Editting 4680 Files In the RecordEditor

Editting 4680 Files In the RecordEditor

I was able to use the RecordEditor to view/edit 4680 a a previous place of work. I have included there customized 4680 file Definitions in the RecordEditor. To use the RecordEditor for editing your 4680 files, you will need to update the supplied Record Layout definitions to what your site uses. Also 4680 definitions are different from other file definitions.

All the existing 4680 Records are in a System Pos - Store Interface

Working out Record Lengths for 4680 files

The RecordEditor has a special file structure Line Based Binary for 4680 files. It uses the following stratergy to work out the Record Length

1. Try to work out the Record Type and check the last 2 bytes of the Record are Carriage Return and line Feed characters. If they are, use this Record Length.

2. Check to see if there is a Carraige Return / Line Feed at the last 2 characters in the record for all the defined Record Lengths

3. Search for Carraige Return / Line Feed

Defining a 4680 File Layout

4680 Record Layouts consist of a Master Record Layout and a series of Child Record Layouts. Following is the Price File Master, Key points:

• Record Type is Group of Binary Records

• For Each Child Record has a Field and Field Value defined. The system uses these 2 values to work out which Record Definition should be used.

On the Extra Screen You need to setup

• the Record Seperator This is what the RecordEditor use to confirm the end of a Record. Normally it is <crlf>
• File Structure, Should be Line Based Binary, Default will also work if Record Type is Group of Binary Records

Finally the Child Records must contain 2 bytes for the End of Line Bytes (field EOR).