HL7 language support for Visual Studio Code

Features

Syntax coloring

• Segments and field separators are highlighted for easy interpretation.

Tokenize Line Command

• Move the cursor to a line that you wish to tokenize.
• F1 -> HL7: Tokenize Line
• Line will be split into fields with the ordinal and definition

Filter Segment Command

• Move the cursor to a line that you wish to filter.
• F1 -> HL7: Filter Segment
• A new file will be created containing only segments that match the current line.

Installation

Visual Studio Code

Press F1 and enter the ext install hl7 command.

Manual Installation

Clone the GitHub repository under your local extensions folder:

• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions
• Mac / Linux: $HOME/.vscode/extensions

Important: Make sure you run the following commands to initialize the repository submodules:

$> git submodule init
$> git submodule update

Issues / Feature requests

You can submit your issues and feature requests on the GitHub issues page.

More information

• vscode-hl7 on the Visual Studio Marketplace