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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Using the “message.FromString()” API, and entering a message string with tags in the proper order, I end up with a message that has tags in numerical order.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>String messageText = “262=1263=1264=1265=1266=Y267=4269=0269=1269=2269=B146=155=TUR.2032.D03875460=6167=CORP”;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>QuickFix.Message message = new QuickFix.FIX44.MarketDataRequest();<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> QuickFix.IMessageFactory messageFactory = new QuickFix.DefaultMessageFactory();<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> QuickFix.DataDictionary.DataDictionary dataDict = new QuickFix.DataDictionary.DataDictionary(@"M:\X4S_4.6\Config\FIXN\FIX44_ECV.xml");<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> message.FromString(sb.ToString(), false, dataDict, dataDict, messageFactory);<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Resulting message string:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9=12055=TUR.2032.D03875146=1167=CORP262=1263=1264=1265=1266=Y267=4269=0460=610=012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That, of course, means the message is incorrectly formed for a message like a MarketDataRequest that has grouped sections like: 146=1 55= TUR.2032.D03875.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also I get the same incorrect numerical tag order if I use the API:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>message.SetField(new QuickFix.Fields.StringField(pair.Tag, tagValue));<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a way to prevent message tags from going into the message in numerical order?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F4E79'>Philip H. Clem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F4E79'>pclem@4thstory.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>