MtFeed sample

Functionality

The MtFeed sample is a more powerful and realistic sample application than MtBackground. It provides a real-time data feed via a single add-in function, MtfGet(Topic, Field).

Argument	Description
Topic	Name of the data set being retrieved, e.g. "IBM"
Field	Name of the data field to be extracted from the data set, e.g. "BID", "VOLUME".

The add-in runs a single background thread, which waits for data packets to arrive from a server application, and posts them to the main thread.

Running the sample

The sample files are provided in pre-built form in the Samples/Bin sub-directory. To run a sample, follow these steps:

Start Samples/Bin/MtFeedServer.exe.
In the server application, use the Run button to load and broadcast the file abgx.txt.
Open Samples/Bin/MtFeedAddinGui.xla.
Open Samples/Bin/MtFeedAddinDemo.xls. Observe that the data in the formula fields changes periodically.
Use the options on the MtFeed menu to start and stop the live data, and to change its frequency.
Start a second copy of Excel, and open MtFeedAddinGui.xla and MtFeedAddinDemo.xls. Notice that both applications update simultaneously.

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