RE: EDI element separator character

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith,

That is how I understand it.

The characters found in the document by the recipient, specifically the ISA 
segment when dealing in X12, determine what control characters are expected 
throughout the document.

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Keith Carpenter
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:47 PM
> To: midrange-l
> Subject: EDI element separator character
> 
> 
> 
> Anybody know what is involved with changing the EDI "element 
> separator"
> character ?
> I was hoping to change the * to something like ^
> 
> I'm working with an older translator package 
> (Premenos/Harbinger/Inovis
> Trustedlink), and can see the specification of the control 
> characters on
> the outgoing (send) Trading Partner Relationship setup.  However the
> inbound (receiving) setup screen does not show these control
> characters.  Is this because the actual control characters used in
> formatting the data are defined in the envelope ?
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
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