Problem in file sender adapter for newline character

Hi All,
I'm trying to read a file of only one record with the following fields.
Name
Age
Place
<b>Each field is seperated by a new line</b> which is the cause of the problem.
<b>The problem is the value 'nl' for x.fieldSeperator is not been recognised in file sender adapter.</b>
The adapter creates a new record (new XML) for each individual field seperated by new line.
<b>I've tried even with the corresponding hexadecimal values '0x0a' and '0x0d'.</b>
Looking for some help.
Thanks,
Joe.

Hi Shabarish,
Thanks for your reply. But I tried that too already... It also didn't work..
File adapter is successful... But it generates seperate records for each fields that's wat the prob is..
Thanks,
Joe.

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