[Quickfix-users] How reset the message sequence number

[kbo <kbo...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I'm new to QuickFix, and must admit it's beautifully written (although some 
more samples and documentation won't hurt).

Anyway, I'm having problems with my counter party - timeouts lead to 
misalignment in the message sequence number, and I would like to reset the 
sequence. My counter party hasn't implemented the 'reset on logon' flag 
option, so all I can do is use an initially high message sequence number and 
send a SequenceReset message immediately after logon.

My questions are:

1) is that indeed the best thing to do?

2) how do I modify the initial message sequence number (I'm using C#, and 
every time I try to modify that field inside toAdmin() I wind up just adding 
another duplicate field with a different value...)?

3) can I configure QuickFix to send the SequenceReset reset (or alternatively -
 is there any QuickFix API that will do that for me) or must I do it manually 
(and if so, where? is onLogon() an appropriate location for such a call?)

Thanks!

kbo