X12Reader Component
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The X12Reader component is optimized for X12 documents, providing a simple way to parse X12 documents.
Syntax
TeditranslatorX12Reader
Remarks
The component allows you to parse an incoming EDI document. This component works in two states, loading an entire document at once, or streaming portions of the document. These states are controlled by the BuildDOM property. By default BuildDOM is set to bdEntireDocument which parses the entire document at once, allowing you to use the XPath property to navigate the document.
To save memory for larger documents, you can choose to parse only sections of the document, instead of the entire document. When BuildDOM is set to per interchange (bdInterchange ) or per transaction (bdTransaction), the respective section of the document will be available for use with XPath from within the corresponding Start and End events. Finally, you may choose to set BuildDOM to bdNone, which means no DOM will be built and all data will be available only through events, but also will use very little memory. Below are example steps to parse an entire document:
- First, use LoadSchema to load a schema file into the component. (Only necessary when preserving document structure).
- Open an EDI document or stream by setting input via InputFile or InputData and calling Parse.
- If BuildDOM is set to bdEntireDocument, the events of the component will fire as the document is parsed, and XPath may be set to access any part of the document.
If bdInterchange or bdTransaction are specified, Parse is called the entire document will be parsed, with only the specified section being saved in memory at any given time. This means if you wish to set XPath to navigate within the section of the document, you will need to do so within the events of the component to prevent further processing of the document while you access the section. When parsing is completely, only the most recently parsed section will be available for use with XPath
If bdNone is specified, then all document information must be obtained through the events fired during parsing.
During parsing, the component performs basic validation of the incoming document. If validation fails, a warning is generated (fired as an event).
The XPath navigation is done through the XPath property. For example:
EDIReader.XPath = "/IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[2]/N1Loop1[1]/N1[1]";
This example path means the following: Select the first N1 segment within the first iteration of the N1Loop1, within second transaction in the first functional group and interchange.
You can also make use of XPath conditional statements to locate the first element which matches a name=value. For example, you could use the following XPath to locate the path of the first element within any N1Loop1 that has a name=N101 and value=BT:
EDIReader.XPath = "IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/N1Loop1[N101='BT']";
Note that the conditional statements will search the children, but not the grand children of the element on which the conditional statement is applied. For instance in the above example the children of N1Loop1 will be searched, but the grandchildren will not.
Additionally if the schema loaded is a ArcESB JSON schema the element Id (from the schema) can be used in the conditional statement. For instance instead of N101 the following is also acceptable:
EDIReader.XPath = "IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/N1Loop1[98='BT']";
To display the structure of the parsed document use DisplaySchemaInfo. This is helpful when deciding how to navigate the document.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
BuildDOM | When True, an internal object model of the EDI document is created. |
EDIStandardVersion | The version of the EDI specification. |
ExtraData | Extra data that has not been parsed by the component. |
InputData | The data to parse. |
InputFile | The file to parse. |
Offset | Current offset of the document being parsed. |
SchemaFormat | The format of the schema file. |
XChildren | Number of child elements of the current segment. |
ElementCount | The number of records in the Element arrays. |
ElementComponentCount | Number of components in the current element. |
ElementComponentIndex | The index of the selected component of the current element. |
ElementComponentName | The name of the component selected by ComponentIndex , according to the Transaction Set schema. |
ElementComponentSchemaDesc | The textual description of the component from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema. |
ElementComponentSchemaName | The name of the component as taken from the schema. |
ElementComponentType | The data type of component selected by ComponentIndex , according to the Transaction Set Schema. |
ElementComponentValue | The value of the component selected by ComponentIndex . |
ElementDataType | The data type of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set Schema. |
ElementName | The name of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set schema. |
ElementRepeatCount | The number of times this element is repeated in the in the segment. |
ElementRepeatIndex | The index of the selected instance of this repeatable element. |
ElementSchemaDesc | The textual description of the element from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema. |
ElementSchemaName | The name of the element as taken from the schema. |
ElementValue | The value directly associated with this EDI element. |
XPath | Provides a way to point to a specific segment in the document. |
XSegment | The name of the current segment. |
XSegmentNumber | The number of the current segment. |
XSegmentType | Indicates the current segment type. |
XTag | The tag of the current segment. |
XTransactionCode | The transaction code of the current segment. |
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. |
GenerateAck | Generates an EDI acknowledgement. |
HasXPath | Determines whether a specific element exists in the document. |
LoadSchema | Loads a schema file describing a Transaction Set. |
Parse | Parse the specified input data. |
Reset | Resets the parser. |
TryXPath | Navigates to the specified XPath if it exists. |
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 | Fired when information is available 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. |
Warning | Fires whenever a validation warning 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. |
HasXPath | Determines if the specified XPath exists. |
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 | Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |
BuildDOM Property (X12Reader Component)
When True, an internal object model of the EDI document is created.
Syntax
__property TeditranslatorX12ReaderBuildDOMs BuildDOM = { read=FBuildDOM, write=FSetBuildDOM };
enum TeditranslatorX12ReaderBuildDOMs { bdEntireDocument=0, bdInterchange=1, bdTransaction=2, bdNone=3 };
Default Value
bdEntireDocument
Remarks
Set BuildDOM to bdEntireDocument (0) when you need to browse the current document through XPath.
Use bdInterchange (1) when parsing large documents to tell the component to only hold an internal object model of the current Interchange being parsed. When this value is used, and a new Interchange is encountered during parsing, the old interchange is cleared from memory. If the input contains a single Interchange, this is equivalent to using bdEntireDocument.
Use bdTransaction (2) when parsing large documents to tell the component to only hold an internal object model of the current transaction being parsed. When this value is used, and a new transaction is encountered during parsing, the old transaction is cleared from memory.
A value of bdNone (3) will tell the component to not save any internal state of the document being parsed, and thus XPath will be unavailable.
Data Type
Integer
EDIStandardVersion Property (X12Reader 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
ExtraData Property (X12Reader Component)
Extra data that has not been parsed by the component.
Syntax
__property String ExtraData = { read=FExtraData };
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property will only be populated after the Flush method has been called and data exists in the internal parser which has not been processed.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
InputData Property (X12Reader 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
Data Type
String
InputFile Property (X12Reader 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
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
Offset Property (X12Reader Component)
Current offset of the document being parsed.
Syntax
__property __int64 Offset = { read=FOffset };
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property is useful for determining the location of possible EDI errors in the document.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Long64
SchemaFormat Property (X12Reader Component)
The format of the schema file.
Syntax
__property TeditranslatorX12ReaderSchemaFormats SchemaFormat = { read=FSchemaFormat, write=FSetSchemaFormat };
enum TeditranslatorX12ReaderSchemaFormats { 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) | JSON |
Data Type
Integer
XChildren Property (X12Reader Component)
Number of child elements of the current segment.
Syntax
__property int XChildren = { read=FXChildren };
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property describes the number of children of the current segment in the parsed document.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementCount Property (X12Reader Component)
The number of records in the Element arrays.
Syntax
__property int ElementCount = { read=FElementCount };
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property controls the size of the following arrays:
- ElementComponentCount
- ElementComponentIndex
- ElementComponentName
- ElementComponentSchemaDesc
- ElementComponentSchemaName
- ElementComponentType
- ElementComponentValue
- ElementDataType
- ElementName
- ElementRepeatCount
- ElementRepeatIndex
- ElementSchemaDesc
- ElementSchemaName
- ElementValue
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementComponentCount Property (X12Reader Component)
Number of components in the current element.
Syntax
__property int ElementComponentCount[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentCount };
Default Value
0
Remarks
Number of components in the current element.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementComponentIndex Property (X12Reader Component)
The index of the selected component of the current element.
Syntax
__property int ElementComponentIndex[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentIndex, write=FSetElementComponentIndex };
Default Value
1
Remarks
The index of the selected component of the current element. ElementComponentIndex valid values are from 0 to (ElementComponentCount - 1).
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementComponentName Property (X12Reader Component)
The name of the component selected by ComponentIndex , according to the Transaction Set schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementComponentName[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentName };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the component selected by ElementComponentIndex, according to the Transaction Set schema.
The name is based on the position of the element within the segment. For instance "DTM0101".
See ElementComponentSchemaName for additional details.
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementComponentSchemaDesc Property (X12Reader Component)
The textual description of the component from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementComponentSchemaDesc[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentSchemaDesc };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The textual description of the component from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema.
This property holds a human readable description of the component as obtained from the ArcESB JSON schema.
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementComponentSchemaName Property (X12Reader Component)
The name of the component as taken from the schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementComponentSchemaName[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentSchemaName };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the component as taken from the schema.
ElementComponentName holds positional (ref) value like "DTM0101". ElementComponentSchemaName holds the Id taken from the schema.
For instance:
reader.XPath = "/IX/TX/DTM";
for (int i = 0; i < reader.XElements[0].ComponentCount; i++)
{
reader.XElements[0].ComponentIndex = i;
Console.WriteLine(reader.XElements[i].ComponentSchemaName + ": " + reader.XElements[i].ComponentValue);
}
When ElementComponentSchemaName is used this will use the name from the schema and will output values like:
2005: 137 2005: 137 2380: 201612151441
In contrast, if ElementComponentName was used the output would look like:
DTM0101: 137 DTM0101: 137 DTM0102: 201612151441
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementComponentType Property (X12Reader Component)
The data type of component selected by ComponentIndex , according to the Transaction Set Schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementComponentType[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentType };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The data type of component selected by ElementComponentIndex, according to the Transaction Set Schema.
Possible values are:
AN | AlphaNumeric |
ID | Identifier; allowed values might be defined by the transaction set schema |
N | Numeric |
R | Floating-point number |
DT | DateTime |
TM | Time |
None | Type is unknown or not provided by the schema |
Composite | This element has multiple components |
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementComponentValue Property (X12Reader Component)
The value of the component selected by ComponentIndex .
Syntax
__property String ElementComponentValue[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementComponentValue };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The value of the component selected by ElementComponentIndex.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementDataType Property (X12Reader Component)
The data type of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set Schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementDataType[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementDataType };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The data type of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set Schema.
Possible values are:
AN | AlphaNumeric |
ID | Identifier; allowed values might be defined by the transaction set schema |
N | Numeric |
R | Floating-point number |
DT | DateTime |
TM | Time |
None | Type is unknown or not provided by the schema |
Composite | This element has multiple components |
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementName Property (X12Reader Component)
The name of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementName[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementName };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of this EDI element, according to the Transaction Set schema. The name is based on the position of the element within the segment. For instance "N101".
See ElementSchemaName for additional details.
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementRepeatCount Property (X12Reader Component)
The number of times this element is repeated in the in the segment.
Syntax
__property int ElementRepeatCount[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementRepeatCount };
Default Value
1
Remarks
The number of times this element is repeated in the in the segment. If the element is not repeated this will return 0.
To access the repeated element values set ElementRepeatIndex.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementRepeatIndex Property (X12Reader Component)
The index of the selected instance of this repeatable element.
Syntax
__property int ElementRepeatIndex[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementRepeatIndex, write=FSetElementRepeatIndex };
Default Value
1
Remarks
The index of the selected instance of this repeatable element. ElementRepeatIndex valid values are from 0 to (ElementRepeatCount - 1).
Setting ElementRepeatIndex will affect the value reported by all other properties.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
ElementSchemaDesc Property (X12Reader Component)
The textual description of the element from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementSchemaDesc[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementSchemaDesc };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The textual description of the element from the loaded ArcESB JSON schema.
This property holds a human readable description of the element as obtained from the ArcESB JSON schema.
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementSchemaName Property (X12Reader Component)
The name of the element as taken from the schema.
Syntax
__property String ElementSchemaName[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementSchemaName };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the element as taken from the schema.
ElementName holds positional (ref) value like "N101". ElementSchemaName holds the Id taken from the schema.
For instance:
reader.XPath = "/IX/FG/TX/N1Loop1[1]/N1";
for (int i = 0; i < reader.XElements.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(reader.XElements[i].SchemaName + ": " + reader.XElements[i].Value);
}
When ElementSchemaName is used this will use the name from the schema and will output values like:
98: ST 93: BUYSNACKS PORT 66: 9 67: 1223334445
In contrast, if ElementName was used the output would look like:
N101: ST N102: BUYSNACKS PORT N103: 9 N104: 1223334445
Note: This property is only applicable when a ArcESB JSON schema is loaded.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
ElementValue Property (X12Reader Component)
The value directly associated with this EDI element.
Syntax
__property String ElementValue[int ElementIndex] = { read=FElementValue };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The value directly associated with this EDI element.
Note that this property will be populated with the entire element contents when a composite element exists. The components of the composite element will also be parsed out into the ElementComponentName, ElementComponentType, and ElementComponentValue properties.
The ElementIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ElementCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
XPath Property (X12Reader Component)
Provides a way to point to a specific segment in the document.
Syntax
__property String XPath = { read=FXPath, write=FSetXPath };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The path is a series of one or more segment accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.
The following are possible values for an element accessor:
IX | Refers to the Interchange (root) node |
FG | Refers to a Functional Group node |
TX | Refers to a Transaction Set node |
'name' | The first segment or loop of the current container with the given schema name |
name[i] | The i-th segment of the current container with the given schema-name |
[i] | The i-th segment of the current container |
[last()] | The last segment of the current container |
[last()-i] | The segment located at the last location minus i in the current container |
.. | The parent of the current container |
BuildDOM must be set to bdEntireDocument or bdTransaction prior to parsing the document for the XPath functionality to be available.
Example (Setting XPath)
Document root (Interchange) | EDIReaderControl.XPath = "/" |
N1 segment in the first transaction | EDIReaderControl.XPath = "/IX/FG/TX/N1Loop1/N1" |
3-th instance of the N2 segment | EDIReaderControl.XPath = "/IX/FG/TX/N1Loop1/N2[3]" |
Data Type
String
XSegment Property (X12Reader Component)
The name of the current segment.
Syntax
__property String XSegment = { read=FXSegment };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the current segment according to the schema. The current segment is specified via the XPath property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
XSegmentNumber Property (X12Reader Component)
The number of the current segment.
Syntax
__property int XSegmentNumber = { read=FXSegmentNumber };
Default Value
0
Remarks
The number of the current segment according to the schema. The current segment is specified via the XPath property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
XSegmentType Property (X12Reader Component)
Indicates the current segment type.
Syntax
__property TeditranslatorX12ReaderXSegmentTypes XSegmentType = { read=FXSegmentType };
enum TeditranslatorX12ReaderXSegmentTypes { stNone=0, stInterchange=1, stFunctionalGroup=2, stTransaction=3, stInterchangeHeader=4, stFunctionalGroupHeader=5, stTransactionHeader=6, stTransactionSegment=7, stTransactionLoop=8, stTransactionFooter=9, stFunctionalGroupFooter=10, stInterchangeFooter=11 };
Default Value
stNone
Remarks
The current segment will be a control segment footer/header or a transaction data segment.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
XTag Property (X12Reader Component)
The tag of the current segment.
Syntax
__property String XTag = { read=FXTag };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The current segment is specified via the XPath property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
XTransactionCode Property (X12Reader Component)
The transaction code of the current segment.
Syntax
__property String XTransactionCode = { read=FXTransactionCode };
Default Value
""
Remarks
The current segment is specified via the XPath property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
CompileSchema Method (X12Reader 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 (X12Reader 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 (X12Reader 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 (X12Reader 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 (X12Reader 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.
GenerateAck Method (X12Reader Component)
Generates an EDI acknowledgement.
Syntax
String __fastcall GenerateAck();
Remarks
This functionality is not yet implemented and is reserved for future use.
HasXPath Method (X12Reader Component)
Determines whether a specific element exists in the document.
Syntax
bool __fastcall HasXPath(String XPath);
Remarks
This method determines whether a particular XPath exists within the document. This may be used to check if a path exists before setting it via XPath.
This method returns True if the xpath exists, False if not.
See XPath for details on the XPath syntax.
LoadSchema Method (X12Reader 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.
Parse Method (X12Reader Component)
Parse the specified input data.
Syntax
void __fastcall Parse();
Remarks
This method parsed the input data specified by InputFile or InputData.
During parsing the following events may fire:
- StartInterchange
- StartFunctionalGroup
- StartTransaction
- Segment
- StartLoop
- EndLoop
- EndTransaction
- EndFunctionalGroup
- EndInterchange
After Parse returns the document may be traversed by setting the XPath property.
The XPath navigation is done through the XPath property. For example:
EDIReader.XPath = "/IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[2]/N1Loop1[1]/N1[1]";
This example path means the following: Select the first N1 segment within the first iteration of the N1Loop1, within second transaction in the first functional group and interchange.
You can also make use of XPath conditional statements to locate the first element which matches a name=value. For example, you could use the following XPath to locate the path of the first element within any N1Loop1 that has a name=N101 and value=BT:
EDIReader.XPath = "IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/N1Loop1[N101='BT']";
Note that the conditional statements will search the children, but not the grand children of the element on which the conditional statement is applied. For instance in the above example the children of N1Loop1 will be searched, but the grandchildren will not.
Additionally if the schema loaded is a ArcESB JSON schema the element Id (from the schema) can be used in the conditional statement. For instance instead of N101 the following is also acceptable:
EDIReader.XPath = "IX[1]/FG[1]/TX[1]/N1Loop1[98='BT']";
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:
When a valid source is found the search stops.InputData Notes
When setting data to parse via InputData fragments or complete documents may be specified. To parse data in chunks set InputData and call Parse for each fragment.
When the parser is finally reset via the Reset method, all buffered text is flushed out through the ExtraData property.
Since the component can be used to parse EDI data fragments, the internal buffer will not be cleared until Reset is called. If you plan to use this method to parse multiple complete EDI documents be sure to call Reset between calls.
Reset Method (X12Reader 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.
TryXPath Method (X12Reader Component)
Navigates to the specified XPath if it exists.
Syntax
bool __fastcall TryXPath(String xpath);
Remarks
This method will attempt to navigate to the specified XPath parameter if it exists within the document.
If the XPath exists the XPath property will be updated and this method returns True.
If the XPath does not exist the XPath property is not updated and this method returns False.
EndFunctionalGroup Event (X12Reader 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; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndFunctionalGroupEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndFunctionalGroupEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndFunctionalGroupEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndFunctionalGroupEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the end of an interchange.
Syntax
typedef struct { String Tag; String ControlNumber; String FullSegment; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndInterchangeEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndInterchangeEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndInterchangeEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndInterchangeEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires when the end of a loop is detected in a transaction set.
Syntax
typedef struct { } TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndLoopEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndLoopEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndLoopEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndLoopEvent 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 (X12Reader 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; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndTransactionEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndTransactionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndTransactionEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderEndTransactionEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
Syntax
typedef struct { int ErrorCode; String Description; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderErrorEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderErrorEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderErrorEvent 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.
The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires whenever a new transaction set is encountered and no schema is found for it.
Syntax
typedef struct { String TransactionCode; String StandardVersion; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderResolveSchemaEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderResolveSchemaEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderResolveSchemaEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderResolveSchemaEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires whenever a data segment in a transaction set is read.
Syntax
typedef struct { String Tag; String Name; String LoopName; String FullSegment; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderSegmentEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderSegmentEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderSegmentEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderSegmentEvent 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 (X12Reader 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; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartFunctionalGroupEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartFunctionalGroupEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartFunctionalGroupEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartFunctionalGroupEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires whenever a control segment is read that marks the start of an interchange.
Syntax
typedef struct { String Tag; String ControlNumber; String FullSegment; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartInterchangeEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartInterchangeEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartInterchangeEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartInterchangeEvent 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 (X12Reader Component)
Fires when the starting of a loop is detected in a transaction set.
Syntax
typedef struct { String Name; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartLoopEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartLoopEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartLoopEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartLoopEvent 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 (X12Reader 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; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartTransactionEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartTransactionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartTransactionEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderStartTransactionEvent 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).
Warning Event (X12Reader Component)
Fires whenever a validation warning is encountered.
Syntax
typedef struct { int WarnCode; String Message; int SegmentNumber; String SegmentTag; String TechnicalErrorCode; String SegmentErrorCode; String ElementErrorCode; int ElementPosition; } TeditranslatorX12ReaderWarningEventParams; typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TeditranslatorX12ReaderWarningEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TeditranslatorX12ReaderWarningEventParams *e); __property TeditranslatorX12ReaderWarningEvent OnWarning = { read=FOnWarning, write=FOnWarning };
Remarks
The Warning event will fire during parsing of a segment of an EDI document. The WarnCode parameter contains the type of warning 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. 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. ElementPosition is the position of the element where the error occurred.
It's very important to note that segment validation happens right in the middle of the parsing process. Because of this, the Warning event will usually fire long before the validated segment becomes the current segment for the parser state. This means you cannot access the parser properties to examine the current segment in relation with the Warning event when the event fires.
Possible WarnCode 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. |
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 (X12Reader 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.X12READER Config Settings
This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.
- 1 (EDIFACT - default)
- 3 (TRADACOMS)
This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.
Console.WriteLine(edireader.Config("HasXPath=IX/FG/TX/IT1Loop1/[2]"));
This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the escape character to be used.
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.
This configuration option may be set in the StartInterchange event to specify the delimiter to be used.
Base Config Settings
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 |
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 |
- 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.
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.
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.
Setting this configuration 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 (X12Reader Component)
X12Reader 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. |