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Thanks for rapid response. I'll report other errors as I see them. The XML formats are not ideal, but I realize they were extracted from formats not meant for computer parsing. Since my programs do in fact parse the files, they catch many errors (the 454 error was caught by a consistency check that the field prior to a repeating-group's start must be integral, for example, and the misspelled type names were caught by my program's having a list of all legal type names). Some suggestions: within the bundle of XML files representing a FIX dialect, there does not appear to be anything specifically identifying the proper BeginString (except by parsing the directory name, which seems crude). Why not include in Enums.xml an enum for BeginString with the only choice being the correct value (e.g, "FIX.4.3")? I haven't started work on 5.0 yet, but I do notice the additional Datatypes.xml file. Such a file would be useful in the prior versions as well. I could make this file if you like. Right now my software has "burned-in" to it the names of the types. (this is how I caught "Stirng" etc.) Thanks, Rod Llewellyn [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
