Blogs for File content conversion in File Adapter

hi all,
Can some one give me the links for File Content Conversion for File to File Scenario. please.
Thanks in advance.

Hi
For Sender
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/01/06/how-to-process-csv-data-with-xi-file-adapter
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
SAP Help for sender
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
For Receiver:
/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
SAP Help for receiver
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/content.htm

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How to have Secure Connection for File Adapter.
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Hi Chemmanz,
>>>>In our case the Id/Pwd of FTP Site changes freguently.
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I am doing Idoc to file scenario,it is working fine without any FCC in the reciever file adapter but its failing when I use FCC.getting the error like
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Recset
Record set structure.
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Ramana and Raj,
I tried both options but,still getting error.
Recordset structure : STRUC
STRUC.fieldSeparator ||
STRUC.endSeparator 'nl'
or
Recordset Structure: STRUC
Try with these parameters
STRUC.addHeaderLine=0
STRUC.fieldSeparator = ||
STRUC.endSeparator = 'nl'
I get this error in File CC
Channel has not been correctly initialized and cannot process messages
Conversion initialization failed: java.lang.Exception: java.lang.Exception: Error(s) in XML conversion parameters found: Parameter 'STRUC.fieldFixedLengths' or 'STRUC.fieldSeparator' is missing 
and when I furthur click on the message ID in CC I get this error
Success File adapter receiver: processing started; QoS required: ExactlyOnce
2007-08-01 08:02:57 Error File adapter receiver channel CC_File_RECV is not initialized. Unable to proceed: null
2007-08-01 08:02:57 Error Exception caught by adapter framework: Channel has not been correctly initialized and cannot process messages
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Supress Column Heading - File Content Conversion in Sender Adapter

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Let me give a more clear picture about my scenario. I need to convert CSV File to XML output:-
My source file has column heading and values. The sample data is mentioned hereunder:-
PERNR;KID;PNALT;NACHN;NAME2;VORNA
;1200;1200;Angus
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DT_LegacyEmployee (Category - Complex Type)
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Document Name - MT_LegacyEmployee
Document Namespace - http://abc.com/xi
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Employee.fieldNames - PERNR,KID,PNALT,NACHN,NAME2,VORNA
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Hi Praveen,
Change your File Adapter as below
Document Name - MT_LegacyEmployee
Document Namespace - http://abc.com/xi
Recordset Name - Employees
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Employee.fieldSeparator - ;
Employee.endSeparator - 'nl'
Employee.fieldNames - PERNR,KID,PNALT,NACHN,NAME2,VORNA
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Employee (Categroy - Element, Type - DT_LegacyEmployee_Row, Occurence - 0...unbounded)
PERNR
KID
PNALT
NACHN
NAME2
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(PERNR)--->
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File content conversion using SOAP adapter

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 I'm using a receiver SOAP adapter in my IDOC to file scenario and need to do file content conversion in the receiver side.
Are any standard modules available for file content conversion in the SOAP adapter or do I need to write custom EJB modules for this.
Please note that I have to use a SOAP adapter, can't use any other adapter.
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
XML Document Conversion Type
● Enter recordTypes as the parameter name.
Under Parameter Value, enter the complete, comma-separated list of all names of recordset types that occur in the document to be converted.
If you decide to use this method, you can define a different conversion type for each recordset type that occurs in the XML document.
For example, you could name the recordset types as follows: RecordType1,RecordType2,RecordType3.
● Enter singleRecordType as the parameter name.
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If you decide to use this method, define the same conversion type for each recordset type that occurs in the XML document.
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Conversion Type List with Separators
● <RecordType>.fieldSeparator
Enter the field separator that is written between the individual fields of a record.
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● <RecordType>.fieldLengths
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Enter a string. The string is placed in front of the first field of a recordset.
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Enter a string. The string is appended to the last field of a recordset as a concluding character. The default is \r\n.
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Enter the MIME type of the converted payload. The default value is text/plain.
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I need to have a flat file at receiver side with the following structure.
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Singh,
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RecordSet Structure: Product,LineItem,Notes.....
Parameters:
Product.fieldFixedLengths:30,10...
Product.endSeparator:'nl'
LineItem.fieldFixedLengths:30,10..
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File to File scenario. The sender file is a text file i.e. .txt which needs a conversion on the sender file adapter. There are three structures in the file namely header (one), body (many) and Trailer (one). From what I can see I need a record Id field (with the same name) in all the structure types, can anyone confirm this for me?
Thanks,
Leanne

That is correct. If you have a variable number of records of a particular type, then you need a way to accurately identify each type of record... and that is done via the key field (or Record ID) which is present in each record type.
Extract from SAP Online Help:
Key Field Name
If you specified a variable number of substructures for Recordset Structure, in other words, at least one substructure has the value *, then the substructures must be identified by the parser from their content. A key field must be set with different constants for the substructures. In this case, you must specify a key field, and the field name must occur in all substructures.
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NameA.keyFieldValue: Specify the value of the key field for the structure. This entry is mandatory if the key field name is set. Otherwise, the entry is ignored.
For more info, refer to the SAP Help:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/frameset.htm

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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/34/393071e9b998438ddb8ce97cd617a1/frameset.htm
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