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X9.37 to/from Comma Separated Variable File (CSV)

How do you support loading a database?

The X9.37 file has variable length image data plus known length text data. The image files are all placed into a subdirectory. A CSV file is built from the text data and the variable length data is replaced with a pointer to the file name. Each field from the 9.37 file is now a fixed length comma separated field in the CSV file.

If the image data is in separate files in a separate directory, can I use standard viewers to look at images?

Yes. It is also easy to use the CSV file to build your own viewer into an application.

How do you create an X9.37 file from a database?

Create a CSV file using the same format as the one created by the IRDLIB software. This means that image files are referenced by a pointer in the CSV file.

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