Re: [Quickfix-developers] Getting Started with QuickFix and .NET

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

Ok, and have you seen the code samples in the documentation?  Did you  
find them but found them confusing?  Did you not find them at all?   
Are they difficult to find?

--oren

On Sep 24, 2007, at 9:08 AM, John K. wrote:

> QuickFIX Documentation: http://www.quickfixengine.org/quickfix/doc/ 
> html/index.html
> QuickFIX Support: http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html
>
> I've looked at Executor, (I cannot open order match, my VS2005  
> license doesnt include c++ projects) and executor the difficulty  
> with learning from executor is that it jumps straight into it. No  
> slow walkthrough, i.e . here we connect to the server, then await  
> trap the OnMessage event etc. For a newbie who has just seen QF,  
> this like learning to swim in shark infested waters, 30 miles from  
> land. :)
> Also, for now what I"m actually intending on doing is just  
> connecting to a host and waiting to trap received messages, once  
> I'm able to do that I'm sure i"ll be able to figure the rest out.
>
>
> On 24/09/2007, Rodrick Brown <rod...@gm...> wrote:
> Have you looked at the sample applications that come with QF?
> Executor, OrderMatch, etc...
>
> On 9/24/07, John K. < kam...@gm...> wrote:
> > QuickFIX Documentation: http://www.quickfixengine.org/quickfix/ 
> doc/html/index.html
> > QuickFIX Support: http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html
> >
> >
> > HI, I'm a newbie to quick fix and for a few days now I've been  
> investigating
> > the examples provided and anything else I could find on the web,  
> and I can
> > say for certain that quickfix has one of the steepest learning  
> curves I've
> > ever seen. The documentation and examples especially for .net  
> developers is
> > very limited. There is very little on how to actually get  
> anything working
> > with quickfix, kind of like a "hello world" for on QF.
> > Basically... how to:
> > 1. connect to your host & login
> > 2. receive messages and determine the message type
> > 3. send messages
> > 4. log out
> >
> > If I could just get an example showing how an app connects to the  
> host,
> > provides the userid and pwd, then sets the event handlers and  
> waits for data
> > to arrive, I'd be most grateful. Any help would be most  
> appreciated. I'm
> > sure from there I'll be able to realise whats going on and make some
> > progress.
> > In fact, if I"m able to at least connect, I"ll create my own  
> tutorial on
> > using QF, C# and VB.NET for beginners and post it online for  
> others to read.
> > Thanks in advance
> > John
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