OpenFile()

Object: EHL7.HL7File

FileName: EHL7.dll

METHOD

Name: OpenFile()

Parameters:

1) strFileName (String) a fully qualified path/filename to a file containing HL7 Messages

2) strVendorID (String) the GUID VendorID of the vendor object to use

3) nMaxLoad (Optional Long) Default = 0.  The number of messages to process within the file (<= 0 means ALL messages.

Returns: Boolean

Description:

Related Events: Process, ProcessCompleted, MessageRead, MessageProcessed, KeepMessagesInMemory

Example:

'At Class or Form Declaration Level

Private WithEvents myFileObj As EHL7.HL7File

'On Initialize or Load

Set myFileObj = New EHL7.HL7File

myFileObj.VendorPath = "C:\EasyHL7"

'On Terminate or Unload

Set myFileObj = Nothing

'Command Button

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Dim myVendorObj As New EHL7.HL7Vendors

Dim strVendorID As String

Dim iCnt As Long

myFileObj.KeepMessagesInMemory = True

myVendorObj.VendorPath = "C:\EasyHL7"

strVendorID = myVendorObj.GetVendorID("Default","2.3")

'Now open a file

If Not MyFileObj.OpenFile("C:\Test.hl7", strVendorID, -1)

       MsgBox myFileObj.LastError

      myFileObj.ClearErrors

      Exit Sub

End If

iCnt = myFileObj.MessageCount

MsgBox "File contains " & iCnt & " hl7 messages"

End Sub