c# - How to open a specific bloomberg terminal page programmatically?

Question

Is there a reliable way to open a specific bloomberg terminal page programmatically (e.g. "MSFT Equity")?

I am open to any suggestions and code samples:

• Start process with path to bloomberg terminal executable and ticker in the arguments
• Bloomberg API
• DDE
• COM Automation
• SendKeys (can be blocked by some antivirus software)
• ...

Many thanks

Answer 1

You can get the answer to this through the terminal:

API < GO > > API Developer's Website > WAPI Home > FAQs > Miscellaneous Topics

And the specific question is How can I communicate programmatically with the Bloomberg Professional?

The string you need to send over DDE is

<blp-1><home>MSFT US<EQUITY><GO>DES<GO>