Delimiters Tab

The following list describes the properties of the File Properties dialog box Delimiters tab:

Specify defaults

Whether to activate the default boxes on the tab and establish syntax defaults.

Note: If the delimiters differ from the defaults specified, type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Stream segments

Whether the translator writes segments without a carriage return/line feed at the end. The default is not checked, which indicates that each segment is written with a carriage return/line feed at the end.

Tag Delimiter

Default character that marks the end of each segment tag (identifier).

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Segment Delimiter

Default character that marks the end of each segment.

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Element Delimiter

Default character that marks the end of each element.

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Sub Element Delimiter

Default character that marks the end of each subelement.

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Repeating Element Delimiter

Default character that marks the start of a new repetition of an element or subelement.

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

Release Character

Character that, when used before any defined delimiter, restores the character used for the delimiter to its original meaning. For example, if the plus sign (+) is the element delimiter and question mark (?) is the release character, when ?+ is a part of the data, Sterling B2B Integrator reads the + as a part of the data instead of marking the end of the element.

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Type either the character or the hexadecimal value in the correct box.

If you are mapping delimited data and the setup outside the map does not enable you to specify the release character, type the value you expect in this box.

Decimal Separator

Character that indicates the decimal point in a numeric field, such as a period (.) or comma (,).

This box is active only if the Specify defaults check box is selected.

Default suppression and padding of leading zero on Numeric values

Leading zeros are suppressed for all values greater than 1. Decimal values less than 1 will retain a single leading zero (e.g., 000.25 --> 0.25).

This is the default selection.

This box is only active on the output side of the map for all EDI types.

Suppress leading zero on Numeric R* format values (e.g., 0.25---> .25)

Same as default behavior except leading zeros are also suppressed on elements that use an R-format numeric and whose value is less than 1.

This box is only active on the output side of the map for all EDI types.

Pad with leading zero on Numeric values (e.g., 25---> 000025)

Numeric values, regardless of format, are padded with leading zeros out to the maximum length of the field. This box is only active on the output side of the map for all EDI types.

Always output trailing delimiters for fields with data

This is supported on the Output side of the map only, as a syntax-level option and field-level option (NACS uses it as a syntax-level option).

If this option is selected, a trailing level option is always output after a field with data. For example, instead of 1234*abcd\, 1234*abcd*\ is output.