Files downloaded from head office must conform to the file layouts contained in this section. This section lists each file name and type, together with the related format information for each. Please note that all fields are separated by a comma and each record is terminated with a carriage return/line feed.

If the Update Type is set to 99 in any transaction type files, this feature deletes the corresponding file at the POS and builds a new file. Update types 1 and Add can be used interchangeably, as can update types 2 and Modify. In the case of an update type 2, if the record does not exist then it is added to the database. In the case of an update type 1, if the record already exists then it is modified.

Files enclosed within square brackets (that is “[ ]”) can be processed as ASCII files at the POS. As a result, the ASCII to Binary conversion utilities do not have to be run.