This quick start guide is intended for helping users quickly set up and run tools and samples so that users can experience the look and feel of our products quickly.
Users are still recommended to read the full documentations, at least "QWFIX RTAnalyzer User Manual" and "QWFIX Enterprise Manager User Manual" for starter.
The reason we don't provide a separate package is that user will need at least one Windows box anyway, for the following reasons:
Users will need to run installer on Windows to utilize the potential of QWFIX system to the maximum extent.
The QWFIX_J SDK is pure Java and runs on any major OS platforms. Developer only need to copy the jar files over to the specific platform for development or production use.
QWFIX Repository Server needs to be installed first. An organization may only need one instance of QWFIX Repository Server.
Read the instruction ("Installing Repository Server" and "Configuring the Repository Server") carefully! The QWFIX Repository Server must be properly set up the test drive the QWFIX system.
QWFIX SDK & Tools is required to be installed on every development machine in order to do QWFIX development.
QWFIX Enterprise Manager is the GUI tool that manages the configuration stored in the centralized Repository Server. Read "Setting Up QWFIX Enterprise Manager" to learn how to set it up.
In your Windows "Start" -> "All Programs" menu, navigate to "QWFIX", and open "QWFIX SDK Folder".
Under the "Samples" folder of the SDK folder, there are 2 solutions. "SamplesVS2005" is for Visual Studio 2005. "SamplesVS2008" is for Visual Studio 2008.
For testing purposes, we recommend user run everything on one computer, including the Repository Server and sample processes (both client and server).
The RandomOrderMan Sample
The RandomOrderMan sample is recommended to get familiar with the design, features, reliability and performance of the QWFIX trading system.
Follow this link to set up and run the RandomOrderMan sample for QWFIX.Net.
Follow this link to set up and run the RandomOrderMan sample for QWFIX_J.
After the samples are started. Set up the QWFIX RTAnalyzer to connect to the sample process and manage them in real time. Read first 4 chapters of "QWFIX RTAnalyzer User Manual" to learn how to set up and use QWRTAnalyzer.
Other samples are available in the "Samples" directory.