Converting File Content: 2 different record structures

Dear all,
I have the following question: Is the PI 7.0 file adapter capable to convert the file content of a file which has two different record types? E.g.
Rekord 1: String(2) String(4) String(19)
Rekord 2: String(2) String(7) String(8)
In the XML structure I need for each of the record set, an own record structure e.g.
<documentName>...
<recordset1>
<NameA>
<field-nameA1>field-value</field-nameA1> // String(2)
<field-nameA2>field-value</field-nameA2> // String(4)
<field-nameA3>field-value</field-nameA3> // String(19)
</NameA>
</recordset1>
<recordset2>
<NameA>
<field-nameA1>field-value</field-nameA1> // String(2)
<field-nameA2>field-value</field-nameA2> // String(7)
<field-nameA3>field-value</field-nameA3> // String(8)
</NameA>
</recordset2>
The different record sets can be determined by the value of field 1 (string(2))
Thanks and best regards
Florian

HI,
I can see that.
The number of characters in the file for TABLE2 is lesser then the number of field size given.
for eg. if the table2 fixed field length sum is 20 ,your file contains only 10 characters. Please give complete data for table2
Test file
100WELCOME 0430000960603201321
<b>2000000000040008000803</b>
Table2.fieldFixedLengths: 1,10,10,10,3,3,4,1,38
Ragards
vijaya
Message was edited by: vijaya kumari

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