Re: [Gnumed-devel] Mirth setup, versions etc was Lab importing ...

[Dave Cramer]

James,

On 31-Jan-08, at 3:21 AM, James Busser wrote:

> On 23-Jan-08, at 1:49 PM, Dave Cramer wrote:
>
> > My first task is to get it from XML to HL7.
> >
> > I am using Mirth 1.7 and I get an error SerializerFactory not found  
> > when trying to convert from XML to HL7
>
> Not that the following are correct but, after hiccups I did manage  
> to get Mirth running on Mac, so just wondered, after you selected  
> Channels / New channel:
>
> - in the first pane (Summary) had you set Incoming data to "XML"  
> because, although the setting defaults to HL7 2.x which my data  
> contains, that data is, as you already pointed out, XML-wrapped
>
> - did your attempt to convert involve your having selected, from the  
> Scripts tab, "Convert XML to HL7"?
I did try that, but my attempt was limited to reading a file in and  
writing it out. It read everything in and wrote everything out.

To be honest I'm not particularly enthused about this project. It  
appears to be "here's the code" but if you want any help at all , pay  
us.


> I noticed when I clicked in the left navbar of the Mirth  
> administrator "Help on this topic" I was taken to the following page
>
>         
> http://www.mirthproject.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wiki&Itemid=44&id=channeleditor
>
> which said
>
> 	If the channel receives messages pre-encoded in XML rather than ER7  
> then ‘Channel will receive XML pre-encoded HL7 messages’ should be  
> checked.
>
> but no such checkbox is apparent in 1.7... I have posted a remark to  
> that effect in the "discussion" portion of their wiki page.