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General Text
General Text File
Free-format text messages between trading partners. In TRADACOMS this business document
is File Format 16. It is transmitted as a file of
3 message types: a header, a detail message, and a trailer, wrapped in an
STX/END envelope.
File header
GENHDR: General Communications File Header
4 segments · 9 data elements
MHD · CPT · FIL · MTR
Detail
GENRAL: General Communications Text
4 segments · 7 data elements
MHD · MED · TXT · MTR
File trailer
GENTLR: General Communications Trailer
3 segments · 4 data elements
MHD · GFT · MTR
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