Fw: Export file and the use of Append -a

[Dennis Malen]

Bob,

I will keep all of them left justified even if the value is numeric or does
that matter?

aa(10,*);bb(5,*);cc(8,*) etc

Any one of those fields could be numeric in filepro but I will left justify
or are you suggesting that if I know the field is numeric to use xx(8,.2).
The lengths of all the fields are identified by the length of the dummy
fields. So does it matter if it is justified left or right as long as that
is what the client expects?

Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stockler" <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Export file and the use of Append -a


> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 03:07:28PM -0400, Dennis Malen wrote:
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
> | To: "Bob Stockler" <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
> | Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:06 PM
> | Subject: Re: Export file and the use of Append -a
> |
> |
> | > Bob,
> | >
> | > Thanks for the reply. Only question is the set up of out(1). Can I use
> | dummy
> | > fields in the following manner:
> | >
> | > aa(10,*)=1,bb(5,*)=7
> | >
> | > out(1)=aa&bb&"\n"
> | >
> | > The length of the filepro file may not be what the client wanted and
they
> | > may be looking for a different length of field.
>
> Sure.  (But your example assumes left-justified fields.  Be careful.)
>
> Bob
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