Installation & Uninstallation

Requirements & Compatibility

Supported operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise Edition SP2, Standart Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, SP2+
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6 or higher

Supported compilers:

• Win32
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, SP5+
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 7.0, SP2+
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 7.1
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 8.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 9.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 10.0

Installation instruction

• Under Win32
  • For Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
  • For Microsoft Visual .Net X.0

Under Win32

For Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

In the Project Settings dialog (select Project ->Settings), add "V12-x32.lib", "Ws2_32.lib" libraries to the Object/Library Modules entry in the Link tab and switch on the support for Run-Time Type Information (in the C/C++ tab, select C++ Language from the Category list and click to check the Enable Run-Time Type Information (RTTI)" option). In the C/C++/Code Generation/Use run-time library section select 'Debug Multithreaded DLL' for the debug version and 'Multithreaded DLL' for the release one.

V12-x32.DLL file must be located in one of the following directories:

• The directory containing the executable module for the current process
• The current directory
• The Windows system directory
• The Windows directory
• The directory listed in the PATH environment variable.

For Microsoft Visual .Net X.0

To add the library:

1. Click "Project" -> "Properties"
2. Go to the Linker sub-directory
3. Under the Input selection, add the following library file to the Additional Dependencies field: V12-x32.lib

V12-x32.DLL file must be located in one of the following directories:

• The directory containing the executable module for the current process
• The current directory
• The Windows system directory
• The Windows directory
• The directory listed in the PATH environment variable.

Install license

The License file contains encrypted information about the product, company it is issued to, expiration date, restrictions on instances, etc. It is distributed separately from the release package and is usually named "engine.license". The file must be placed somewhere on a hard disk and the path to it must be specified in the engine.properties file (see Configuration).

Package structure description

B2BITS FIX Antenna package consists of:

• Dynamic libraries
• Header files
• Samples
• This guide

Samples

Samples consist of pre-built small applications accompanied with sources, which demonstrate the usage of the core FIX Antenna functionality.

Uninstallation instructions

To uninstall FIX Antenna simply remove the FIX Antenna directory from your hard disk. It is recommended to keep the license file though.