How to Feed Excel File With RT Data From MultiCharts (Use RTD Server)?

To feed an Excel file with real time data from MultiCharts, use the RTD Server:

1. Download the RTD Server installer here.
2. Close MultiCharts and all its applications. Make sure there are no MultiCharts Processes left in Task Manager → Details tab → Description column.
3. Run RTD Server.exe and follow the installation wizard.
4. Run MultiCharts and create a chart with real-time data.
5. Right-click the chart → Insert Study → in the Indicator tab select the Symbol Data indicator. Click OK to apply it to the chart.
6. Open up an Excel file → Add-ins tab → in the Custom Toolbars select MultiCharts:InsertSymbolData.
7. Choose required data in the Insert MultiCharts Symbol window and click OK.

Now real-time data should be streaming into the Excel file.

Note 1

The combination of MultiCharts, RTD, Windows and MS Office bit you are using is very important.

Please make sure that one of the following combinations is used:

• MS Office 32 + RTD32 + MultiCharts/.NET 32-bit using any 32-bit Operation System
  

• Windows 8.1
  MS Office 2013 (x64) + RTD64 + MultiCharts/.NET 64-bit
  

• Windows 2012 Server Standard
  MS Office 2013 (x64) + RTD64 + MultiCharts/.NET 64-bit
  

• Windows 10
  MS Office 32 + RTD32 + MultiCharts/.NET 32-bit
  MS Office 64 + RTD64 + MultiCharts/.NET 64-bit

Note 2

RTD is provided only for MultiCharts and MultiCharts .NET, not available for MultiCharts .NET Special Edition/MultiCharts .NET64 Special Edition.

The following chart types are not supported:

• Volume Delta
• Cumulative Delta
• Bar Delta
• Imbalance Delta

To stream indicator values into a chart in Excel it is necessary to add the SendPlotsValues command to your indicator code. Then apply this indicator to a chart in MultiCharts and select MultiCharts:InsertIndicatorData in Excel under Add-Ins tab.