Mirth loading any other file format ?

[tonylaq]

Hi All,
I was looking at Mirth software and it looks very good.
The question I have for you guys is :
Can we import another file format ?
Sometime, hospital send us data information in flat file format.
Is there a way to extend the reader and specify any kind of spec?

I like the way we can deal with the channel listener but as your surely know, we dont necessary receive the file in HL7.
Comments ?
thanks!
Anthony

[albertosaez]

Re: Mirth loading any other file format ?

AFAIK, the only one to load another file format than HL7/XML is using the preprocessor script.

Using the JS preprocessor, you can tranform your custom format into HL7 or XML.

[tonylaq]

Re: Mirth loading any other file format ?

Hi,
Sorry for my ignorance, but where I can find the JS preprocessor?
It it inside the Myrth chanel ?
anthony

[albertosaez]

Re: Mirth loading any other file format ?

Into the channel tab. There is a TextPane, with only a sentence "return message;"

The purpose of the JS preprocessor is to allow smo to modify the message as a text strig previos the processing steps

[chrisl]

Re: Mirth loading any other file format ?

The following code in your preprocessor will convert any format to xml:

return "<message><data>" + message + "</data><message>";

You can then set the channel to XML and access your message from a transformer or filter with:

msg['data'];

(Note that the first XML element (message) is not used when referencing the data in E4X)

[tonylaq]

Re: Mirth loading any other file format ?

Thanks you all,
Let me give a try now,
anthony