Difference between 5.3 and 5.7 xlate

[Mark Brown]

Our test interface engine is currently running Cloverleaf 5.7 (our production engine is still 5.3).  When building the test engine, I just copied the xlates (and other files) from the 5.3 server.  I’m seeing something unexpected when trying to create a new xlate on 5.7.

An example: On 5.3, when I select PV1:3 from the Input Message Format box, the text 0(0).PV1.00133 is displayed.  When I make the same selection in 5.7, it displays 0(0).PV1(0).#3(0).  Is this equivilent?

In the xlate, I wanted to concatenate 0(0).PV1.00133.[1] and 0(0).PV1.00133.[2].  In 5.7, are subfields still designated the same way as in 0(0).PV1.#3(0).[1]?

I think I’m going to just scrap this xlate and convert it to a tcl proc instead.  But I’m worried about all my other xlates and any future ones I need to create.

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[Charlie Bursell]

Go to your 5.7 Xlate directory and run hcixltconvert

See if that helps

[Robert Kersemakers]

Hi Mark,

The notations are equivalent. You can set which notation you want to use in the IDE: go to Options/Client options…, then click the tab Xlate Config and switch off the first option ‘Index Notation for Field Addresses of Message Formats like HL7, X12…, I.E., 0(0).EQU.#1’ to get the old notation back.

While migrating from 5.2 to 5.5, we noticed that the default had changed from the .00131 notation to the .#1 notation.

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[Mark Brown]

Thanks.  Changing the setting worked.  I was afraid I’d broken something.

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