Receiver file adapter creates an innecesarry extra line

Hi,
I have an issue with an extra line that add the receiver file adapter with the content conversion.
The file XML that the file adapter has to convert, is the next;
<root>
<cofig>
<FileName>NameOfTheFile.txt</FileName>
</cofig>
<lines>
<line>
<data>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB</data>
<data>Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</data>
</lines>
</root>
Because FileName is not necessary, I remove it with:
cofig.fieldFixedLengths 0
cofig.fixedLengthTooShortHandling CUT
but it leaves an empty line that i don't want. that is, the text in the file start in the second line.
Any help?
Thank you in advance.

Can you do a small change in your mesg. structure ?
change it to....
<root>
<lines>
<line>
<data>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB</data>
<data>Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</data>
</lines>
<i><b><cofig>
<FileName>NameOfTheFile.txt</FileName>
</cofig></b></i>
</root>
and then use
cofig.fieldFixedLengths 0
cofig.fixedLengthTooShortHandling CUT
followed by
endSeparator 0
Ref: Suppressing Field In Receiver File Adapter for more details.

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