[Quickfix-developers] QuickFIX 1.12.0 is now available

[Oren M. <or...@qu...>]

ON QUICKFIX
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QuickFIX 1.12.0 is now available at http://www.quickfixengine.org

You can get the release notes for all versions here: http:// 
www.quickfixengine.org/NEWS

Ok, some of the more important features:

SocketAcceptor  and ThreadedSocketAcceptor can listen on multiple  
ports.   So now you can set up on a per session basis what port will  
be used to accept connections.  Sessions can still share a port or  
segment port sharing however you like.  Place the SocketAcceptPort  
wherever you want, as often as you want, we won't tell.

ODBC support for messages and logs.  We have replaced the MSSQL Log  
and Store  with the more versatile ODBCLog and ODBCStore.  Now you  
can connect to any database with a ODBC driver.

Global logging!  Yeah, now we can record events that do not pertain  
to a particular session.  The LogFactory still has the old create 
( SessionID ) method to get a sessions log, and also a create()  
method to retrieve the global log.

Non blocking sockets.  No more risk of deadlocks when using the  
SocketInitiator or SocketAcceptor.  No need to resort to using  
threads if you don't want to.  This is a much more solid socket  
implementation.

Did I mention the Python API is now functionally complete?  Repeating  
groups and all.  Oh yeah, and there is an equally complete Ruby API.   
Do you prefer Python or Ruby?  No matter what you choose, you have a  
fully scriptable FIX engine at your disposal.

Read your data dictionary from a stream.  Store it wherever you want  
in whatever crazy format you desire.  Just pass QuickFIX a stream in  
our file format and we'll work it out.  With the ability to store  
this and the settings file however you like, QuickFIX can be totally  
integrated into your proprietary or third party configuration  
environment.

If you use CME, get this.  It's all taken care of from now on.  No  
more need to put in your own hacks.

MessageStore::refresh() and setting RefreshOnLogon make it easy to  
integrate QuickFIX into a redundant solution.

Better API support, better logging, more convenience methods, more  
configuration options.  Check the release notes and you'll see what I  
mean.