[Quickfixj-users] Quickfix - Adding field into message

[J L. <jlo...@gm...>]

I'm an initiator and am using C++ with quickfix.

Below are the parameters for FIX44.xml [did not make any changes actually]

<header>
  <field name='BeginString' required='Y' />
  <field name='BodyLength' required='Y' />
  <field name='MsgType' required='Y' />
  <field name='SenderCompID' required='Y' />
  <field name='TargetCompID' required='Y' />
  ...
  <field name='MsgSeqNum' required='Y' />
  ...
  <field name='SendingTime' required='Y' />
  ...
 </header>

Qn: Is MsgSeqNum and SendingTime is used for all FIX messages?

When I try to send MarketDataRequest, example from quickfix

  FIX::MDReqID mdReqID( "MARKETDATAID" );
  FIX::SubscriptionRequestType subType( FIX::SubscriptionRequestType_SNAPSHOT );
  FIX::MarketDepth marketDepth( 0 );

  FIX44::MarketDataRequest::NoMDEntryTypes marketDataEntryGroup;
  FIX::MDEntryType mdEntryType( FIX::MDEntryType_BID );
  marketDataEntryGroup.set( mdEntryType );

  FIX44::MarketDataRequest::NoRelatedSym symbolGroup;
  FIX::Symbol symbol( "EUR/USD" );
  symbolGroup.set( symbol );

  FIX44::MarketDataRequest message( mdReqID, subType, marketDepth );
  message.addGroup( marketDataEntryGroup );
  message.addGroup( symbolGroup );

However I notice the message did not include MsgSeqNum and SendingTime.

Message that was sent is:

8=FIX.4.4|9=73|35=V|49=A|56=B|146=1|55=EUR/USD|262=MARKETDATAID|263=0|264=0|267=1|269=0|10=001|

Intended message should be:


8=FIX.4.4|9=73|35=V|34=X|49=A|52=X|56=B|146=1|55=EUR/USD|262=MARKETDATAID|263=0|264=0|267=1|269=0|10=001|

Could someone help please.

Thank you