This file provides important information you should read before using webMethods FIX Module 6.5.
Installation and upgrade instructions are located in the webMethods FIX Module 6.5 Installation and User’s Guide. For a complete list of webMethods FIX Module 6.5 documentation, see section 7.0 Documentation in this readme.
For information about technical support, see the eStandards Support Policy.
2.0 Known Issues
3.0 Usage Notes
5.0 Deprecated Items
6.0 Globalization
6.1 Certification
6.2 Configuration
6.3 Localization
7.0 Documentation
7.1 Major Documentation Changes
7.2 Known Documentation Issues
10.0 Viewing the readme for the Previous Version
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For late-breaking critical information, refer to the Critical Information area on the webMethods Advantage Web site.
1-135FFU No Support
for FIX 4.3 and 4.4 Messages
webMethods FIX Module 6.5 does not support FIX 4.3 and 4.4 messages.
1-138YOU Duplicate
Session and Application Messages
Duplicate session and application messages are received if they are issued
immediately after the following scenarios:
- When the ‘Resume’ command is issued to resume the session that was suspended using the ‘Suspend’ command
- When the ‘Release’ command is issued to release the session that was held using the ‘Hold’ command
For other known issues and troubleshooting information about webMethods FIX Module, go to the webMethods Advantage Knowledge Base.
- When webMethods Trading Networks is installed and enabled, the following notes apply:
You must create the custom internal document types and the corresponding routing rules to send and archive the FIX messages in Trading Networks.
To use the delivery features of Trading Networks, such as Number of Retries or Retry Interval, the “Delivery Store” field in the FIX Module Persistence Store Configuration page must be set to “None”.
The incoming FIX messages are archived in the Trading Networks database and in the Persistence Store as specified in the FIX Module Persistence Store Configuration page. To save the messages only in the Trading Networks database, the “Persistence Store” field in the FIX Module Persistence Store Configuration page must be set to “None”.
When installing FIX Module 6.5, if Trading Networks support is selected in the installer, the FIX Module routing rules capability is automatically disabled and the Trading Networks processing rules are used instead.
- If a FIX Module routing rule is created from the Routing Rule Properties page, and if the “IS Service” field in the routing rule is blank in spite of it being specified during creation, please check to ensure that the service does exist in the Integration Server. The service must be reassigned to the routing rule after it has been created in the Integration Server.
- Adding Message IDs to the “doNotPersist” field in the Appia.cnf file prevents the specified messages from invoking a FIX Module routing rule.
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Improved Performance
The performance of inbound and outbound message processing has been optimized
significantly in webMethods FIX Module 6.5 and improved over the previous
version.
- The WmFIXAppia package has been deprecated and its elements have been combined with the WmFIX package.
webMethods FIX Module 6.5 conforms to the internationalization standards of webMethods and includes support for operation in any country, locale or language as specified in the webMethods Installation Guide.
webMethods FIX Module 6.5 was tested with non-ASCII data using various Unicode and non-Unicode encodings. It was tested in common European and Far East Asian locales and is supported for operation in any locale provided by your operating environment. The tested environments included English locale on an English Windows machine, Japanese locale on an English Windows Machine and French Locale on an English Windows Machine.
If you expect to display non-English data in your webMethods
tools, make sure an appropriate font is installed in your operating environment.
If you see hollow boxes or black squares where you expect to see non-English
data, modify your JRE font.properties file to reference an appropriate font.
For information on modifying your font.properties file, go to Sun's Java
website. For instructions, see:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/fontprop.html
http://www.unicode.org/help/display_problems.html
The configuration of the database you use with webMethods FIX Module 6.5 affects the characters the database can contain. If you select a non-Unicode encoding for the database, characters from outside that encoding will be lost when you store data in the database. webMethods recommends that you use the most appropriate Unicode encoding for your database character set. See the webMethods Installation Guide and your database vendor's documentation for instructions on choosing and setting the character encoding for your database and environment.
webMethods FIX Module 6.5 is provided with an English user interface, messages, and documentation. Language packs containing support for other languages, when available, can be installed at any time using the webMethods Installer. webMethods FIX Module 6.5 supports simultaneous multi-locale operation.
For webMethods FIX Module 6.5 technical documentation, go to the <Integration_Server_Directory>\packages\WmFIX\pub\doc or the webMethods Advantage Bookshelf. The following manual is provided as a PDF file:
- webMethods FIX Module Installation and User’s Guide
To view the documentation, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later.
webMethods FIX Module 6.5 also provides a compatibility mode for use with a previous customized version of the module. The webMethods Installation and User's Guide has been updated to include appendices that present information on how to install, configure, and use the product in this compatibility mode.
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webMethods Access, webMethods Administrator, webMethods Broker, webMethods Dashboard, webMethods Developer, webMethods Fabric, webMethods Glue, webMethods Installer, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Mainframe, webMethods Manager, webMethods Modeler, webMethods Monitor, webMethods Optimize, webMethods Portal, webMethods Servicenet, webMethods Trading Networks, and webMethods Workflow are trademarks of webMethods, Inc. webMethods and the webMethods logo are registered trademarks of webMethods, Inc.
All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2006 by webMethods, Inc. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
Appia is a registered trademark and Javelin Technologies is a trademark of NYFIX, Inc.
Authorized technical support contacts can reach webMethods Customer Care for support via:
Web: webMethods Advantage webMethods online support center
E-mail: support@webMethods.com
Phone: North
America +1-888-222-8215 or +1 703 460 2584
Europe +800 963 84-637 or +31
20 77 83 640
Asia Pacific +1 1-800-088-880 or +61-2-8913 1111
Japan
0120-979-762 (Toll Free in
or +81-3-6229-3751
In addition, self-service support is available in the webMethods Advantage Knowledge Base and in the webMethods Advantage Customer Forums.
To view information about the previous release of webMethods FIX Module 6.5, see the previous readme on the webMethods Bookshelf.
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