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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=328512521-09062005>No, I
don't believe that you can get Quiz to go beyond 256 / 263.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=328512521-09062005>Why do
you need the numbers formatted?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=328512521-09062005>One
potential area to examine is using Qtp to write to a <STRONG>portable
subfile</STRONG>. I haven't done this for more than a decade, but if
memory serves me correctly, the data format on a portable subfile is some sort
of display format. That probably won't give you commas between your
thousands, but it may give you enough to work with. I.E., you may get
"995323.17" - I don't think you'll get "995,323.17".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=328512521-09062005><FONT
size=2>Guy L. Werry<BR>Senior Systems Analyst<BR>Hudson Bay Mining &
Smelting Co., Limited. </FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Tremblay.Pierre-McLeod@hydro.qc.ca
[mailto:Tremblay.Pierre-McLeod@hydro.qc.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 09,
2005 4:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> To
Quiz or not to Quiz...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Hi everybody, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I'm trying to extract powerhouse data to
an ASCII file keeping the correct dictionary picture format.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Using Quiz, everything is OK, it's like a
report, so the numbers are formatted according to the dictionary format
without having to specify a picture for every field. Good!
But, I cannot exceed the 263 characters barrier for a record. It wraps
the line. ... hum... too bad...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Using QTP, I don't have the wraparound
problem but the format of the fields is catastrophic. Presented as they
are stored on file, without any decimal format, the numbers are
useless. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>There is certainly a way to create records
more than 263 characters long in Quiz or to use the dictionary format in QTP
?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Surely I'm missing something.... ?
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I'm talking about powerhouse 7.10.E
sitting on a vax computer running OpenVMS 6.2</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Thank's ! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Best regards.</FONT> </P>
<P><U><B><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2></FONT></B> <FONT
face="Trebuchet MS"
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</FONT></U><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Pierre McLeod Tremblay</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Consultant T.I. / I.T. Consultant</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>pmcleod@videotron.ca</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>819.263.0791 fax: 819.263.0792</FONT> <BR><I><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>My french is better than my english. Sorry
for the Frenglish...</FONT></I> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>