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             I`m new to Java but I hope my stupidness regarding this environment is not the case of this issue I`m having. 
I`m trying to have a QuickFix/J application running. I`m using the same method used in C# with QuickFix.NET: I`m creating the SessionSettings and its configuration Dictionary manually from code. Anyway, the thing is that when I try to assign the Dictionary object to SessionSettings Eclipse tells me I have a ConfigError. I tried different schematics, I even tried with sample config files, still ConfigError. Here is my code: 
import quickfix.ConfigError; 
import quickfix.Message; 
import quickfix.SessionID; 
public class QFApplication extends quickfix.MessageCracker implements quickfix.Application { 
	public QFApplication() { 
		quickfix.SessionSettings settings = new quickfix.SessionSettings(); 
		quickfix.Dictionary dictionary = new quickfix.Dictionary("session"); 
        dictionary.setLong(quickfix.Session.SETTING_HEARTBTINT, 600); 
        dictionary.setLong(quickfix.Initiator.SETTING_RECONNECT_INTERVAL, 1); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.FileStoreFactory.SETTING_FILE_STORE_PATH, "c:/qfstore"); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.FileLogFactory.SETTING_FILE_LOG_PATH, "c:/qfstore/log"); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.Session.SETTING_START_TIME, "00:00:00"); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.Session.SETTING_END_TIME, "00:00:00"); 
        dictionary.setBool(quickfix.Session.SETTING_USE_DATA_DICTIONARY, true); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.Session.SETTING_DATA_DICTIONARY, "c:/qfstore/dictionaries/FIX42.xml"); 
	dictionary.setString("BeginString", quickfix.FixVersions.BEGINSTRING_FIX42); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.SessionSettings.SENDERCOMPID, "sender"); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.SessionSettings.TARGETCOMPID, "receiver"); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.SessionFactory.SETTING_CONNECTION_TYPE, quickfix.SessionFactory.INITIATOR_CONNECTION_TYPE); 
        dictionary.setBool(quickfix.Session.SETTING_RESET_ON_LOGON, false); 
        dictionary.setBool(quickfix.Session.SETTING_RESET_ON_LOGOUT, true); 
        dictionary.setBool(quickfix.Session.SETTING_RESET_ON_DISCONNECT, true); 
        dictionary.setString(quickfix.Initiator.SETTING_SOCKET_CONNECT_HOST, "127.0.0.1"); 
        dictionary.setLong(quickfix.Initiator.SETTING_SOCKET_CONNECT_PORT, 1025); 
        dictionary.setBool(quickfix.Session.SETTING_PERSIST_MESSAGES, true); 
/* 
  so I`m setting up the dictionary all ready to be added to session, I need to create a new session with the BeginString identical with the one from Dictionary otherwise QuickFix will not let me add the dictionary to the sessionid and that "settings.set(session, dictionary);" throws exception in the IDE, I can`t get to the source of it though and when the try / catch is there it will not enter the catch part like it did not crash 
*/ 
        quickfix.SessionID session = new quickfix.SessionID( 
        		new quickfix.field.BeginString("FIX.4.2"), 
        		new quickfix.field.SenderCompID("sender"), 
        		new quickfix.field.TargetCompID("receiver") 
        		); 
        try  
{
        	settings.set(session, dictionary);
		}
 catch (ConfigError e)  
{
			e.printStackTrace(System.out);
		}
		quickfix.FileLogFactory logger = new quickfix.FileLogFactory(settings); 
		quickfix.FileStoreFactory storer = new quickfix.FileStoreFactory(settings); 
		quickfix.MessageFactory messages = new quickfix.DefaultMessageFactory(); 
		try  
{
			quickfix.SocketInitiator initiator = new quickfix.SocketInitiator(this, storer, settings, logger, messages);
		}
 catch (ConfigError e)  
{
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace(System.out);
		}
	}	 
	public void onCreate(SessionID sessionID) {} 
	public void onLogon(SessionID sessionID) {} 
	public void onLogout(SessionID sessionID) {} 
	public void toAdmin(Message message, SessionID sessionID) {} 
	public void fromAdmin(Message message, SessionID sessionID)  
	throws quickfix.FieldNotFound, quickfix.IncorrectDataFormat, quickfix.IncorrectTagValue, quickfix.RejectLogon {} 
	public void toApp(Message message, SessionID sessionID)  
	throws quickfix.DoNotSend {} 
	public void fromApp(Message message, SessionID sessionID)  
	throws quickfix.FieldNotFound, quickfix.IncorrectDataFormat, quickfix.IncorrectTagValue, quickfix.UnsupportedMessageType  
{
		crack(message, sessionID);
	}
} 
all the best and I hope I did not upset any Java gurus out there with my stupid newbie code, 
thank you, my respects to you all, 
Ionel Roman 
             
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