Segment combining and splitting
The A
segment is an addendum segment for the
preceding segment. The maximum length of a segment, including the segment separator, is
220 characters. For any segment beyond this size, one or more A
segments must be used. There are two situations where this restriction
is relevant:
- During parsing, before
translation, of an HPRIM message, each
A
segment is combined with its preceding segment. - During encoding, after
translation, of an HPRIM message, any segment exceeding the maximum length limit is
split into as many
A
segments as necessary.
The
C
segment is a comment segment for the preceding
segment, which can display at any level of the hierarchy. This segment is
removed from message before translation. This is implemented in the
preProcessHMD TCL procedure.
Note: Creating a
C
segment is not supported. To keep the comment, you
must create a variant to work around.