Add user defined fields in the FIX dictionary

Question

I need to add/modify fields in the FIX4.4 dictionary. I haven\'t found any helpful documentation or tutorials on this.

I\'m guessing I have to modify the FIX44.xml

Answer 1

The FIX Data Dictionary in QuickFIX contains Messages and Fields (among other things).

To add Messages you must add the message between the tags like this:

And then add the new msgtype to the MsgType field in the section like this:

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If you want to add new fields, just add them between the tags like this:

    
    
    
    ...
    

This and more information can be found in this tutorial.