Bill,

You could also use SUPERTOOL's EXPORT.  It will take each field, strip
trailing blanks and put quotes and commas where needed.

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas M. Root [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:29 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] writing a PC type file - character stream - on
the 3000


On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:11:06 -0800, William L. Brandt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I already upload one fixed ASCII file with Reflection for processing with a
>PC Based zip code program.
>
>Now another program I will need will not process fixed length ASCII files.
<<snip>>

Bill,

Reflection normally strips trailing blanks when it transfers a file from
the 3000 to a PC so I suspect that the issue isn't whether the file has
fixed or variable length records but whether the data is in a fixed format
or delimited by commas or other characters.
If this is the case, you might consider writing a single, fixed format file
that includes delimiters.  Alternatively, if you already have a non-
delimited fixed format file, you could use the FORMAT= option of MPEX's
print command to insert delimiters around the fixed fields.

HTH,

Tom

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