List of Supported Special Characters
Some EDI mapping properties allow you to enter special characters. We will mention if a property supports them.
Due to the selected encoding in the mapping the decimal value might differ in the input / output.
Start of Heading – Decimal Value: 1
Start of Text – Decimal Value: 2
End of Text – Decimal Value: 3
End of Transmission – Decimal Value: 4
Enquiry – Decimal Value: 5
Acknowledgment – Decimal Value: 6
Bell – Decimal Value: 7
Backspace – Decimal Value: 8
Horizontal Tab – Decimal Value: 9
Line Feed – Decimal Value: 10
Vertical Tab – Decimal Value: 11
Form Feed – Decimal Value: 12
Carriage Return – Decimal Value: 13
Windows is using a combination of the characters carriage return and line feed as a new line separator.
You can use ”<CR><LF>” to represent a line break.
Shift Out – Decimal Value: 14
Shift In – Decimal Value: 15
Data Link Escape – Decimal Value: 16
Device Control 1 – Decimal Value: 17
Device Control 2 – Decimal Value: 18
Device Control 3 – Decimal Value: 19
Device Control 4 – Decimal Value: 20
Not Acknowledged – Decimal Value: 21
Synchronous Idle – Decimal Value: 22
End of Transmission Block – Decimal Value: 23
Cancel – Decimal Value: 24
End of Medium – Decimal Value: 25
Substitute – Decimal Value: 26
Escape – Decimal Value: 27
File Separator – Decimal Value: 28
Group Separator – Decimal Value: 29
Record Separator – Decimal Value: 30
Unit Separator – Decimal Value: 31
This value requires module version 3.00.32 or above.
Space – Decimal Value: 32
This value requires module version 4.00.11 or above.
Since we use the greater-than character to enclose special characters in the string, you must use the the the special charater code to output the character.
This value requires module version 4.00.11 or above.
Since we use the less-than character to enclose special characters in the string, you must use the the special charater code to output the character.