Re: [Quickfix-developers] "Invalid tag number" error for proprietary field

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

> If you always want to pass through user defined fields without using
> data dictionary for validation, change the line 154 of
> DataDictionary.cpp of QuickFIX 1.9.4 as following
> 
> 154c154
> <     if ( m_beginString.getValue().length() && field.getField() <
> FIELD::UserMin)

Instead of changing the code this could get a configuration option, e.g.

	ValidateUserDefinedFields=Y (default)
	ValidateUserDefinedMessages=Y (default)

I wonder what Oren thinks about this.

Cheers, Jörg

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