Problems connecting Interactive Brokers to Matlab

I've been trying to connect Matlab to interactive brokers using the ib = ibtws('',7496) command but i keep running into this error:

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Error using feval Server Creation Failed: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

Error in actxserver (line 86) h=feval(['COM.' convertedProgID], 'server', machinename, interface);

Error in ibtws (line 38)_ _

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I have checked these threads and applied the various solutions presented but without success: - http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/184399-error-connecting-to-ib-using-ibtws - http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/111625-trading-toolbox-connecting-to-interactive-broker - http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/169013-error-in-ibtws-connecting-trading-toolbox

I am running windows 7 x64, Matlab 2015a. I have uninstalled and re-installed both the Microsoft Visual C++ packages as well as the Microsoft .Net framework 4.5.2

Answer 1

[Yair Altman]

This problem is due to using the ActiveX connector to IB.

You might wish to try the cross-platform Java-based approach (not ActiveX) of the IB-Matlab product: http://undocumentedmatlab.com/ib-matlab

Answer 2

[Sergiu TICU]

I have managed to solved this by installing the 32 bit Version of “ Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable ”. Here more information on how to link Matlab to IB TWS.