Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 31)

Milestone XProtect
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Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Tip: You can substitute regular characters as well as control characters. Note, however, that new
control characters must be specified in Hex notation, e.g. ¥x[0-F][0-F].
Tip: If you are not happy with an applied substitution, you can always remove or edit it: Select the
unwanted substitution in the [Filters overview field], then click the Delete Filter or Edit Filter...
button.
Add line breaks
You can replace one or more characters, including control characters, with a line break so the initially
received transaction data which typically consists of a single long string of information, can be
presented in more reader-friendly manner.
To add a line break, do the following:
1. In the Create/Edit Configuration window click and drag to select the characters in the Raw
data field that you want to substitute with a line break.
2. Click Add New Line....
You can immediately view the effect of the new line break in the Filtered data field.
In the Raw data field, the selected characters will be highlighted in a light purple color. The characters
to be replaced with a line break will also be listed and highlighted in a light purple color in the [Filters
overview field].
Example of a substitution, a line break and an omission listed in the [Filters overview field]. In this example the control
characters 0x0a0x0d0x0a have been transformed into a line break.
Tip: If you are not happy with the applied line break, you can always remove or edit it: Select the
unwanted line break in the [Filters overview field], then click the Delete Filter or Edit Filter... button.
Use start and stop masks
You can define a start and stop mask to indicate where a transaction ends and a new begins.
Horizontal lines are inserted in the Filtered data field to visualize where the transaction starts and
ends, and will help to keep individual transactions separate. A stop mask is not compulsory, but can
be useful if the received data contains irrelevant information, such as information about opening hours
or special offers, between actual transactions.
To add a start or stop mask, do the following:
1. In the XProtect Transact Administrator window, on the Sources tab, click Add New... if you
want to add a new source or Edit... to edit an existing source.
2. In the Create/Edit Source window, in the Configuration section, click Add New... or Edit...
depending on whether you want to add or edit a new configuration.