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Who knew Softshare’s little EDI utility would find its way to Iceland? Or Tunisia? Ecuador even. Apparently, a good EDI editor knows no geographical boundaries because, since Softshare made EDI Notepad available as a free download from our Web site, more than 51,000 people around the world have put this intuitive EDI editing tool to work for them.
EDI Notepad is certainly deserving of its worldly status. Supporting ANSI X12, EDIFACT, and TRADACOMS standards, it’s the ultimate EDI editor, providing all those clever features you’ve always wanted when viewing, validating, and editing your EDI transactions.
Intuitive Viewing Modes
EDI is not a visually friendly data format. Distracting delimiters and ambiguously named segments make it difficult to read. EDI Notepad's HTML rendering signficantly improves readability by translating the native EDI into attractive business documents with data descriptions and headings. In addition to its HTML view, EDI Notepad also has structured EDI (for easy editing), text, and hex views.
Syntax Validation
A missing element or out-of-place character can cause an entire EDI transaction to be rejected. In EDI Notepad, the offending error is immediately identified with a visual highlight and, if desired, a detailed error report. Once the error is found, it's easily corrected using EDI Notepad's edit tools.
Editing & Building EDI
We’re not kidding when we call Softshare EDI Notepad the ultimate EDI editor. Using EDI Notepad’s edit tools, you can extensively manipulate your EDI files—or even build EDI documents from scratch.
Acknowledgment Generation
EDI Notepad can generate and send compliant functional acknowledgments for any EDI envelopes opened in its interface. Because of this capability, companies who only need to generate acknowledgments in response to their trading partner's arriving EDI documents could potentially use EDI Notepad as their sole EDI solution.
System Requirements
To install EDI Notepad, you need an IBM-compatible system running Windows XP or above with 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended) and 50 MB of free disk space. EDI Notepad can be uninstalled using Microsoft Windows' Add or Remove Programs tool.
A Little History...
Softshare originally developed EDI Notepad as an in-house tool for its programmers and customer service representatives. But we quickly realized its value to clients and began bundling it with our various software applications in 1999. Today, EDI Notepad ships with both Softshare Delta and ECS so that our customers may more easily work with the various EDI documents that they translate and transmit as part of their integration operations.
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