hi where can i get more info about that? is there is any limit regarding the # of stocks i can track data on realtime?

the quote center help is it something on the installation disk?

If you are not.... here is a list of all 700 fields you can use for DDE 8:-) http://forum.equis.com/viewtopic.php?t=1024 If you are - then I am the new forum moron ... :D

Ahhh.... relocating your post to a place where others can help. :D

Here is what is in the help file: The Equis DDE Server provides a consistent interface for any DDE clients that wish to use security data provided by the MetaStock Data Server (EqDatSrv.exe). Like all DDE servers, EqDdeSrv uses a topic/item pair to designate requested information. The topic is a string containing the requested security, and the item is a string containing one of the following values: Item Name Description OPEN Today's Opening Value HIGH Today's High Value LOW Today's Low Value LAST Today's Last Trade Value TOTALVOL Today's Total Volume YDTOTALVOL Yesterday's Total Volume (futures only) TRADEVOL Last TradeVolume PREVCLOSE Previous Day's Close CHANGE LAST – PREVCLOSE DATE Date of Last Trade (mm/dd/yyyy) TIME Time of Last Trade (hh:mm) OPENINT Open Interest BID Bid Value ASK Ask Value BIDSIZE Bid Size ASKSIZE Ask Size Notes: TRADEVOL may be 0 until the first trade takes place following the initial request for data. Not all items apply to all security types. If an item does not apply to a particular security type the item's value will be 0. Many spreadsheets support DDE links. For example, you can create a "hot" (continuously updated) link in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet by entering the following formula in any cell: =eqddesrv|'msft'!last The previous example would display the LAST value of Microsoft Stock (MSFT), updating the display with every trade. See the documentation for your spreadsheet for a full description of how to specify DDE links. The data provided by EqDdeSrv is raw data. A change in the value of some items, such as BID and ASK, does not necessarily indicate that a trade has taken place. The best indicator of a trade is a change in value of TOTALVOL. If the Equis Data Server (EqDatSrv.exe) is not running when EqDdeSrv.exe is started, EqDdeSrv will attempt to start it. Additional documentation for EqDdeSrv, complete with a DDE client programming example, is available in the MetaStock Developers Kit. As you can see you have to use : =eqddesrv|'SYMBOL'!FIELDNAME That's all there is to it. Patrick

Unless your broker provides a real time feed through our data server it won't work. As you can see the dde link is made through the data server. Patrick :mrgreen: