# Question Regarding FlatFiles

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** EDI\
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676 "2005-03-30T01:05:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/1 "2005-03-30T01:05:02Z")

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RMG,  
Is there any way i can convert a flatfiloe schema into a flat file definition.Thanks in advance.

Regards,  
saritha

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/2 "2005-03-30T01:20:08Z")

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Can you elaborate more on your query what ever you are trying to do?  
Are you trying to generate flatfile documentType using flatfileSchema?

Regards,

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/3 "2005-03-30T01:30:21Z")

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RMG,  
Is there any way i can convert a flatfile schema into a flat file Dictionary.Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![gupta\_r.17495](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@gupta\_r.17495](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/gupta_r.17495)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/4 "2005-03-30T01:48:28Z")

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No,Actually using flatfile dictionary we can create flatfileSchema this is the standard behaviour by referrencing the dictionary/fields.

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/5 "2005-03-30T02:11:11Z")

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Thank you

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**Author:** ![pradeep\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@pradeep\_kumar](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/pradeep_kumar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/6 "2005-03-30T21:13:32Z")

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Hi sarita,  
generally we create a flat file dictionary and create schema from it by referencing it. What do you exactly mean by flat file definition. i didn’t get it. can you elaborate?

Regards,  
Pradeep

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/7 "2005-03-31T01:53:08Z")

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Pradeep,  
It was not definition it is Dictionary

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/8 "2005-03-31T22:53:37Z")

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Have a look at these 2 services:  
pub.flatFile.generate:getFFDictionaryAsXML  
pub.flatFile.generate:saveXMLAsFFDictionary

You can try saving the schema as xml and creating the Dictionary xml from it and then using the get service to read it.

Worth a try if you absolutely need to do this.

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/9 "2005-04-01T19:42:28Z")

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Thanks chris

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/question-regarding-flatfiles/108676/10 "2021-04-02T15:05:19Z")

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