I downloaded 885.2 a few days back (been running 882 happily but wanted to see what had changed and noted that 885 had a lot of bug fixes for 884). Its running fine. I have reverted to 882 and back to 885 and I get a few extra windows on changing ... but I just close them and it continues fine next time. I've run it on winxp sp2 32bit and windows server 2008 64bit. With 1.6.0_10b26 32bit and 1.6.0_10b27 64bit. Its fine.
I have to admit it's nice to know at least someone else experienced the PnL column problem. I can remove it as well.
Maybe I have missed something important. What exactly is this bug about? I use 882 with API, so I would like to know. Do you have a link that explaines what bug that is? The Fixes and Changes section of 885 release notes doesn't say anything about API orders.
TP said on the conference call there would be an IB version of futuretrade by the end of the second quarter. IBsoft, username on et, denied this recently and said features of futuretrade would be incorporated in TWS.
That sucks. I personally don't upgrade right away - bug-fixes always seem to take a week or two with new software, just like Windoze. Still, it's pretty pathetic of IB to roll out upgrades without fully testing them. Just because it's the norm in the software industry, doesn't mean it's justifiable.
Here's a partial reprint of an email I received from ButtonTrader in June: You can go to ButtonTrader.com, click on downloads, and then click on "release update", then click "release notes". This will give you the information I gave, and perhaps some other info. OldTrader