Actually it's possible to use Chameleon to browse
an X12/HL7/Edifact message.
http://www.interfaceware.com/browser/screen.html
The product uses a currently loaded message definitions
to label the segment fields in the EDI message. We derive
that information from an external source - in the case
of X12 we used the table data from the Washington
Publishing Company to load Chameleon with the right
field definitions - although it's pretty easy to use the GUI
to add and edit segments.
It's proven quite useful - IDX is using it to validate some
270/271 messages they work with out of their own proprietary
engine.
--
Eliot Muir, Chief Technical Officer iNTERFACEWARE
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice 1-416-8207050 http://www.interfaceware.com
Makers of iNTERFACEWARE Chameleon
"Program to the iNTERFACE not the implementation"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beecher, Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: edi viewer
> I have used both at times, I prefer Textpad for the bookmarking
capability,
> but Ultraedit has some similar functionality.
>
> Textpad, while it can show hex, cannot edit in hex mode.
>
> Textpad can goto a byte # that you specify. This is a very useful feature
> when dealing with fixed length record files. Also Mercator traces point to
> errors by byte offset from the beginning.
>
> Textpad has a 'diff' like file comparator built in. Both products support
> regular expression syntax in the 'find' dialog, which is critical.
>
> Somehow, I suspect that the person who asked the question didn't know what
> they were asking for. I got they feeling thay were looking for something
> like viewing an XML file in Internet Explorer or XML spy.
>
> For EDI there is nothing like this, as far as I know. The only thing
similar
> I have seen is the forms capability of Gentran:Server NT where you can
> create a form to display and edit the data in labled fields.
>
> The reason why this is possible in XML is that there is the DTD (or
whatever
> Microsoft decided to rename it.) The closest thing we have to a DTD in EDI
> is a SEF file.
>
> It would be interesting to have a tool that could take a SEF file and use
it
> to generate labled forms from which to display end edit X12. The problem
is
> that you need Either Edisim or Edifecs to create SEF files, and both are
> expensive products. I wonder if any other products are capable of using
SEF
> files.
>
>
> Anthony Beecher
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: edi viewer
>
>
> All right you 2, break it up, you're clogging up my email with your
> opinions.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leah Closson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: edi viewer
>
>
> > Rachel,
> > Just being picky here, it wasn't my question, I just gave my opinion
> > that Ultra Edit is a good tool if you use windows, cheap and
> > multi-purpose, with the added value of hex editing capabilities, which I
> > find most helpful. I also use Word or notepad sometimes for other
> > reasons, or whatever I can get my hands on. I just like the
> > capabilities of UltraEdit.
> >
> > I don't have any interest in Ultra Edit other than as a user.
> >
> > Leah
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:39 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: edi viewer
> >
> >
> > I would agree about UltaEdit...I have a copy and use it frequently for
> > the
> > very functions you describe. Leah, however, didn't say what she wanted
> > to do
> > other than view "edi." If that's all, then why pay, even a nominal
> > amount,
> > for other tool when notepad could do the job?
> >
> > Rachel
> >
> >
> > Oh..... but Ultraedit is everything notepad is and more. You can't view
> > hex
> > data in notepad which is essential sometimes with separators. Plus
> > Ultraedit
> > will scroll large files quickly and even multiple large files at the
> > same
> > time.
> >
> > No I am not affiliated with Ultredit but am I very satified customer.
> >
> > Rachel Foerster wrote:
> >
> > > Leah.
> > >
> > > Depends on what you're trying to look at....a raw X12 data stream? If
> > yes,
> > > notepad does a pretty good job and if you're running a Windows OS you
> > > already have it.
> > >
> > > Rachel Foerster
> > >
> > > for what platform? for windows, UltraEdit is pretty good.
> > > www.ultraedit.com
> > > Leah
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brad Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:21 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: edi viewer
> > >
> > > I need an edi viewer. Does anyone have a faverite?
> > >
> > > b
> > >
> > >
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