Re: [Quickfix-users] Conditionally required field missing

[Mike G. <mg...@co...>]

ka wone wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I try to send a market order using the QuickFix42.NewOrderSingle method.
> If I don't set the price field, I obtain the following problem:
> "58 = Conditionally Required Field Missing <44>".
> However, in the XML file, Price is not a required field. So, why I can 
> not send my message?

Can you post the FIX messages log for this?  Did you set tag 40=1 
(OrdType=Market)?

> Moreover, if I set any other field from not required to required in my 
> XML file, I don't have any message error when I try to send a message 
> whithout defining a new required field. Why?

The data dictionary is for validation of incoming messages.

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Mike Gatny
Connamara Systems, LLC
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