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GENTLR: General Communications Trailer
The GENTLR message is part of the TRADACOMS General Text file: free-format text messages between trading partners.
The General Text file contains: GENHDR → GENRAL → GENTLR.
Message structure
| Segment | Name | Usage |
|---|---|---|
MHD | Message Header | One message only, at the end of the file |
GFT | General Communications File Total | |
MTR | Message Trailer |
Segments and data elements
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSRF | Message Reference | M | V | 9(12) | Consecutive count of messages within the transmission |
TYPE | Type of Message composite | M | 'GENTLR' '3' for this version | ||
| Type | M | F | X(6) | ||
| Version Number | M | F | 9(1) |
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOTX | Number of Text Segments | M | V | 9(10) | Number of TXT segments in the file |
| Element | Name | M/C | F/V | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOSG | Number of Segments in Message | M | V | 9(10) | Control count of the number of segments comprising message. The count includes the MHD and MTR segments |
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