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tomtom
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Hi

I have a rtf text file that I read with a suffix:fix master
containing 1 field

FILE=OffertMall, SUFFIX=FIX
SEGNAME=ROOT_SEG, SEGTYPE=S1, $
FIELD=FIELD1, ALIAS=FIELD1, USAGE=A256, ACTUAL=A256, $

In a define I would like to concatenate the text (FIELD1) with '")' at the end.
My problem is that sometimes a row from the file ends with a blank,
sometimes it doesn't (Can FOCUS recognize that in a text file ?).
The rows can be of different length.

I need to preserve the last blank in the concatenation when it's there.
I finally write the rows on a new file.
It should look like this when it's done.

abcdefg ")
hijklmn asd s sdasdasd")
jdfjj sdasdas ")
asdadadasda")

Any help appreciated !
regards
/T
 
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smiths
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Concatenate with the | character. This should preserve the trailing spaces. To remove trailing spaces, concatenate with ||.

Sean


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hammo1j
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WF Wont recognise a trailing blank for A256 field because this assumes that all fields are padded out to length 256 with blanks.

If the file is variable length this master will not work. Try a delimited file and A256V type fields since it should recognise cf lf as the end of the record.


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I had to specify variable length in my filedef for blank spaces at the end of my fields to be perserved. I could not get it to work with variable length records when computing/defining the fields so I set the LRECL to my largest record. In my program I actually build a flat file one row at a time appending to my file that I have filedef'd. Here is a snippet of my code -- hope it helps:

FILEDEF EMPSAV DISK /opt/ibi/webfocus/ibi/apps/allhlds/EMPSAV.FTM (LRECL 68 RECFM V


DEFINE FILE EMPHLD
BLSPC1/A1 = ' ';
BLSPC2/A2 = ' ';
BLSPC4/A4 = ' ';
BLSPC15/A15 = ' ';
A_FILLER/A10 = ' ';
B_FILLER/A9 = '000000000';
END
TABLE FILE EMPHLD
PRINT PLAN_NBR NOPRINT
COMPUTE RECID/A61 = PLAN_NBR | BLSPC2 | EMP_SSN | '04' | '1' | EMP_STREET_LINE1 | BLSPC1 ;
BY PLAN_NBR
BY EMP_CODE
BY EMP_SSN
BY PAY_FREQ
ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
ON TABLE SAVE AS EMPSAV FORMAT ALPHA
END
 
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tomtom
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Thanks for your suggestions,
but I haven't manage to solve the problem yet.

It should be possible somehow to read a row until cr lf.

regards

/Tomas
 
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