BEGIN

The BEGIN command begins a new interchange.

Syntax:

Command	Keyword	Value	Developer notes for Command/Keyword/Value
BEGIN	SEF	value	Mandatory. File path.
	INTERCHANGE	*X12	Mandatory.
		*EDIFACT
		*TRADCOM
	SEGMENT_DELIMITER	value	Optional.
	ELEMENT_DELIMITER	value	Optional.
	COMPOSITE_DELIMTER	value	Optional.
	DECIMAL	value	Optional.
	ESCAPE	value	Optional.
	ENCODING	value	Optional. Default. ISO8859_1.
	IDENTIFIER	value	Optional.