About this guide

This guide provides you with a general understanding about all the aspects of the creation, management, and how flat file definition tool works in order to process flat file messages. This includes an overview of flat files, flat file messaging support in Infor Enterprise Collaborator (IEC), flat file definitions, Flat File Repository Manager, Flat File Describer, and Flat File Parser.

Appendix A describes the details of a flat file definition created manually using an XML editor of the user’s choice.

Appendix B contains examples and exercises about the available features of the Flat File Parser.

This guide does not provide details on how to create and maintain partner agreements to enable EC Server to detect and process flat messages in run time. Also, this document does not provide information about particular flat file formats, such as comma separated values (CSV).

For more information on these topics, see their respective documentation in www.infor.com:

  • Installing Infor Enterprise Collaborator Tools, see IEC Server and Client Tool Installation Guide

  • Creating and maintaining partner agreements, see IEC Partner Administration Tool User Guide

  • Creating and maintaining EC mappings, see Business Document Mapper User Guide

  • SNA Communication Examples, see IEC Administration Guide