Character Mapping for Data

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Character mapping for incoming data files can be changed via the data layout file drive:\ELIXIR\PRNSYS\DATAIN\filename.ini.

For releases prior to 4.00, add the following entry to the section ( [DataBlockType=xx]) in the data layout file:

SourceKmp=kmp-name

where kmp-nameis the name of a .KMP file that matches the mapping of the existing data.

Opus/Crocodoc will translate the incoming data from the kmp-namemapping to the Windows 1252 character map.

Note: there is a feature within Opus/Crocodoc that will also allow a "target" KMP to be specified ("TargetKmp=kmp-name") that will override the default Windows 1252 map, but this only applies to Elixir bitmapped fonts (.HDR) - it does not affect TrueType or Type1 fonts. Due to this limitation, the use of this option is discouraged.