Field Size Increase

[Sandi Meyers]

Does anyone have a tcl they would be willing to share since I am not proficient on this language at all.  I need to increase the field length of the OBX5  in the ORU message and a variant won’t do it becuae I cant make it large enough.  I am trying to receive and send out messages with embedded pdfs from EKG and STress tests that can be HUGE.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Sandi,

No Tcl needed.

Someday this will be corrected in the GUI I have been assured.

In the GUI change the length to something other than what it is (this is so you can get a fields file in the formats directory for your variant).

Now go to the formats/hl7 directory, change to the version number directory that your variant resides in, change to the variant directory therein, using your favorite editor change the length in the fields file for the field in question to -1, save the file.

Now go back to your Xlate and reconfigure so it picks up the variant change.

DO NOT change that field again in the variant. In 5.6 you can look at it but other have indicated on other releases even looking at it will cause the -1 to go away – not good but at least you know how to change it back.

The -1 means infinite size (no size limit imposed).

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 30+ years Cloverleaf, 60 years IT – old fart.

[Sandi Meyers]

Thanks Jim. It worked.  So much easier.  We are upgrading to 5.7 so at least I can look when/if I need again and cant remember.

Again, Thank you so much.

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