FIX Client is a Windows desktop program designed for manually testing FIX protocol end points. It can simulate both initiator and acceptor behaviour. FIX Client is written in C# using Winforms and is built on a C# FIX library that can be used standalone to build other programs.

• Download the latest stable release 4.0.0
• If this is the first time you've run FIX Client follow the installation instructions below.

• Install the .NET 5.0 Desktop Runtime
  • NB FIX Client is not compatible with .NET 5.0.4 Please see here for details.
• FIX Client is distributed as .NET single file application, just download FixClient.exe from a release and run it.

• Install the .NET 5.0 SDK
• Clone this repository and change into the repository root directory.
• On the command line type dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64
• The resulting executable can be retrieved from FixClient/bin/Release/net5.0-windows/win-x64/publish/FixClient.exe

• Install Visual Studio Community Edition 2019
• Open Fix.sln in the repository root directory.
• Select Build -> Publish FIX Client from the menu.
• Client the Publish button.
• The resulting executable can be retrieved from FixClient/bin/Release/net5.0-windows/win-x64/publish/FixClient.exe

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