Chris,
I believe some of your tags would look like these, STX MHD TYP SDT
CDT FIL MTR. Sterling can handle this style with no problems.
Paul Jandron
617-899-6113
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: New to Sterling Commerce
> Quoted text is from <9DB31ECCA463D411B21000A0C9E1DF3E05A044@proteus-
> nt4>, by Chris Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Our software currently imports (orders) and exports (invoices) in a
> >fixed width tradacomms (v8 & 9) format.
> >
> >Is there a facility in Sterling Commerce to export orders to the fixed
> >tradacomms formatted file, as in the above products?
> >I will also need to import invoices back into S.C. in the same format if
> >possible?
>
> I am not familiar with Sterling Commerce, so I cannot answer this
> directly. For the benefit of those who are familiar with it, Chris
> Hughes wishes to use tagged 'flat' file application interfaces. The tags
> are 4 character, the fields in SDF (fixed length and column start - no
> field delimiters), and the records normally are 80 character or less, so
> there may be multiple records for each segment. The tag order and
> hierarchy is the same as for the Tradacoms message. The fields have the
> same size as the matching elements in the EDI message (sign and decimal
> point discounted).
>
> It is interesting that in the UK many applications generate or expect
> the tagged flat file mapping supplied as default with Geis Intercept
> Plus, so that this has for many become the standard, rather than the EDI
> message itself!
>
> Regards
> Chris
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