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Lines before/after: This option places the delimiter a certain number of lines
before or after the current line. This is useful if the text that triggers the
delimiter is not on the first line of each page.
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Text from right to left: Sets the writing direction of the data source to right-to-left.
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Expand tabs to spaces: Replaces tabs with the given number of spaces.
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Ignore CR/LF at end of file: Instructs the DataMapper to ignore the CR, LF or CR/LF
characters when they are the last characters in a file. This prevents the addition of an
unintended trailing record when the data mapping configuration is set up to cut on every
line.
XML File Input Data settings
For an XML file you can either choose to use the root node, or select an element type, to create
a new delimiter every time that element is encountered.
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Use root element: Locks the XML Elements option to the top-level element. No other
boundaries can be set. If there is only one top-level element, there will only be one record.
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XML elements: Displays a list containing all the elements in the XML file. Selecting an
element causes a new page of data to be created every time an instance of this element
is encountered.
Note
The information contained in all of the selected parent nodes will be copied for each
instance of that node. For example, if a client node contains multiple invoice nodes, the
information for the client node can be duplicated for each invoice.
The DataMapper only extracts elements for which at least one value or attribute value is
defined in the file.
Boundaries
Boundaries are the division between records: they define where one record ends and the next
record begins; for an explanation see "Record boundaries" on page180.
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