[Quickfix-developers] QuickFIX 1.12.2 is now available

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

QuickFIX 1.12.2 is now available at http://www.quickfixengine.org

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

This is primarily a fix for a bug in non-blocking sockets under  
windows where failed connection attempts were not always being  
recognized, causing the engine to stop retrying to connect.  There  
are also some fixes for the python api and some other minor things.

There are some additional changes too.  There are performance  
enhancements and they are very significant, particularly under unix.   
This amounts to about 25-40% overall engine performance (round trip)  
over 1.12.0.

We also have new functionality in this release.  There is a new  
configuration setting for the DEFAULT section called HttpAcceptPort.   
When set, QuickFIX will accept HTTP requests on this port and provide  
a live control panel for all managed sessions.  It's that simple.  No  
servlet container or apache or anything required.  The http server is  
embedded right into QuickFIX.  Just set the port and point your  
browser to it.

For instance, if you set the port to 8080, start the engine and open  
up your browser to http://localhost:8080 and that's it.  Here you can  
get reports on the state of all the sessions and it even gives you  
the ability to modify many session settings while the engine is running.

Note this functionality is only present if you start up at least one  
of your acceptors or initiators with the start() method (as opposed  
to block() or poll()).  It is also currently unavailable when using  
ruby and python bindings as the start method is simulated.