Re: [Quickfix-developers] FIXML Question

[Oren M. <ore...@ya...>]

BTW, if you want more information on who is doing what
with FIXML, you will probably want to check out the
FIXML discussion board at fixprotocol.org:
http://www.fixprotocol.org/cgi-bin/BBS.cgi?board=928951581&menu=928951581bbs

particularly this thread on getting starting:
http://www.fixprotocol.org/cgi-bin/BBS.cgi?menu=928951581bbs&board=928951581&message=344&thread=344

--- Bernard Spanger <bsp...@gx...> wrote:
> We have been using QuickFix successfully in
> production for quite some
> time now, and we are very pleased with how it works
> for us.  Recently,
> some of our counterparties have asked us about
> FIXML.  As far as I can
> tell from my research, FIXML includes only the
> message structure, and
> does nothing with respect to the delivery and
> sequencing.  I have seen
> many references to the fact that FIXML messages can
> be delivered using
> FIX.  Why would I want to do this?  Does QuickFix
> support it?  Does
> anybody do it?  How else would I deliver such
> messages?  Are there
> advantages (other than easier readability) over the
> "native" FIX format?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
>     - Bernard
>  
> 
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