Flat File to Flat File scenario

Hi all,
I have a flat file to flat file scenario. I pick up a file in a specific format and produce a flat file in tab delimited format after some mapping.
Everything is ok. All the functionality is working perfectly. However, there is one small error. In case the source file is empty, there is an error message in SXMB_MONI (which is correct as there is no XML content) but I still need to generate an empty output file.
Is this possible ? Can I change something at the 'File Content Conversion' level ?
Any advise will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Freddy.

Hi Freddy,
>>>Problem while determining receivers using interface mapping: Error while determining root tag of XML: BOM / charset detection failed.
The charset of the XML cannot be determined. That is written clearly in the message.
Is your XML belongs to UTF-16 or UTF-32? Then it needs a BOM which is missing.
Have a look at below link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte-order_mark
Check, if there is an XML header and which charset is mentioned.
Regards,
P.Rajesh

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