The ATS started out as modifications to JSystemTrader before I got fed up and started the rewrite. I tried to get rid of all JSystemTrader code - did I miss some? Much of the code in the IBWrapperAdapter and the IBHelper actually came from an earlier ATS that I started about six months ago, though I can see some lines that were JSystemTrader. I had that already under something like "synchronize two different data sources" but I can see that isn't very clear. I can see right away how it would be handy for some people who use, say, the TICK when trading the ES. I'll change the wording. BTW: when fixing the bug about JavaBeans specs, I introduced another bug which I just fixed. Blah. Trying to move too fast, here.
Newbie here, couldn't get the downloaded prebuilt Truetrade client to run with the newly created ats database, getting exceptions (both InstrumentView and StrategyView); must be some newbie error: Code: [size=1]java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ats.client.views.InstrumentView.buildTree(InstrumentView.java:136) at com.ats.client.views.InstrumentView.createPartControl(InstrumentView.java:121) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:197) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:566) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setVisible(PartPane.java:290) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewPane.setVisible(ViewPane.java:525) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart.java:140) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.PresentablePartFolder.select(PresentablePartFolder.java:268) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRightTabOrder.java:65) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation.selectPart(TabbedStackPresentation.java:394) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:1144) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.setSelection(PartStack.java:1097) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.showPart(PartStack.java:1311) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.createControl(PartStack.java:601) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.createControl(PartStack.java:532) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartSashContainer.createControl(PartSashContainer.java:562) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PerspectiveHelper.activate(PerspectiveHelper.java:244) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.onActivate(Perspective.java:815) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.onActivate(WorkbenchPage.java:2429) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow$6.run(WorkbenchWindow.java:2616) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.setActivePage(WorkbenchWindow.java:2597) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.busyOpenPage(WorkbenchWindow.java:658) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.busyOpenWorkbenchWindow(Workbench.java:795) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.doOpenFirstTimeWindow(Workbench.java:1437) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.openFirstTimeWindow(Workbench.java:1388) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurer.openFirstTimeWindow(WorkbenchConfigurer.java:190) at org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.openWindows(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:708) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(Workbench.java:1085) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1847) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:419) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at com.ats.client.ATSApp.run(ATSApp.java:18) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:78) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)[/size] Separately I thought I would start installing Eclipse 3.2 and downloading the source with the new instruction (thanks Tyro), getting some more missing jar files; not a problem, I am sure they are easy to find and I just thought it is good to document for newbies: Code: [size=1] build: Severity and Description Path Resource Location Creation Time Id Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/commons-lang-2.2.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 26 The file "lib/itext-1.4.3.jar" does not exist in the workspace com.ats.resources build.properties line 8 1178496253547 40 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/gnujaxp.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 27 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/httpunit.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 28 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/itext-1.4.3.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 29 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/jcommon-1.0.5.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 30 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/jfreechart-1.0.2.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 31 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/js.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 32 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/log4j-1.2.13.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 33 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 34 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/OTFeed.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 35 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/servlet.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 36 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/swt-datepicker.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 37 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/Tidy.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178496253343 38 The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved com.ats.resources Unknown 1178496253422 39 The file "lib/jfreechart-1.0.2.jar" does not exist in the workspace com.ats.resources build.properties line 10 1178496253547 41 The file "lib/js.jar" does not exist in the workspace com.ats.resources build.properties line 11 1178496253547 42 [/size] Installation hints for newbies like me: 1. Install Eclipse to C:\Eclipse. Try to install by unzipping to the root directory, otherwise you may exceed 260 characters in the pathname. 2. Subclipse install how to: http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html you may get a Mylar dependency error, either uncheck it or dl the new version here: http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/dl.php 3. GEF and Draw2D are together in the GEF download here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/do.../drops/R-3.2.2-200702081315/GEF-ALL-3.2.2.zip Eclipse plugins can be installed by just unzipping into the correct Eclipse installation folder and restarting Eclipse.
Never mind about the missing jar files above. Newbie error; did not import all 4 package from SVN. After that, the remaining error was that the 4 jar files copied to the correct respective directory was still not seen by Eclipse even after restarting Eclipse or rebooting: Code: [size=1]Severity and Description Path Resource Location Creation Time Id The project was not built since it depends on com.ats.model, which has build path errors com.ats.client Unknown 1178507919390 3919 The project was not built since it depends on com.ats.model, which has build path errors com.ats.client.runtime Unknown 1178507919390 3918 The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved com.ats.model Unknown 1178507919390 3917 The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved com.ats.resources Unknown 1178507919359 3844 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/js.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178507883875 3767 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/jfreechart-1.0.2.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178507883875 3766 Project com.ats.resources is missing required library: 'lib/itext-1.4.3.jar' com.ats.resources Build path 1178507883875 3765 Project com.ats.model is missing required library: 'lib/ibatis-2.3.0.677.jar' com.ats.model Build path 1178507564047 3754[/size] The solution was to right click on the ..model or the ..resources package, do a build path, configure build path, click on the offending jar file and do an edit and point to the correct folder and file. Do that for the 4 copied jar files. There are some remaining errors, but the build will now run as an Eclipse app. Some of the remaining 187 errors: Code: [size=1]Severity and Description Path Resource Location Creation Time Id AbstractXYDataset cannot be resolved to a type com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/tools BarSeriesDataset.java line 8 1178511491718 4608 Discouraged access: The type InternalImages is not accessible due to restriction on required library C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.gef_3.2.2.v20070208.jar com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/views StrategyView.java line 7 1178511491375 4438 The field AvailableDataView.MAX_DETAIL_ROWS is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/views AvailableDataView.java line 45 1178511491687 4600 The field BacktestOrderManager.logger is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/engine BacktestOrderManager.java line 17 1178511489843 4357 The field BacktestStrategyEngine.logger is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/engine BacktestStrategyEngine.java line 8 1178511489828 4355 The field Bar.dateFormat is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/platform Bar.java line 23 1178511489625 4308 The field BarFigure.logger is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/charting/figures BarFigure.java line 19 1178511491875 4640 The field BarFigure.PriceBarTooltip.tip is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/charting/figures BarFigure.java line 104 1178511491875 4642 The field ChartBar.bar is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/charting/model ChartBar.java line 9 1178511491828 4628 The field ChartExecution.execution is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/charting/model ChartExecution.java line 9 1178511491828 4627 The field CloseAboveStrategy.logger is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/strategy CloseAboveStrategy.java line 23 1178511489359 4289 The field CloseAboveStrategy.period is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/strategy CloseAboveStrategy.java line 25 1178511489359 4290 The field ContributionFigure.logger is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/charting/figures ContributionFigure.java line 16 1178511491859 4633 The field DataManager.logger is never read locally com.ats.model/src/com/ats/engine DataManager.java line 18 1178511489828 4353 The field ExecutionView.refreshAction is never read locally com.ats.client/src/com/ats/client/views ExecutionView.java line 45 1178511491562 4529 ....[/size]
Most of those look like warnings rather than errors. While I take the point that, for a full release, we would like to eliminate compiler warnings, I'm not going to worry about them right now. I will worry about compiler errors or runtime bugs. Are you seeing any of those?
okay, I managed to get everything to build... I had to right click and refresh each project that I had to add the additional JAR files for the IDE to recognize them. Changing the compiler version in the IDE was a big diff as well Also, I was getting a heap exception running this in linux so I changed your parameter to "-Xmx512m" and that seems to have fixed the heap exception. When I right click on com.ats.client and try Run->Run As-> Eclipse Application it launches another version of eclipse and not your app. Any ideas on this one? Something not set on the Main tab?
Ah right, forgot about that. K, I added it to the InstallGuide That is interesting. I've never seen that happen before. When you go "Run > Run..." to open the run configuration window, click on the "ATS Client Builder" configuration under "Eclipse Application". Where it says "Program to run", have you got the "Run a product" selected?
screen shot helped to see where my settings were different... my only options in the "Run a product" drop down are: org.eclipse.platform.ide org.eclipse.sdk.ide Makes sense why it is launching a new version of the ide since it is the option that was currently selected. I'll try and research why there are only the two options in the drop down and not the com.ats.client.product like you had.
screen shot helped to see where my settings were different... my only options in the "Run a product" drop down are: org.eclipse.platform.ide org.eclipse.sdk.ide Makes sense why it is launching a new version of the ide since it is the option that was currently selected. I'll try and research why there are only the two options in the drop down and not the com.ats.client.product like you had.
I think that eclipse is using the *.product files (or maybe the plugin.xml files) to build this list. Can you verify which files are in the root of the com.ats.client project? You can compare yours against the subversion list at: http://truetrade.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/com.ats.client/ Make sure you have client_builder.product and plugin.xml. To be sure, try a "Team>Update" on the project to get the latest code updates.
Sure thing tyro. I was thinking maybe you should have your own group somewhere than using a thread from either elitetrader or ib discussion Anyway, I'll try looking at the MySQL stuff again, didn't pay too much attention to it so that's probably the problem. -- tyro: JD Any chance you can ask follow-up questions on elitetrader? This forum interface is kind of driving me nuts. The reply is too far away to remember what people said, I can't figure out how to quote, the threads grow too long without paging, and I don't get e-mail notification. (And I come over unexpectedly whiny ) Anyway... "managed to get your program to compile and run. However, both the instruments and strategy tab have errors, and thus just show an error message, something like 'Unable to create view: An unexpected exception was thrown.' for the instruments tab." That will happen if the database isn't set up correctly. Can you double-check that you have MySQL installed and configured correctly? If that checks, do the views contain a stack trace? What does it say? Is there an error in the log? What does it say? (Check the wiki for info on how to find the log file) --- me: I followed all the steps, and combined with the input from other users on the elitetrader forums, managed to get your program to compile and run. However, both the instruments and strategy tab have errors, and thus just show an error message, something like 'Unable to create view: An unexpected exception was thrown.' for the instruments tab.