qie.createHL7Message

Signature: qie.createHL7Message(field*, comp*, repeat*, escape*, subComp*, segDel*, encoding*)

Returns: HL7 Message message - the newly created message object

Replace the current message with an empty HL7 formatted message.

Note

Calling qie.createHL7Message() with no parameters creates a new HL7 message using the default delimiters.

Note

The return value MUST ALWAYS be assigned to the bound-in message object.

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Default
String	field*	(optional) the HL7 field delimiter character	`
String	comp*	(optional) the HL7 field component delimiter character	^
String	repeat*	(optional) the HL7 field value repeat character	~
String	escape*	(optional) the HL7 escape character	\
String	subComp*	(optional) the HL7 field sub-component character	&
String	segDel*	(optional) the HL7 segment delimiter specified in hexadecimal ('0D' or 'OA') or ascii ('\r' or '\n')	0D
String	encoding*	(optional) the character encoding for this message	Source Node encoding

Example

// Define the separators for the HL7 message
var field = '|';        // Field separator
var comp = '^';         // Component separator
var repeat = '~';       // Repetition separator
var escape = '\\';      // Escape character
var subComp = '&';      // Subcomponent separator
var segDel = '\r';      // Segment delimiter
var encoding = 'UTF-8'; // Encoding

// Create a basic HL7 message
message = qie.createHL7Message(field, comp, repeat, escape, subComp, segDel, encoding);