Re: [Quickfix-developers] Custom FIX Message Types

[Shane T. <str...@co...>]

You should check the DataDictionary XML file, it defines the message
structures/fields.  You should be able to add fields/types there.

-- 
Shane Trotter
Connamara Systems, LLC

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Malinka Rellikwodahs
<ael...@gm...>wrote:

> QuickFIX Documentation:
> http://www.quickfixengine.org/quickfix/doc/html/index.html
> QuickFIX Support: http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html
>
>
> I know this has been discussed before however looking through the archive i
> was unable to determine how to successfully add a new message type to the
> system, so that it will work with MessageCracker.
>
> In C#, I created a new class inheriting QuickFix44 with the tags I will be
> needing in this message, and then in my Application/Message Cracker object I
> added a public new void onMessage(QuickFix.Message, QuickFix.SessionID ses),
> which I created an if statement looking for the MsgType value the new
> Message will be using, which all works correctly, however when I try casting
> to the new message type, the same as is done in the QuickFix44
> MessageCracker, It throws an InvalidCastException saying it can't convert
> from QuickFix44.Message to my new Message type. After looking through the
> Message code I'm not seeing why this would be.  Any help or suggestions
> would be appreciated.
>
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