The View EDI File button displays the EDI Viewer window.
On this window, you can print the EDI file, find character strings in the file, replace character strings, view the file in a “wrapped” or “unwrapped” format, and save the file. You can edit the EDI file if required – for example, if errors occurred and corrections had to be made. You can also open another EDI file and perform the same operations on it.
From the File menu on the EDI Viewer window, you can Open another EDI file (or any file), Save (or Save As) the open file, or Print the open file.
When you choose Open from the File menu on the EDI Viewer window, the Browse – EDI File window displays.
From the Edit menu, either Find a character string or you can find a string and Replace it with another character string.
If you choose Find, the Find dialog box displays. Enter the character string you want to find in the Find What text box and press the Enter key. The character string for which you are searching displays and highlighted. To find another occurrence of the character string, select Find Next or select Cancel to exit the dialog box.
If you choose Replace, the Find dialog box displays, with a new Replace With text box. Enter the character string you want to replace in the Find What text box and the character string which is be replaced, displayed, and highlighted. To replace another occurrence of the character string, select Find Next and then Replace again. To exit the dialog box, select Cancel.
From the Options menu, choose to View EDI in either a Blocked or an Unblocked format.
If you choose to view the EDI file in a blocked format, the EDI Block Size dialog box displays. In the text box, enter a block size between 40 and 300 and select OK. The EDI file in the EDI Viewer window now displays in blocks the length that you just specified.
