StartIDoc Method

Start to create an IDoc.

Syntax

idocwriter.startIDoc([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Call StartIDoc to begin writing the IDoc to a file or stream.

Example IDocWriter Code:

idocwriter1.StartIDoc()
idocwriter1.WriteControlRecord()
idocwriter1.StartSegment("Segment1")
idocwriter1.WriteFieldValue("Field1", "Value1")
idocwriter1.WriteFieldValue("Field2", "Value2")
...
idocwriter1.EndSegment()
idocwriter1.StartSegment("Segment2")
idocwriter1.WriteFieldValue("Field1", "Value1")
...
idocwriter1.EndSegment()
...
idocwriter1.EndIDoc()