DLL not found in redistributable (biddll.dll)

Question

I’m having difficulty getting the sample code for tws api running. I’ve successfully run it on a borrowed laptop but the same version fails on my own windows 10 laptop. When running on Release mode in Win32, I get the popups The code execution cannot proceed because biddll.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem. and The procedure entry point ?cancelOrder@EClient@@QAEXJ@Z could not be located in the >dynamic link library C:\Eclipse-workspace\TWS >API\samples\Cpp\TestCppClient\ReleaseTestCppClient.exe.
I’ve read through several questions similar to this. I’ve tried installing the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 for both x86 and x64 from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170. I’ve tried loading biddll.dll from another folder but it gives the message “Module was built without symbols.”. I’ve run “sfc /scannow” for broken files. The issue persists. biddll.dll still seems to not be anywhere in the system files or the API files. The only version is the one I copied from another version of the project.

Answer 1

biddll.dll is not a part of the vc++ redistributables. You should pursue this issue with the source from which you obtained the tws api samples that you are working with or its author which you indicated in a previous post was interactive brokers.