Imported from previous forum
Hi,
As an old-timer, I interpret "ASCII" as being low-order 7-bits of an 8-bit char; references to "extended ASCII" imply interpretation of all 8 bits.
How should "ASCII" be interpreted re. FIX?
We’re having problems with Java implemented FIX processors based on the StreamTokeniser class which we’re explicitly setting to 7-bit interpretation – which to us is the Right Thing – but we’re being given 8-bit contents in unencrypted fields (Euro character in text).
Cheers
Keith
PS: I’ve checked the FIX specs. between 2.7 and 4.2: none draw an explict reference to 7- or 8-bit (indeed the nearest to a statement that ASCII is actually used is in references to specific characters (eg. SOH) the checksum calculation and in the 4.2 references to use of non-ASCII in encrypted data – but that’s not the issue here!).