how to compile ibapi-***.jar

[zhimakaimen]

Dear Sir,

I'm planning to use JBookTrader to trade online. I hope I can make
ibapi-***.jar (ibapi-9.63.jar for example) by myself, so that I can
use latest java file from IBAPI and I can do some modification if
necessary. Could anyone tell me how to do it? Or just get the files
from IBAPI then compress them into a package? I 'm a new guy to java,
but I'm an expierenced engineer in c/c++, So if you give me some
suggestions I think I can understand you well.


Best Regards

zhimakaimen

[nonlinear]

Hello zhimakaimen, and welcome to the group. JBookTrader distribution already includes the compiled IB API, so you don't have to do anything extra with it. Furthermore, I'd advise you against making changes to the IB API. This is where the low level API implementation takes place, and you probably don't want to mess with it. Changing that code would also make it more difficult to upgrade to the future updated versions of IB API. If your intent to use JBookTrader to design, test, optimize, and test your own trading strategies, you source code modifications should be confined to the two packages:

com.jbooktrader.indicator and com.jbooktrader.strategy

The rest is already implemented and automated for you. If there is anything missing in JBT to facilitate your strategy design and development, please let us know.