Also, seems like when a record size of a file gets small ... 8 characters or
less, it seems to want
to see it as a numbered file and you always have to text it in unnumbered.
Seems like something a
little better could have been done in this area. One bit on or off in the
file header to identify
this condition.
                Tom Hula
                Victor S. Barnes Company

|Behalf Of Jim Brust
|It has been mentioned that QEdit, Print, and others 'Seem' to be able to
|determine if a file is numbered or not.  The reason I put seem in quotes is
|that it all of these miss from time to time.  If you have a file with eight
|digit numbers that start out in ascending order at the end of each
|record all
|of these tools assume that the file is number and treat them that
|way.   These
|same tools complain if those numbers start getting out of order unless you
|tell the tool that the file is unnumbered.  You can test this by creating a
|simple file of:
|  A0000000001
|  B0000000002
|  C0000000003
|  D0000000004
|  E0000000005
|  F0000000006
|
|And then keeping unnumbered with a record size of 10.  The text
|the file back
|in.  The file will look like:
|  A0
|  B0
|  C0
|  D0
|  E0
|  F0
|
|Then if you text the file in unnumbered then file will look like what you
|entered.  For farther fun add:
|  H000000010
|  I0000000009
|  J0000000008
|
|Keep unnumbered and see what happens when you text the file back in.

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