Altova MapForce 2025 Enterprise Edition

This topic explains how to add and remove different message types from the configuration files and outlines the structure of a message configuration file. To add custom EDI message types, follow the steps below:

 

1.In the directory of your custom EDI collection, create a <Message>.Config file for each message type you would like to add to the collection.

2.For each message type, add a Message element to EDI.Collection. Each Message element must have the following attributes:

 

oThe Type attribute specifies the official code of the message type (e.g., BALANC).

oThe File attribute indicates the file name of the specification of this particular message type (e.g., BALANC.Config). The file must exist in the same directory.

oThe Description attribute explains what a particular message type stands for (e.g., Balance message).

 

For examples of valid EDI.Collection files, check any of the MapForce built-in EDI collections in the MapForceEDI directory of your application folder.

 

To remove existing message types, comment out or delete the relevant Message elements from the EDI.Collection file.

 

Add and configure the <Message>.Config file

Each <Message>.Config file you create must be valid according to its configuration schema (see EDI Configuration Files). Pay special attention to the following elements in each message configuration file:

 

 

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