Message access in Xlate

[Tahir Shaikh]

Hi,

Is there any way to access the raw HL7 message in Xlate-TCl

I know there is a way to access message metadata using xpmmetaget $xlateId but is any way to get the original message?

Thanks,

Tahir

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[Rob Lindsey]

Are you trying to get the entire data message as it comes into the Xlate or are you trying to get the message before it ran through any TCL Procs?

[Tahir Shaikh]

In more simple words, If HL7 message is coming to the inbound thread. I want to access it in the xlate tcl.

[Charlie Bursell]

Two methods I used.  There may be others that are more esoteric.

1. In an IB or pre-xlate proc store a copy in the USERDATA field of the message metadata.

2.  In a pre-xlate proc store a copy of the message in a global or namespace variable.  I prefer namespace since it is more private.

Unless you diddle with the interpreters, the pre-xlate proc and Xlate share the same interpreter and there fore the same globals and namespaces

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