running MultiCharts. I have found that, as reported in forums, the following code (VB.net) works fine in TS but returns 0 in MC. I don't know how to reference GetUserId within DLL. I don't really want to set a variable in EZL-code and then retrieve it from ELObj in DLL unless that is the only way.

TS Code

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    Private Function TS_GetCustomerId(ByVal pELObj As TSKITLib.IEasyLanguageObject) As Integer

        Dim pELTSP As TSKITLib.ITradeStationPlatform = pELObj.Platform

        Dim CustomerId As Integer = pELTSP.CustomerID

        Return CustomerId

    End Function

MC Code

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    Private Function MC_GetCustomerId(ByVal pELObj As PLKit.IEasyLanguageObject) As Integer

        Dim pELTSP As PLKit.ITradeStationPlatform = pELObj.Platform

        Dim CustomerId As Integer = pELTSP.CustomerID

        Return CustomerId

    End Function

Dave Masalov · Postby **Dave Masalov** » 12 Sep 2011

Dear Joe@DA,

Unfortunately, it cannot be done directly from a dll. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management section of our site.

At the moment you can use the following PowerLanguage code:

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if getuserid = 1111111111 then begin

If h > h[1] then Plot1(0);

end;

Joe@DA · Postby **Joe@DA** » 12 Sep 2011

Thanks,
I'll just set a local PL variable to the GetUserId function and grab it within the DLL. As you can tell I'm a new MC user but I have many years of experience with TS-EZL. Is the number from GetUserId the value I should be using for checking for a valid user of my software? or is there something else?

Dave Masalov · Postby **Dave Masalov** » 12 Sep 2011

Is the number from GetUserId the value I should be using for checking for a valid user of my software?

Joe@DA,

Yes, GetUserId returns MultiCharts User ID which is a unique number of MultiCharts installattion on a particular machine.

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