Flat File Definition tool overview

The Flat File Definition (FFD) tool is a set of design time tools that creates flat file definition according to the specifications in a flat file message. FFD tool is a component within the Infor Enterprise Collaborator (EC) product.

Here are the FFD tool components:

• The Flat File Repository Manager manages flat file definitions in the Flat File Definition Repository.

• The Flat File Describer creates, edits, and validates flat file definitions.

FFD tool supports flat file messaging in EC. EC uses FFD tool to process a message and transform a flat file to XML or an XML to a flat file.

Initially, flat file messaging supports conversion of bank messages using banking plug-ins. Later, this feature was extended to become the flat file parser that manages a larger range of flat files in runtime. Starting from EC release version 2.0, flat file messaging included design time tooling and simplified administration, and configuration of flat file messaging.