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Table of contents

Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3

System requirements .......................................................................................... 4

Registration and Trial mode ................................................................................ 4

Configuration and Operation ............................................................................... 7

EULA ................................................................................................................ 9

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Introduction

column of the flat file. Consequently, the import/export script is the recipe allowing

ONIXEDIT to know how to convert, for example, an Excel file into an ONIX file or an ONIX

file into Excel.

The ONIXEDIT Import/Export tool with a Sample script defined

Once an import or export script is created, you must select the source/destination file and

click on the "Convert" button to get the result. This is, then, a manual process.

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ONIXEDIT Converter allows you to automatically apply an import or export script to a "hot

folder" where files to process are dropped without any human intervention.

As an example, if you receive ONIX files from your clients or partners and you want to

import some critical information to your legacy system that is able to read a simple

will process the new generated file.

ONIXEDIT Converter can process ONIX 2.1 and ONIX 3.0 files from and to flat files

providing that you define the corresponding ONIXEDIT import or export scripts. Moreover,

ONIXEDIT Converter is able to deal with very huge metadata files and does not need to

load it completely in memory to process it. Consequently, you can operate it on a regular

Windows station (see System requirements for details). ONIXEDIT Converter can also

convert ONIX 2.1 files into ONIX 3.0.

System requirements

ONIXEDIT Converter must be purchased as an option of one of the following licenses:

· ONIXEDIT Pro

· Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

· Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)

· Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (x64)

· Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)

· Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (x64)

· Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (x64)

ONIXEDIT Converter requires a computer with 2 cores @ 2GHz or higher with at least

4096 MB of RAM.

Also, ONIXEDIT Converter requires Internet access for registration or updating of the user

license.

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When you launch ONIXEDIT Converter for the first time, the following registration window

will appear:

www.onixedit.com. After login, just go in "My Account/Upgrade and Renew" section and

click on "Buy ONIXEDIT" if you don't have it or "Add other services" if you have ONIXEDIT

without the required options.

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Once you have all the required options, all you have to do is register ONIXEDIT Converter

using the same email and serial number as the one received by email after you bought

ONIXEDIT or ONIXEDIT Converter.

Trial mode

You can also launch ONIXEDIT Converter in trial mode. To do so, you just have to click on

the Trial button without having to enter your email and serial number:

When launched in trial mode, ONIXEDIT Converter will work for 10 minutes and will close

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Configuration and Operation

ONIXEDIT Converter will remember your settings next time you will launch it.

The first folder, ONIXEDIT Scripts Folder, is where you will place your ONIXEDIT

import/export scripts. You can copy as many import/export scripts (2.1 or 3.0) as you want

that you will drop in the Input folder. You can also organize the scripts folder in sub-folders.

Using sub-folders allows you to decide which import/export script to apply. Each sub-folder

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must be paired with a corresponding sub-folder having the same name in the Input folder.

The second folder is the Input Folder. It is where you or an automated process will place

the metadata files to convert. This folder is usually empty.

The Output Folder is where the files converted by ONIXEDIT Converter will be generated

when a metadata file will be dropped in the Input folder. If you drop an ONIX file (2.1 or 3.0),

you will get, as a result, a flat file (CSV, tabulated, fixed length or Excel) based on the type

If a flat file is dropped in the Input folder (or sub-folders), it will be converted using each

ONIXEDIT import/export script provided from the corresponding scripts folder or sub-

folder. That is, if you provide 2.1 and 3.0 scripts, you will get, as a result, an ONIX 2.1 file

and an ONIX 3.0 file, providing that the flat file dropped is compatible with the scripts.

Otherwise, it will be moved to the error folder.

Other options:

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Under the folders settings, you will find 4 other options:

Check option #1 to automatically convert ONIX 2.1 into ONIX 3.0 files using our generic

embedded translator.

Check option #2 to delete files dropped in Input folder after processing. By default, the

input file is moved to the Output folder.

for you. If something goes wrong, a notice will appear in the message box and ONIXEDIT

Converter will stop automatically:

If everything is OK, you will see "Waiting for files..." in the message box. This means that

ONIXEDIT Converter is ready to work.

EULA

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. THIS IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT

ONIXEDIT, ONIXEDIT Pro, ONIXEDIT Converter and ONIXEDIT Server Edition are

protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual

property laws and treaties. Those SOFTWARE PRODUCTS are licensed, not sold.