[flatpack-user] Parsing a file the looks like the following:

[Campbell, J. <jca...@in...>]

I am trying to use the PZ file parser to parse a fixed length file that
looks like the following:

HEADER: Contains a date

I RECORD (starts a customer set (only occurs once ber customer))
M RECORD (might end a customer set can occur multiple times / customer)
A RECORD (Might occur multiple times for each M record)

FOOTER: Contains a total record count

Example:

H20070630
ITEST R USER
M0002811
ITEST R USER2
M0002801
M0002803
A2007060120070531
M0002804
M0002811
T000000002

However - the PZMAP requires that I have a header, a footer and
'something' in the middle.  In this case the something is actually more
'records' that have specific information.  I don't think that the PZMAP
file allows for this because a "COLUMN" object is required between a
header and footer, which doesn't work in my case because I have
different records with different fields.

Whats an attack plan using PZ Reader for a file of the nature.  I could
set it up with the I records as the 'customer header' and have a parser
for that and then new parsers for the other body records that would
exist - but that seems overly complicated and given the simplicity of
the reader layout, I want to think there is a more elegant solution.

Any help appreciated.
	Joe Campbell

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Joe Campbell=20
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