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Need to remember there is not much "precision" in FIXatdl in terms of layout, look of widgets, etc. Goal was to enable OMS systems to start from FIXatdl and extend /override as they saw fit to enable them to always remain 100% in control of their very proprietary and highly refined GUI environment. FIXatdl Widget library is limited and abstract (functional description only), Panels are not tightly defined (such as x,y,z positioning, colors etc). Some OMS systems want every similar strategy, across all the various different brokers to "look and feel" about the same on the trader's screens - that may mean repositioning things like start & end time from the way it is expressed in various FIXatdl files into their standard positioning. Bottom line - FIXatdl inherent GUI capability is "crude and primitive" therefore (unlike CSS, HTML, etc) FIXatdl "graphics" is very easy to learn. Also - you may benefit the most from looking at sample xml files (few are available, however more are on the way). They are so much easier to understand than looking at the xsd files themselves. There is also an open source parser render that can draw the files on the screen. You may find by making simple changes to sample files and having them drawn on the screen you can easily learn what is available in the drawing area. That's not to knock the tools out there. Actually the tools out there do much more than draw. They can provide "hand holding" for doing the rules expression (very slick and used in both the validation and flow areas), and can help with all parameters and values that must go on the wire. Again best advice is to try (or even make) tiny sample files in xml and skip an exhaustive study of the xsd's as the entry strategy. I totally agree with Russell Curry / Assimilate Technology we can't have in depth product promotion or pitches going on in Algo Trading Forum -- that stuff ONLY belongs in the product forum. However, when it's related to "how to use FIXatdl?" or "I what to do x, what's available to help me?" I'd hope this forum could show unbiased, non promotional type info that was genuinely helpful and deadly responsive to what specifically was actually asked. We just launched v1.1, the array of products, services and support around that is still getting settled. I didn't even know Assimilate had a visual product in this area. If its a v1.1 compliant product would love paragraph overview and link for more specific info....yes, posted here. Also evolving: From the main FIXatdl page at FIX http://www.fixprotocol.org/FIXatdl see: FIXatdl Solutions and XML File Providers Any FIX member with FIXatdl 1.1 product should post to the outline so that part of the web can be brought up to date.... Thanks! Rick [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:unsubscribe+100932...@fixprotocol.org] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to fix-proto...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to fix-protocol+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
