VDAValidator Component

Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors

VDAValidator is a lightweight EDI validation component designed for simple document validation.

Syntax

TeditranslatorVDAValidator

Remarks

This component provides a simple way to validate an EDI document and obtain details about any validation errors.

EDI Validation

Before calling Validate set SchemaFormat and call LoadSchema to load the schema for the document to be validated. The schema defines many validation rules such as minimum and maximum lengths, minimum and maximum occurrences, and more. The validation performed by the component depends largely on the schema's definition.

When the Validate method is called the component will attempt to validate the document. If errors are found during validation the ValidationError event will fire with details about each error as it is encountered. After the document has been validated the ValidationErrors property will be populated with details of each error.

Inspect the ValidationErrors property for information on any errors that were encountered.

Validation Example validator.InputFile = "files/EDIDocuments/MyEDIDoc.txt"; validator.LoadSchema("my_schemas/00501/RSSBus_005010X222A1_837.json"); validator.Validate(); foreach (ValidationErrorDetail error in validator.ValidationErrors) { Console.WriteLine(error.ErrorCode + ": " + error.Message); }

Property List

The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


EDIStandardVersion	The version of the EDI specification.
InputData	The data to parse.
InputFile	The file to parse.
SchemaFormat	The format of the schema file.
ValidationErrorCount	The number of records in the ValidationError arrays.
ValidationErrorColumn	The column number in the EDI document where the error occurred.
ValidationErrorElementErrorCode	The error code which may be used in the IK403 property of a 999.
ValidationErrorElementPosition	This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.
ValidationErrorErrorCode	The ErrorCode property contains the type of error encountered.
ValidationErrorLine	The line number in the EDI document where the error occurred.
ValidationErrorMessage	Message is a textual description of the error.
ValidationErrorSegmentErrorCode	The error code which may be used in the IK304 property of a 999.
ValidationErrorSegmentNumber	This property is the index of the segment where the error occurred.
ValidationErrorSegmentTag	This property specifies the tag name of the segment where the error occurred.
ValidationErrorTechnicalErrorCode	This property holds a technical error code that helps identify structural issues with the document.

Method List

The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


CompileSchema	Compiles an existing XSD schema into an optimized binary representation.
Config	Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DisplaySchemaInfo	Returns a string showing the structure of the schema defining the document.
DisplayXMLInfo	Returns a string showing the structure of the parsed document as XML.
Flush	Flushes the parser and checks its end state.
LoadSchema	Loads a schema file describing a Transaction Set.
Reset	Resets the parser.
Validate	Validates the specified EDI document.

Event List

The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


EndFunctionalGroup	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of an interchange.
EndInterchange	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of an interchange.
EndLoop	Fires when the end of a loop is detected in a transaction set.
EndTransaction	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of a transaction.
Error	Information about errors during data delivery.
ResolveSchema	Fires whenever a new transaction set is encountered and no schema is found for it.
Segment	Fires whenever a data segment in a transaction set is read.
StartFunctionalGroup	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of a functional group.
StartInterchange	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of an interchange.
StartLoop	Fires when the starting of a loop is detected in a transaction set.
StartTransaction	Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of a transaction.
ValidationError	Fires whenever a validation error is encountered.

Config Settings

The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


ComponentDelimiter	The delimiter separating components.
CrossFieldValidationEnabled	Enables cross-field validation rules.
EDIStandard	The document format.
ElementDelimiter	The delimiter character separating data elements.
Encoding	The character encoding to be applied when reading and writing data.
ExtraData	Extra data that has not been parsed by the component.
HasXPath	Determines if the specified XPath exists.
MaxValidationErrors	The maximum number of errors to save in the ValidationErrors property.
ReleaseChar	The character used to escape delimiters within values.
ResolveXPathOnSet	Determines whether or not the XPath is resolved when set.
SegmentDelimiter	The delimiter character separating segments within the EDI document.
StrictSchemaValidation	Specifies the behavior during schema validation.
BuildInfo	Information about the product's build.
CodePage	The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfo	Information about the current license.
MaskSensitive	Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseFIPSCompliantAPI	Tells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.
UseInternalSecurityAPI	Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

EDIStandardVersion Property (VDAValidator Component)

The version of the EDI specification.

Syntax

__property String EDIStandardVersion = { read=FEDIStandardVersion };

Default Value

Remarks

This property will be populated after parsing begins and the correct version string for is located via the schema, such as 004010 for X12.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

InputData Property (VDAValidator Component)

The data to parse.

Syntax

__property String InputData = { read=FInputData, write=FSetInputData };

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the data to be parsed.

Input Properties

The component will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

InputFile
InputData

When a valid source is found the search stops.

Data Type

String

InputFile Property (VDAValidator Component)

The file to parse.

Syntax

__property String InputFile = { read=FInputFile, write=FSetInputFile };

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the file to be processed. Set this property to the full or relative path to the file which will be processed.

Input Properties

The component will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

InputFile
InputData

When a valid source is found the search stops.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SchemaFormat Property (VDAValidator Component)

The format of the schema file.

Syntax

__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSchemaFormats SchemaFormat = { read=FSchemaFormat, write=FSetSchemaFormat };

enum TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSchemaFormats {
  schemaAutomatic=0,
  schemaBinary=1,
  schemaBizTalk=2,
  schemaSEF=3,
  schemaBOTS=4,
  schemaAltova=5,
  schemaJSON=6
};

Default Value

schemaAutomatic

Remarks

Set SchemaFormat before calling the LoadSchema method to specify the loading schema format.

The following schema formats are supported:


0 (schemaAutomatic - default)	The schema type is automatically determined based on file extension.
1 (schemaBinary)	A binary schema that was previously compiled by calling CompileSchema.
2 (schemaBizTalk)	BizTalk (XSD): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559426(v=BTS.70).aspx
3 (schemaSEF)	TIBCO Standard Exchange Format (SEF): https://docs.tibco.com/products/tibco-foresight-edisim-6-18-0
5 (schemaAltova)	Altova: http://www.altova.com/
6 (schemaJSON - recommended)	ArcESB JSON: https://arc.cdata.com/

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorCount Property (VDAValidator Component)

The number of records in the ValidationError arrays.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorCount = { read=FValidationErrorCount };

Default Value

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

ValidationErrorColumn
ValidationErrorElementErrorCode
ValidationErrorElementPosition
ValidationErrorErrorCode
ValidationErrorLine
ValidationErrorMessage
ValidationErrorSegmentErrorCode
ValidationErrorSegmentNumber
ValidationErrorSegmentTag
ValidationErrorTechnicalErrorCode

The array indices start at 0 and end at ValidationErrorCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorColumn Property (VDAValidator Component)

The column number in the EDI document where the error occurred.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorColumn[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorColumn };

Default Value

Remarks

The column number in the EDI document where the error occurred. This value may be used in conjunction with the ValidationErrorLine property to determine the exact location within the EDI document where the error occurred.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorElementErrorCode Property (VDAValidator Component)

The error code which may be used in the IK403 property of a 999.

Syntax

__property String ValidationErrorElementErrorCode[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorElementErrorCode };

Default Value

Remarks

The error code which may be used in the IK403 field of a 999.

Note: This property is specific to X12 documents and is not applicable to other document types.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ValidationErrorElementPosition Property (VDAValidator Component)

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorElementPosition[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorElementPosition };

Default Value

Remarks

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorErrorCode Property (VDAValidator Component)

The ErrorCode property contains the type of error encountered.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorErrorCode[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorErrorCode };

Default Value

Remarks

The ValidationErrorErrorCode property contains the type of error encountered. Possible values are:


0	The component is not required but is present.
1	Invalid segment count.
2	Invalid transaction count.
3	Invalid group count.
4	Invalid interchange control number.
5	Invalid group control number.
6	Invalid transaction control number.
10	A required data element is missing.
11	Invalid field length.
12	Invalid field value.
13	A required component is missing.
14	The data element is not defined but is present.
30	Required segment is missing.
31	Required loop is missing.
32	Occurrences exceeds the schema defined limit.
33	Occurrences is less than the schema defined minimum.
40	Paired rule validation failed, the pair of elements must be present.
41	At least one of element is required, see message for list of elements.
42	Exclusion validation failed, only one of the elements can be present.
43	Conditional rule validation failed.
44	List conditional rule validation failed.
45	First then none validation failed. The presence of an element requires that other specific elements must not be present.
46	Only one or none of the elements can be present.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorLine Property (VDAValidator Component)

The line number in the EDI document where the error occurred.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorLine[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorLine };

Default Value

Remarks

The line number in the EDI document where the error occurred. This value may be used in conjunction with the ValidationErrorColumn property to determine the exact location within the EDI document where the error occurred.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorMessage Property (VDAValidator Component)

Message is a textual description of the error.

Syntax

__property String ValidationErrorMessage[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorMessage };

Default Value

Remarks

ValidationErrorMessage is a textual description of the error.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ValidationErrorSegmentErrorCode Property (VDAValidator Component)

The error code which may be used in the IK304 property of a 999.

Syntax

__property String ValidationErrorSegmentErrorCode[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorSegmentErrorCode };

Default Value

Remarks

The error code which may be used in the IK304 field of a 999.

Note: This property is specific to X12 documents and is not applicable to other document types.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ValidationErrorSegmentNumber Property (VDAValidator Component)

This property is the index of the segment where the error occurred.

Syntax

__property int ValidationErrorSegmentNumber[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorSegmentNumber };

Default Value

Remarks

This property is the index of the segment where the error occurred.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ValidationErrorSegmentTag Property (VDAValidator Component)

This property specifies the tag name of the segment where the error occurred.

Syntax

__property String ValidationErrorSegmentTag[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorSegmentTag };

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the tag name of the segment where the error occurred.

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ValidationErrorTechnicalErrorCode Property (VDAValidator Component)

This property holds a technical error code that helps identify structural issues with the document.

Syntax

__property String ValidationErrorTechnicalErrorCode[int ValidationErrorIndex] = { read=FValidationErrorTechnicalErrorCode };

Default Value

Remarks

This property holds a technical error code that helps identify structural issues with the document. For instance when parsing an X12 document this will hold values that may be used for TA1 error codes.

Note: This property is specific to X12 documents and is not applicable to other document types.

Possible values are:


001	The Interchange Control Numbers in the header ISA 13 and trailer IEA02 do not match.
014	Invalid interchange date value (non-numeric characters or wrong length).
015	Invalid interchange time value (non-numeric characters or wrong length).
022	The ISA segment is missing elements (invalid control structure).
024	Invalid interchange content (e.g., Invalid GS segment).

The ValidationErrorIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ValidationErrorCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

CompileSchema Method (VDAValidator Component)

Compiles an existing XSD schema into an optimized binary representation.

Syntax

void __fastcall CompileSchema(String XsdSchema, String BinSchema);

Remarks

This method parses XsdSchema and generates an optimized binary representation that is saved into the path referenced by BinSchema. Binary schemas are smaller and require less resources when loading later using LoadSchema

If the schema file does not exists or cannot be parsed as an EDI schema, the component throws an exception.

Config Method (VDAValidator Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

String __fastcall Config(String ConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

DisplaySchemaInfo Method (VDAValidator Component)

Returns a string showing the structure of the schema defining the document.

Syntax

String __fastcall DisplaySchemaInfo();

Remarks

After calling LoadSchema this may be called to obtain information about the structure of the schema defining the document. If the desired XPath is not known this helps determine the structure so that the correct XPath can be built.

Note: A valid schema must be loaded via LoadSchema.

For instance: Console.WriteLine(component.DisplaySchemaInfo()); Will output text like:

UNH[0,1]
  BGM[0,1]
  DTM[0,35]
  PAI[0,1]
  ALI[0,5]
  IMD[0,1]
  FTX[0,10]
  LOC[0,10]
  GIS[0,10]
  DGS[0,1]
  RFFLoop1[0,99]
    RFF[0,1]
    DTM_2[0,5]
    GIR[0,5]
    LOC_2[0,2]
    MEA[0,5]
    QTY[0,2]
    FTX_2[0,5]
    MOA[0,2]
  NADLoop1[0,99]
    NAD[0,1]
    LOC_3[0,25]
    FII[0,5]
    RFFLoop2[0,9999]
      RFF_2[0,1]
      DTM_3[0,5]
    DOCLoop1[0,5]
      DOC[0,1]
      DTM_4[0,5]
    CTALoop1[0,5]
      CTA[0,1]
      COM[0,5]
  TAXLoop1[0,5]
    TAX[0,1]
    MOA_2[0,1]
    LOC_4[0,5]
  CUXLoop1[0,5]
    CUX[0,1]
    DTM_5[0,5]
  PATLoop1[0,10]
    PAT[0,1]
    DTM_6[0,5]
    PCD[0,1]
    MOA_3[0,1]
    PAI_2[0,1]
    FII_2[0,1]
  TDTLoop1[0,10]
    TDT[0,1]
    TSR[0,1]
    LOCLoop1[0,10]
      LOC_5[0,1]
      DTM_7[0,5]
    RFFLoop3[0,9999]
      RFF_3[0,1]
      DTM_8[0,5]
  TODLoop1[0,5]
    TOD[0,1]
    LOC_6[0,2]
  PACLoop1[0,1000]
    PAC[0,1]
    MEA_2[0,5]
    EQD[0,1]
    PCILoop1[0,5]
      PCI[0,1]
      RFF_4[0,1]
      DTM_9[0,5]
      GIN[0,5]
  ALCLoop1[0,9999]
    ALC[0,1]
    ALI_2[0,5]
    FTX_3[0,1]
    RFFLoop4[0,5]
      RFF_5[0,1]
      DTM_10[0,5]
    QTYLoop1[0,1]
      QTY_2[0,1]
      RNG[0,1]
    PCDLoop1[0,1]
      PCD_2[0,1]
      RNG_2[0,1]
    MOALoop1[0,2]
      MOA_4[0,1]
      RNG_3[0,1]
      CUX_2[0,1]
      DTM_11[0,1]
    RTELoop1[0,1]
      RTE[0,1]
      RNG_4[0,1]
    TAXLoop2[0,5]
      TAX_2[0,1]
      MOA_5[0,1]
  RCSLoop1[0,100]
    RCS[0,1]
    RFF_6[0,5]
    DTM_12[0,5]
    FTX_4[0,5]
  AJTLoop1[0,1]
    AJT[0,1]
    FTX_5[0,5]
  INPLoop1[0,1]
    INP[0,1]
    FTX_6[0,5]
  LINLoop1[0,9999999]
    LIN[0,1]
    PIA[0,25]
    IMD_2[0,10]
    MEA_3[0,5]
    QTY_3[0,5]
    PCD_3[0,1]
    ALI_3[0,5]
    DTM_13[0,35]
    GIN_2[0,1000]
    GIR_2[0,1000]
    QVR[0,1]
    EQD_2[0,1]
    FTX_7[0,5]
    DGS_2[0,1]
    MOALoop2[0,10]
      MOA_6[0,1]
      CUX_3[0,1]
    PATLoop2[0,10]
      PAT_2[0,1]
      DTM_14[0,5]
      PCD_4[0,1]
      MOA_7[0,1]
    PRILoop1[0,25]
      PRI[0,1]
      CUX_4[0,1]
      APR[0,1]
      RNG_5[0,1]
      DTM_15[0,5]
    RFFLoop5[0,10]
      RFF_7[0,1]
      DTM_16[0,5]
    PACLoop2[0,10]
      PAC_2[0,1]
      MEA_4[0,10]
      EQD_3[0,1]
      PCILoop2[0,10]
        PCI_2[0,1]
        RFF_8[0,1]
        DTM_17[0,5]
        GIN_3[0,10]
    LOCLoop2[0,9999]
      LOC_7[0,1]
      QTY_4[0,100]
      DTM_18[0,5]
    TAXLoop3[0,99]
      TAX_3[0,1]
      MOA_8[0,1]
      LOC_8[0,5]
    NADLoop2[0,99]
      NAD_2[0,1]
      LOC_9[0,5]
      RFFLoop6[0,5]
        RFF_9[0,1]
        DTM_19[0,5]
      DOCLoop2[0,5]
        DOC_2[0,1]
        DTM_20[0,5]
      CTALoop2[0,5]
        CTA_2[0,1]
        COM_2[0,5]
    ALCLoop2[0,30]
      ALC_2[0,1]
      ALI_4[0,5]
      DTM_21[0,5]
      FTX_8[0,1]
      QTYLoop2[0,1]
        QTY_5[0,1]
        RNG_6[0,1]
      PCDLoop2[0,1]
        PCD_5[0,1]
        RNG_7[0,1]
      MOALoop3[0,2]
        MOA_9[0,1]
        RNG_8[0,1]
        CUX_5[0,1]
        DTM_22[0,1]
      RTELoop2[0,1]
        RTE_2[0,1]
        RNG_9[0,1]
      TAXLoop4[0,5]
        TAX_4[0,1]
        MOA_10[0,1]
    TDTLoop2[0,10]
      TDT_2[0,1]
      LOCLoop3[0,10]
        LOC_10[0,1]
        DTM_23[0,5]
    TODLoop2[0,5]
      TOD_2[0,1]
      LOC_11[0,2]
    RCSLoop2[0,100]
      RCS_2[0,1]
      RFF_10[0,5]
      DTM_24[0,5]
      FTX_9[0,5]
    GISLoop1[0,10]
      GIS_2[0,1]
      RFF_11[0,1]
      DTM_25[0,5]
      GIR_3[0,5]
      LOC_12[0,2]
      MEA_5[0,5]
      QTY_6[0,2]
      FTX_10[0,5]
      MOA_11[0,2]
  UNS[0,1]
  CNT[0,10]
  MOALoop4[0,100]
    MOA_12[0,1]
    RFFLoop7[0,1]
      RFF_12[0,1]
      DTM_26[0,5]
  TAXLoop5[0,10]
    TAX_5[0,1]
    MOA_13[0,2]
  ALCLoop3[0,15]
    ALC_3[0,1]
    ALI_5[0,1]
    MOA_14[0,2]
    FTX_11[0,1]
  UNT[0,1]

DisplayXMLInfo Method (VDAValidator Component)

Returns a string showing the structure of the parsed document as XML.

Syntax

String __fastcall DisplayXMLInfo();

Remarks

After the EDI document has been parsed this method may be called to obtain information about the document structure. The parsed data is represented as XML when queried. This shows all parsed data and may be useful for testing and debugging purposes. For instance: Console.WriteLine(component.DisplayXMLInfo()); Will output text like:

<IX tag="UNB" UNB1="UNOB:1" UNB2="WAYNE_TECH" UNB3="ACME" UNB4="160707:1547" UNB5="000000002" UNB6="" UNB7="1234" UNB8="" UNB9="" UNB10="" UNB11="1">
  <TX tag="UNH" UNH1="509010117" UNH2="INVOIC:D:97A:UN">
    <BGM tag="BGM" BGM01="380:::TAX INVOICE" BGM02="0013550417" BGM03="9"/>
    <DTM tag="DTM" DTM01="3:20070926:102"/>
    <DTM tag="DTM" DTM01="4:20061123:102"/>
    <FTX tag="FTX" FTX01="AAI" FTX02="1"/>
    <TAXLoop1>
      <TAX tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::10072.14" TAX06="S"/>
    </TAXLoop1>
    <CUXLoop1>
      <CUX tag="CUX" CUX01="2:EUR:4" CUX02="" CUX03="0.67529"/>
    </CUXLoop1>
    <PATLoop1>
      <PAT tag="PAT" PAT01="1"/>
      <DTM_6 tag="DTM" DTM01="10:20070926:102"/>
      <PCD tag="PCD" PCD01="2:0:13"/>
    </PATLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000030" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2265S13:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5029766832002:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:50.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:19150.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:383.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:19150.45"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.45" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.45"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000040" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2269F22:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5051254078241:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:20.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:21060.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:1053.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:21060.50"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.50" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.50"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000170" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2269F10:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5051254078326:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:10.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:6950.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:695.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:6950.16"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.16" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.16"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000190" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2269F26:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5051254051190:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:5.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:2375.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:475.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:2375.06"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.06" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.06"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000200" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2265S24:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5029766000685:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:3.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:957.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:319.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:957.02"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.02" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.02"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000210" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2263T95:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5029766699575:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:3.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:2085.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:695.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:2085.05"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.05" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.05"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <LINLoop1>
      <LIN tag="LIN" LIN01="000250" LIN02=""/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="2269F15:BP::92"/>
      <PIA tag="PIA" PIA01="1" PIA02="5051254080091:UP::92"/>
      <IMD_2 tag="IMD" IMD01="F" IMD02=""/>
      <QTY_3 tag="QTY" QTY01="47:3.000:EA"/>
      <DTM_13 tag="DTM" DTM01="11:20070926:102"/>
      <MOALoop2>
        <MOA_6 tag="MOA" MOA01="203:4977.00"/>
      </MOALoop2>
      <PRILoop1>
        <PRI tag="PRI" PRI01="INV:1659.00:TU"/>
      </PRILoop1>
      <TAXLoop3>
        <TAX_3 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
        <MOA_8 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:4977.12"/>
      </TAXLoop3>
      <ALCLoop2>
        <ALC_2 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="0.12" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
        <MOALoop3>
          <MOA_9 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:0.12"/>
        </MOALoop3>
      </ALCLoop2>
    </LINLoop1>
    <UNS tag="UNS" UNS01="S"/>
    <CNT tag="CNT" CNT01="4:7"/>
    <MOALoop4>
      <MOA_12 tag="MOA" MOA01="9:67627.50"/>
    </MOALoop4>
    <MOALoop4>
      <MOA_12 tag="MOA" MOA01="79:57554.00"/>
    </MOALoop4>
    <TAXLoop5>
      <TAX_5 tag="TAX" TAX01="7" TAX02="VAT" TAX03="" TAX04="" TAX05=":::17.500" TAX06="S"/>
      <MOA_13 tag="MOA" MOA01="125:57555.36:EUR:3"/>
      <MOA_13 tag="MOA" MOA01="124:10072.14:EUR:3"/>
    </TAXLoop5>
    <ALCLoop3>
      <ALC_3 tag="ALC" ALC01="C" ALC02="1.36" ALC03="" ALC04="" ALC05="FC"/>
      <MOA_14 tag="MOA" MOA01="8:1.36"/>
    </ALCLoop3>
  </TX>
</IX>

Flush Method (VDAValidator Component)

Flushes the parser and checks its end state.

Syntax

void __fastcall Flush();

Remarks

When Flush is called, the parser flushes all its buffers, firing events as necessary, and then checks its end state.

Any extra un-parsed data will be populated in the ExtraData property after this method is called.

LoadSchema Method (VDAValidator Component)

Loads a schema file describing a Transaction Set.

Syntax

void __fastcall LoadSchema(String FileName);

Remarks

This method parses the File and loads it into an internal schema list. The component will attempt to automatically detect the SchemaFormat.

If the schema file does not exist or cannot be parsed as an EDI schema, the component raises an exception.

Reset Method (VDAValidator Component)

Resets the parser.

Syntax

void __fastcall Reset();

Remarks

When called, the parser flushes all its buffers, firing events as necessary, and then initializes itself to its default state.

Reset must also be used as signal to the parser that the current stream of text has terminated.

Validate Method (VDAValidator Component)

Validates the specified EDI document.

Syntax

void __fastcall Validate();

Remarks

This method validates the EDI document specified by InputFile or InputData.

Inspect the ValidationErrors property for information on any errors that were encountered.

EndFunctionalGroup Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of an interchange.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  int Count;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndFunctionalGroupEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndFunctionalGroupEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndFunctionalGroupEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndFunctionalGroupEvent OnEndFunctionalGroup = { read=FOnEndFunctionalGroup, write=FOnEndFunctionalGroup };

Remarks

The EndFunctionalGroup event will fire when a control segment marking the end of a functional group is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as GE. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment, and links this event with the corresponding StartFunctionalGroup event. Count contains the value of the count element included in the closing segment, which identifies the number of transactions in a functional group.

EndInterchange Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of an interchange.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndInterchangeEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndInterchangeEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndInterchangeEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndInterchangeEvent OnEndInterchange = { read=FOnEndInterchange, write=FOnEndInterchange };

Remarks

The EndInterchange event will fire when a control segment marking the end of an interchange is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as IEA. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment, and links this event with the corresponding StartInterchange event.

EndLoop Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires when the end of a loop is detected in a transaction set.

Syntax

typedef struct {
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndLoopEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndLoopEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndLoopEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndLoopEvent OnEndLoop = { read=FOnEndLoop, write=FOnEndLoop };

Remarks

The EndLoop event will fire after the last segment in a loop is read. Each EndLoop event is paired with one StartLoop event.

EndTransaction Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of a transaction.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  int Count;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndTransactionEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndTransactionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndTransactionEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorEndTransactionEvent OnEndTransaction = { read=FOnEndTransaction, write=FOnEndTransaction };

Remarks

The EndTransaction event will fire when a control segment marking the end of a transaction is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as SE. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment, and links this event with the corresponding StartTransaction event. Count contains the value of the count element included in the closing segment, which identifies the number of segments in a transaction set.

Error Event (VDAValidator Component)

Information about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int ErrorCode;
  String Description;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorErrorEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorErrorEvent OnError = { read=FOnError, write=FOnError };

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component raises an exception.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component raises an exception.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

ResolveSchema Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a new transaction set is encountered and no schema is found for it.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String TransactionCode;
  String StandardVersion;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorResolveSchemaEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorResolveSchemaEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorResolveSchemaEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorResolveSchemaEvent OnResolveSchema = { read=FOnResolveSchema, write=FOnResolveSchema };

Remarks

The ResolveSchema event will fire when a the component encounters the header segment of a new transaction set, but it finds no schema corresponding to it already loaded.

TransactionCode contains the code of the transaction, such as "810" or "APERAK".

StandardVersion contains the version of the transaction, such as "004010" or "D95A".

When processing this event, the caller can use LoadSchema() to load a new schema into the component that can be used to parse the transaction.

After the event fires, if the component still doesn't have a matching schema, then it will attempt schema-less parsing of the transaction set.

Segment Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a data segment in a transaction set is read.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String Name;
  String LoopName;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSegmentEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSegmentEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSegmentEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorSegmentEvent OnSegment = { read=FOnSegment, write=FOnSegment };

Remarks

The Segment event will fire when a data segment is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment. Name contains the name of the segment as defined in the associated transaction set schema. LoopName contains the name of the loop or group this segment is present in (such as N1Loop1).

StartFunctionalGroup Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of a functional group.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartFunctionalGroupEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartFunctionalGroupEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartFunctionalGroupEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartFunctionalGroupEvent OnStartFunctionalGroup = { read=FOnStartFunctionalGroup, write=FOnStartFunctionalGroup };

Remarks

The StartFunctionalGroup event will fire when a control segment marking the start of a functional group structure is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as GS. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment.

StartInterchange Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of an interchange.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartInterchangeEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartInterchangeEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartInterchangeEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartInterchangeEvent OnStartInterchange = { read=FOnStartInterchange, write=FOnStartInterchange };

Remarks

The StartInterchange event will fire when a control segment marking the start of an interchange structure is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as ISA. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment.

StartLoop Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires when the starting of a loop is detected in a transaction set.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Name;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartLoopEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartLoopEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartLoopEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartLoopEvent OnStartLoop = { read=FOnStartLoop, write=FOnStartLoop };

Remarks

The StartLoop event will fire when the tag of a loop trigger segment is read. The Name parameter contains the schema-provided name of the loop, such as "N1Loop1".

StartTransaction Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of a transaction.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Tag;
  String ControlNumber;
  String Code;
  String FullSegment;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartTransactionEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartTransactionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartTransactionEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorStartTransactionEvent OnStartTransaction = { read=FOnStartTransaction, write=FOnStartTransaction };

Remarks

The StartTransaction event will fire when a control segment marking the start of a transaction is read. The Tag parameter contains the tag of the segment, such as ST. ControlNumber contains the control number associated with the segment. Code contains the transaction code (such as 810).

ValidationError Event (VDAValidator Component)

Fires whenever a validation error is encountered.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int ErrorCode;
  String Message;
  int SegmentNumber;
  String SegmentTag;
  String TechnicalErrorCode;
  String SegmentErrorCode;
  String ElementErrorCode;
  int ElementPosition;
  int Line;
  int Column;
} TeditranslatorVDAValidatorValidationErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorVDAValidatorValidationErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorVDAValidatorValidationErrorEventParams *e);
__property TeditranslatorVDAValidatorValidationErrorEvent OnValidationError = { read=FOnValidationError, write=FOnValidationError };

Remarks

This event will fire with errors as the EDI document is validated. The ErrorCode parameter contains the type of error encountered. Message is a textual description of the problem. SegmentNumber is the index of the segment where the problem was found. SegmentTag holds the tag name of the segment. ElementPosition is the position of the element where the error occurred.

The Line and Column parameters identify the location within the EDI document where the error occurred.

Possible ErrorCode values are:


0	The component is not required but is present.
1	Invalid segment count.
2	Invalid transaction count.
3	Invalid group count.
4	Invalid interchange control number.
5	Invalid group control number.
6	Invalid transaction control number.
10	A required data element is missing.
11	Invalid field length.
12	Invalid field value.
13	A required component is missing.
14	The data element is not defined but is present.
30	Required segment is missing.
31	Required loop is missing.
32	Occurrences exceeds the schema defined limit.
33	Occurrences is less than the schema defined minimum.
40	Paired rule validation failed, the pair of elements must be present.
41	At least one of element is required, see message for list of elements.
42	Exclusion validation failed, only one of the elements can be present.
43	Conditional rule validation failed.
44	List conditional rule validation failed.
45	First then none validation failed. The presence of an element requires that other specific elements must not be present.
46	Only one or none of the elements can be present.

X12 Specific Parameters

The following parameters are available in all validator components but are only applicable to X12 document validation at this time.

SegmentErrorCode holds the error code that may be used in the IK304 field of a 999. ElementErrorCode holds the error code that may be used in the IK403 field of a 999.

TechnicalErrorCode holds a technical error code that helps identify structural issues with the document. For instance when parsing an X12 document this will hold values that may be used for TA1 error codes. When parsing X12 documents the following codes are applicable:


001	The Interchange Control Numbers in the header ISA 13 and trailer IEA02 do not match.
014	Invalid interchange date value (non-numeric characters or wrong length).
015	Invalid interchange time value (non-numeric characters or wrong length).
022	The ISA segment is missing elements (invalid control structure).
024	Invalid interchange content (e.g., Invalid GS segment).

Config Settings (VDAValidator Component)

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

X12Validator Config Settings

ComponentDelimiter: The delimiter separating components.

After parsing an EDI document, this configuration option will return the delimiter used to separate components within data elements of the EDI document.

This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.

CrossFieldValidationEnabled: Enables cross-field validation rules.

If true (default), cross-field validation rules present in the document schema will be checked.

Note, Bots Schema Files do not support syntax rules, therefore CrossFieldValidation rules will never execute for these schemas.

EDIStandard: The document format.

This property specifies standard that the document follows. Possible values are:

1 (EDIFACT - default)
3 (TRADACOMS)

ElementDelimiter: The delimiter character separating data elements.

After parsing an EDI document, this configuration option will return the delimiter used to separate data elements within segments of the EDI document.

This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.

Encoding: The character encoding to be applied when reading and writing data.

If the data contains non-ASCII characters this setting should be specified so characters are properly preserved. This value should be set to a valid character set such as "UTF-8" or "ISO-8859-1".

ExtraData: Extra data that has not been parsed by the component.

This setting will only be populated after the Flush method has been called and data exists in the internal parser which has not been processed.

HasXPath: Determines if the specified XPath exists.

This setting can be used to query if an XPath exists before setting XPath. For instance: Console.WriteLine(edireader.Config("HasXPath=IX/FG/TX/IT1Loop1/[2]"));

MaxValidationErrors: The maximum number of errors to save in the ValidationErrors property.

This setting specifies the maximum number of errors that will be kept in the ValidationErrors property. Once this limit is exceeded the ValidationError event will continue to fire but details will not be saved in the ValidationErrors property. The default value is 200.

ReleaseChar: The character used to escape delimiters within values.

After parsing an EDI document, this configuration option will return the escape character used to escape delimiters within values within the EDI document.

This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the escape character to be used.

ResolveXPathOnSet: Determines whether or not the XPath is resolved when set.

When true, the component will fully resolve a detailed path when XPath is specified. In this case, the XPath property will contain the XSegment s name as well as the indices when queried after being set.

If this value is set to false, the exact string will be returned when the XPath property is queried from the last time it was set.

For example, the following code will print the string "/[1]/[1]/[1]/[10]" when this value is false, and would print "/IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/IT1Loop1[4]" when this value is true: reader.XPath = "/[1]/[1]/[1]/[10]"; Console.WriteLine(reader.XPath);

In another example, the following code sample will print "IX/FG/TX/IT1Loop1" when false and would print "/IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/IT1Loop1[1]" when true: reader.XPath = "IX/FG/TX/IT1Loop1"; Console.WriteLine(reader.XPath);

This is useful in cases where the full XPath including indices is needed for future processing.

SegmentDelimiter: The delimiter character separating segments within the EDI document.

After parsing an EDI document, this configuration option will return the delimiter used to separate segments within the EDI document.

This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.

StrictSchemaValidation: Specifies the behavior during schema validation.

This setting specifies what happens when performing schema validation and a validation warning occurs. By default this value is set to 1 (Warn) and the Warning event will fire, but processing will not stop. See the WarnCode parameter list in the Warning event for details about possible validation warnings. Possible values for this setting are:


0 (Ignore)	All validation warnings will be ignored. Warning will not fire with warnings.
1 (Warn - default)	The Warning event will fire with all validation warnings.
2 (Error)	All validation warnings are treated as errors and will cause an exception. Processing will stop immediately.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo: Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage: The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:


Identifier	Name
037	IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437	OEM - United States
500	IBM EBCDIC - International
708	Arabic - ASMO 708
709	Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710	Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720	Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737	OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775	OEM - Baltic
850	OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852	OEM - Latin II
855	OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857	OEM - Turkish
858	OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860	OEM - Portuguese
861	OEM - Icelandic
862	OEM - Hebrew
863	OEM - Canadian-French
864	OEM - Arabic
865	OEM - Nordic
866	OEM - Russian
869	OEM - Modern Greek
870	IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874	ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875	IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932	ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936	ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949	ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950	ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026	IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047	IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140	IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141	IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142	IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143	IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144	IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145	IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146	IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147	IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148	IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149	IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200	Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201	Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250	ANSI - Central European
1251	ANSI - Cyrillic
1252	ANSI - Latin I
1253	ANSI - Greek
1254	ANSI - Turkish
1255	ANSI - Hebrew
1256	ANSI - Arabic
1257	ANSI - Baltic
1258	ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361	Korean (Johab)
10000	MAC - Roman
10001	MAC - Japanese
10002	MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003	MAC - Korean
10004	MAC - Arabic
10005	MAC - Hebrew
10006	MAC - Greek I
10007	MAC - Cyrillic
10008	MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010	MAC - Romania
10017	MAC - Ukraine
10021	MAC - Thai
10029	MAC - Latin II
10079	MAC - Icelandic
10081	MAC - Turkish
10082	MAC - Croatia
12000	Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001	Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000	CNS - Taiwan
20001	TCA - Taiwan
20002	Eten - Taiwan
20003	IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004	TeleText - Taiwan
20005	Wang - Taiwan
20105	IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106	IA5 German (7-bit)
20107	IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108	IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127	US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261	T.61
20269	ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273	IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277	IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278	IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280	IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284	IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285	IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290	IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297	IBM EBCDIC - France
20420	IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423	IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424	IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833	IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838	IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866	Russian - KOI8-R
20871	IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880	IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905	IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924	IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932	JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936	Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025	IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027	Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866	Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591	ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592	ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593	ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594	ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595	ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596	ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597	ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598	ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599	ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605	ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001	Europa 3
38598	ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220	ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221	ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222	ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225	ISO 2022 Korean
50227	ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229	ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930	Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931	US/Canada and Japanese
50933	Korean Extended and Korean
50935	Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936	Simplified Chinese
50937	US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939	Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932	EUC - Japanese
51936	EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949	EUC - Korean
51950	EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936	HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936	Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002	ISCII Devanagari
57003	ISCII Bengali
57004	ISCII Tamil
57005	ISCII Telugu
57006	ISCII Assamese
57007	ISCII Oriya
57008	ISCII Kannada
57009	ISCII Malayalam
57010	ISCII Gujarati
57011	ISCII Punjabi
65000	Unicode UTF-7
65001	Unicode UTF-8

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:


Identifier	Name
1	ASCII
2	NEXTSTEP
3	JapaneseEUC
4	UTF8
5	ISOLatin1
6	Symbol
7	NonLossyASCII
8	ShiftJIS
9	ISOLatin2
10	Unicode
11	WindowsCP1251
12	WindowsCP1252
13	WindowsCP1253
14	WindowsCP1254
15	WindowsCP1250
21	ISO2022JP
30	MacOSRoman
10	UTF16String
0x90000100	UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100	UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100	UTF32String
0x98000100	UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100	UTF32LittleEndian
65536	Proprietary

LicenseInfo: Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information:

Product: The product the license is for.
Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.

MaskSensitive: Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is false.

This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseFIPSCompliantAPI: Tells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.

When set to true, the component will utilize the underlying operating system's certified APIs. Java editions, regardless of OS, utilize Bouncy Castle FIPS, while all the other Windows editions make use of Microsoft security libraries.

FIPS mode can be enabled by setting the UseFIPSCompliantAPI configuration setting to true. This is a static setting which applies to all instances of all components of the toolkit within the process. It is recommended to enable or disable this setting once before the component has been used to establish a connection. Enabling FIPS while an instance of the component is active and connected may result in unexpected behavior.

For more details please see the FIPS 140-2 Compliance article.

Note: This setting is only applicable on Windows.

Note: Enabling FIPS-compliance requires a special license; please contact sales@nsoftware.com for details.

UseInternalSecurityAPI: Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to false, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this setting to true tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

This setting is set to false by default on all platforms.

Trappable Errors (VDAValidator Component)

X12Validator Errors

1000   Input/Output error
1001   No stream or file name were specified for the component
1002   Unexpected end of file (EOF).
1003   Segment not found.
1004   Segment not found in schema.
1005   Schema not found.
1010   Invalid Writer state.
1011   Segment does not have the specified element or component.
1012   Invalid XPath.
1013   DOM tree unavailable (set BuildDOM and reparse).
1014   Document contains incomplete segments.
1015   Document contains an open EDI structure (interchange, functional group or transaction) with no matching footer segment.
1044   Error while reading schema file.
1100   Component is busy.
1099   Unexpected error.


	1000 Input/Output error
	1001 No stream or file name were specified for the component
	1002 Unexpected end of file (EOF).
	1003 Segment not found.
	1004 Segment not found in schema.
	1005 Schema not found.
	1010 Invalid Writer state.
	1011 Segment does not have the specified element or component.
	1012 Invalid XPath.
	1013 DOM tree unavailable (set BuildDOM and reparse).
	1014 Document contains incomplete segments.
	1015 Document contains an open EDI structure (interchange, functional group or transaction) with no matching footer segment.
	1044 Error while reading schema file.
	1100 Component is busy.
	1099 Unexpected error.