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Re: fix logon problem with c#
Greg Orsini / JetTek, LLC <>
7 Jan 2010 10:31AM ET

Hi Zoltan,

Your analysis is correct, but you have the wrong delimiter value. FIX fields are delimited with an ASCII 1, not 0.

Eyal,

If you would like to use a FIX testing tool, you can also try out FIX Tester at www.jettekfix.com. It may shed some light on errors you face.

Regards,
Greg.

> > do you know where can i test this fix message?
>
> nt.Append("8=FIX.4.4/9=136/35=A/49=*****/56=***/34=596")
>
> It appears that you are delimiting your fields with "/". This will not
> work with any FIX engine. Fields should be delimited with the ascii null
> character, which is the first character in the set. In C# it would be
> something like:
>
> char delimiter = (char) 0;
>
> To test FIX messages, you can use one of the free FIX engines or
> applications.
>
> http://www.quickfixj.org/ http://fiximulator.org/
>
> FIXimulator is built using QuickFIX/J and is fairly well documented. It
> only supports FIX 4.2 at this time though so you would need to change
> your test message if you're sending anything to it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers, Zoltan


fix logon problem with c#
eyal berda / netex   5 Jan 2010 2:50AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Clebson Derivan / CMA Inc   5 Jan 2010 6:07AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
eyal berda / netex   6 Jan 2010 8:31AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Clebson Derivan / CMA Inc   6 Jan 2010 10:52AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Zoltan Feledy / State Street Global Advisors   6 Jan 2010 8:19PM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Greg Orsini / JetTek, LLC   7 Jan 2010 10:31AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Zoltan Feledy / State Street Global Advisors   7 Jan 2010 9:00PM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Zoltan Feledy / State Street Global Advisors   7 Jan 2010 10:08PM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
eyal berda / netex   9 Jan 2010 10:53AM ET
Re: fix logon problem with c#
Greg Orsini / JetTek, LLC   9 Jan 2010 11:44AM ET