FFAPI: What to Watch for When Building an FFAPI File

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit: FFAPI for Gateways and Applications, version 3.0

The most common problem encountered when building a File Format Application Programming Interface (FFAPI) file is specifying the wrong line termination character. This is usually identified by error 144, "Unable to partition line %s".

FFAPI looks for a carriage return (<CR>) by default. If the line termination character used in the file is <CR><LF> or just <LF>, FFAPI will have problems parsing the line.

To ensure that FFAPI will parse the file correctly, make sure FFAPI knows what line termination character is being used. To specify this, use the -F parameter on the command line, according to the following format:

   Character  Parameter
   ---------  ---------

   <CR>       -F0
   <LF>       -F1
   <CR><LF>   -F2

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit Application File Format API"

"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Software Development Kit Gateway File Format API"