Output To File Where Each Segment Of Message Ends With CR

[AmyLBauer]

Hi Clovertech Forum,

I need to have an outbound thread write to a file where each segment of the message is separated by a carriage return.  Can someone help me ?

Here is what I need the output to look like:

MSH|^~&|LLS|PL|PRX|PL001221|200404281701||ORU|51954.001|P|2.2

PID|1|NEW-1000|||IMAGIN||19101204|F||||||||||13894|520-42-5703

ORC|RE|M3587612-6^INF|50412373^LLS|||||||||1111^CLAY

OBR|1|M3587612-6^INF|5041237|007401^POINDTIN||20020528084000||

OBX|1|NM|2511^DILANTIN^L||4.0|MCG/ML|10.0-20.0|L||S|F||||DN

NTE|1|L|TOXIC > 30.0

Thank you.

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[Robert Kersemakers]

Hi Amy,

If you create the message in Cloverleaf by using a translation to HL7, and then write the message to a file through fileset-Local, the segments will be separated by a CR (Carriage Return). That is, under HP-UX!

Maybe when you’re using Cloverleaf under Windows Server, the segments may be separated by CR/LF (Carriage Return/LineFeed); I’m not sure though. In that case, you need to replace the CR/LF with a CR; you can do this with a tcl-proc.

I’m not sure what the exact problem is; can you elaborate?

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[Russ Ross]

You may find it beneficial to read some previous posts made about generating files that have one segment per line instead of one message per line at URL

https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=1663” class=”bbcode_url”>https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=1663

To help get you to the part you are interested in, open the URL and search for the string:

A new line file means one message per line and not one segment per line

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

[AmyLBauer]

Russ,

I’ve tried to use the regsub tcl proc and the other code that were on the URL you included.  But I still don’t seem to get the results I want in the output file.  I am viewing the file in Notepad so maybe there is something I am doing wrong there.

My current setup is using the regsub code in the outbound TPS of the thread.  And it certainly has changed the output but isn’t setting up the segments one per line yet.  I’ve attached the output file.  Can you think of something else that I am doing wrong ?  Or is there a config on the output thread that I need to change ?

[Russ Ross]

When I did hcihd on the file you posted I see that you have succeeded at replacing the r (HEX 0d) with a n (HEX 0a) yet you say it is not displaying one segment per line in Notepad.

That would be expected because Notepad runs under Windows and my illustration is for UNIX.

When I use vi under AIX to edit your file it has one segment per line.

That leads me to suspect you are not running Cloverleaf on a UNIX platform.

If you are running Cloverleaf on a windows platform you will need to replace

r (HEX 0d)

with

rn (HEX 0d0a)

Give that a try and see if you get what you are looking for.

By the way, it is good to furnish an example file but make sure to dummy out patient information.

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

[AmyLBauer]

Oh geez . . . never thought about the OS making a difference !?!?!  Yes, I am using Cloverleaf on Windows.

I made the change you suggested and the file looks great now !!

I appreciate your assistance with my project !!!

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