[MT-L] Report Writter Question: Reading MTDD DATA

[Brower, John C]

Platform: C\S 5.64

I'm trying to pull mtdd data from PCM using %MIS.MTDD.print.ext but keep
getting the error "Invalid file location". There are 3 KB article about
this programm - 37017, 36125 and 36375.

Data field: PCM.DOC.AUDIT.mtdd.raw @mtdd.raw.line

Has anybody successfully used this program before with PCM data?

Thanks

Thanks
John Brower

johnb...@mhd.com
Methodist Health System
Sr. System Analyst
214-947-1903

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[Joe Cocuzzo]

This email that I sent to my staff recently might be helpful.

The example shows a move of the MTDD data into a temp structure before calling the conversion program, and passing a destination for the converted text. You can also call it and pass it a permanent structure, but you have to be VERY CAREFUL to pass a different target or you will strip all the graphics with the utility and file the change right back in the Meditech permanent data, which would be bad.

Converting MTDD text to plain text:

Don't be fooled by the temptingly named MIS.MTDD.mtdd.to.plain.txt as that does not work (it reformats line widths, but does not strip fonts or graphics).

The program you want is %MIS.MTDD.print.ext.mtdd.to.txt This program has a lot of code to strip font info and also the various strange ways MT imbeds graphics at the top of report files.

HOWEVER, the documentation at the top of the program, with arguments A,B,C,D, etc is ENTIRELY WRONG.

What you need to do is queue the arguments as follows into /MTDD.LCL

{mtx.source.type,mtx.target.type,local.source,local.target,local.target.type,local.line.len,local.source.storage,local.target.storage},

So if your MTDD text is in /SOURCE and you want to convert to /TARGET

DO{@Next(lt.text.urn) @lt.text^/SOURCE[LN+1^LN]},
{"","",^/SOURCE,^/TARGET,"",80}^/MTDD.LCL,
%MIS.MTDD.print.ext.mtdd.to.txt(""),

The documentation says that the default width is 80, that is wrong also. If you don't pass in a line length you get the file broken into individual words.

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[Brower, John C]

Joe, thanks for your assistance. That worked great.

DETAIL SEGMENT: documents

HK1.MACRO
""^mtdd.raw.q^LN,
DO{@Next(mtdd.raw.q) @mtdd.raw.line^/SOURCE[LN+1^LN]},

{"","",^/SOURCE,^/TARGET,"",80}^/MTDD.LCL,
%MIS.MTDD.print.ext.mtdd.to.txt(""),

END

ON DETAIL LINE
ECB=""^AA,
ECB=DO{+/TARGET[AA]^AA .,
ECE=.},

xx.raw.mtdd
DAT=FREE
JFY=L
LEN=80
VAL=/TARGET[AA]

Thanks
John Brower

Methodist Health System
Sr. System Analyst
214-947-1903

{mtx.source.type,mtx.target.type,local.source,local.target,local.target.
type,local.line.len,local.source.storage,local.target.storage},

Platform: C\S 5.64

Data field: PCM.DOC.AUDIT.mtdd.raw @mtdd.raw.line

Thanks

Thanks
John Brower

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