ParseFile Method

Parses the file specified by FileName.

Syntax

edifactreader.parseFile(fileName, [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

The parser is Reset prior to parsing the file.

When ParseFile is called, the appropriate events are fired as a result of the parsing process. Also, the XPath can be traversed in order to access specific parts of the document.

Example (Parse an EDI File)

EdiReaderControl.ParseFile("C:\filename.txt")