EDI SDK

Full Control, Faster EDI Development

EDI SDK simplifies and accelerates EDI integration through transaction-specific, strongly-typed classes called EDI Objects. EDI Objects are easy to generate from X12 and EDIFACT schema files and provide an intuitive, object-oriented programming interface for developers to process EDI data. The SDK also includes lower-level core components that interact with EDI data directly and provide granular control.

EDI Objects: Clear, Easy EDI Integration Code

EDI Objects provide the most intuitive approach to EDI development. EDI Objects are classes generated from EDI schema files to represent individual document types and provide document-specific properties and methods. Instantiate these objects in code to interact with segments, loops, and elements without needing to parse strings, index elements, or manually track segments.

For example, syntax like the following can be used to read line item data from an EDI invoice:

EDIFACT edifact = new EDIFACT(); // Parse an EDIFACT file using EDI SDK edifact.Read(inputFile); if (edifact.Interchanges[0].Messages[0].Type == "INVOIC"){ // Create an INVOIC object to parse the EDI Invoice INVOIC invoic = (INVOIC)edifact.Interchanges[0].Messages[0]; // Process each Line Item Group to determine ordered quantities foreach (var linegroup in invoic.LINGroupList){ LineItem li = new LineItem(); var quantityDetails = linegroup.QTYList[0].QuantityDetails; if (quantityDetails.QuantityQualifier.CodeValueDesc == "Ordered quantity"){ // Use named properties to access line item data li.OrderedQty += quantityDetails.Quantity.Value; } } }

Writing EDI data is also simplified, as shown by this example of creating a line item in an order:

//Create an Order object ORDERS order = new ORDERS(); //Create a Line Item Group ORDERS.TLINGroup linGroup = new ORDERS.TLINGroup(); linGroup.LIN.LineItemNumber.Value = "1"; linGroup.LIN.ItemNumberIdentification.ItemNumber.Value = "12345"; //Add the Line Item Group to the Order order.LINGroupList.Add(linGroup);

Generate EDI Objects in Seconds

Generating EDI Objects takes just a few seconds using the command-line tools included with EDI SDK. Our guides for EDIFACT and X12 walk through the simple process of generating EDI Objects from EDI schema files.

Core Components for Low-Level EDI Processing

EDI Objects use EDI SDK's core components under-the-hood to process EDI documents, but these core components can also be used directly. These components handle syntax parsing, envelope processing, and validation through an event-driven model that ensures maximum granularity.

Core components can also be used for advanced operations like automatically generating acknowledgements and translating EDI documents to XML for custom code implementations.

Online Resources

• EDI Objects Guides
• X12 Objects Guide
• EDIFACT Objects Guide
• Core Components Guides
• EDIFACT Reader
• EDIFACT Translator
• EDIFACT Writer
• X12 Reader
• X12 Translator
• X12 Writer
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• Online Documentation
• Knowledge Base
• Software License