Re: [Quickfix-users] Suggested documentation change

[Joerg T. <Joe...@ma...>]

Hi Jim,

>    Just a quick suggestion for a change to the documentation.
> I'm coding a new FIX connection to a vendor that defines some
> non-standard fields in its messages.  The QuickFIX documents
> describe how to define new fields in your C++ codes but they
> never mention that you also need to edit your XML dictionary
> to reflect the new fields.  I suppose this should have been
> obvious, but I pulled my hair out over it for half an hour or
> so before figuring it out.  It might be worthwhile to add a
> note to that effect in the section on "User Defined Fields."

I guess you finally managed to get this running. So it would be a good idea
if you could add an article to the WikiFIX on

	http://www.quickfixengine.org/wiki

This could be a starting point for the final QF documentation change.

Cheers, Jörg

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