Line Break before next MSH record

[Chris Wethey]

A third party vendor is looking for us to sent a file to them hourly and the records are HL7 format but they want us to put a line break between each record being built in the data file.  So when a new MSH is read they want to have a line break in between each record.  Was looking for guidance in that – we have been sending the records as an append format to them for awhile now and they seem to be having an issue with it.  Would rather connect to there site and send real-time records instead of using SFTP to them hourly.  Would seem logical to send real-time but i guess it is not to them.

We are using QDX5.5 on a linux server with much success.

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[Robert Milfajt]

I am asuming you are using one of the fileset Cloverleaf protocols, and have the append data box checked.  Are you using the nl Style?  Ask them which ASCII character(s) they want to constitute a line break.  Are they OK with x0a (line feed) or do they want a combination of x0a and x0d (carriage return).  If you use the nl Style, Cloverleaf adds the x0a for you.

Hope this helps,

Robert Milfajt
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL

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