Spooled file extractor
Splf extractor: How to use it in the workflow.
The spooled file extractor can be used for extracting XML data from an input spooled file, and one important part is of course to also use this transformation in the workflow of InterFormNG2. For that you need to use the workflow component, Splf to ...
Splf extractor: How to save
When you created a new spooled file extractor or edited an existing one via the editor, then the save icon in the top becomes blue, which indicates, that the definition has been changed. To save the current spooled file extractor you simply click on ...
Splf extractor: Expanable parent
In the spooled file extractor it is possible to build a tree structure in the output XML. One challenge can however be, that you want a header mapping have a variable length to include a variable number of extra detail lines, that should be ...
Splf extractor: Overlapping mappings
Mappings always refer to the contents of the spooled file and when you want to create a new mapping, then you start out by selecting the upper left corner of the area, that you want to map. So it is a bit of a challenge, if you want to create two ...
Splf extractor: Tokens
In the spooled file extractor you can build conditions to conditionally select section of the spooled file. Whenever you add a condition you compare the selected text with a token. Predefined tokens InterFormNG2 is delivered with these predefined ...
Splf extractor: Conditioned mappings
Both the line and block element can be conditioned in the spooled file extractor. To condition an element you should first select the area in the spooled file view and create a simple mapping. Now you need to enable triggers on the right in order to ...
Splf extractor: Delete a mapping
This section describes how to delete a spooled file mapping in the spooled file extractor. Before you delete a mapping it is a very good idea to save the current spooled file extractor, as there is currently (in version 1.9.0) no undo/redo option in ...
Splf extractor: Simple mapping
The spooled file extractor selects data from all the pages of the spooled file. The output XML file is a file with a node for each spooled file page, so it is very each to see from which spooled file page the XML data was extracted. First you need of ...
Create a spooled file extractor
You can create a new spooled file extractor in the InterFormNG2 designer, if you first load a spooled file (.splf) from the Library. Then the designer will look like this: Here you can choose to open an existing Spooled file extractor with the icon, ...
Introduction to the Spooled file extractor
IMPORTANT: The spooled file extractor is no longer supported. Any spooled file extractor definitions, that has previously been designed can still be used in the workflow, but they cannot be edited. The better alternative is to use the designer for ...
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