maca: Thanks but I don't have a right click. I use a Mac. There's probably another way to get it though. Found it on the Menu! Thanks.
no worrries, i won't. i was asked to post the following link... http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/twsapi that's a support group for programming to the IB API, there is a files section with various flavors of socket connectors, including Perl.