Message definition files
The message definition files are similar to those used for UN/EDIFACT. The NCPDP Formulary and Benefit files are stored in an ncpdpfab directory tree under formats.
These files are used to define the format:
- datatypes: Primitive data types for fields.
- fields: One line defining each field.
- segments.idx: One line summarizing each segment.
- segments/*: One file defining each segment. The file name is the segment identifier.
- messages.idx: One line summarizing each message.
- messages/*: One file defining each message. The file name is the same as the message name.
Note: The datatypes file is in the root\formats\ncpdpfab folder. All others
are in the site\formats\ncpdpfab
folder.