Defination to delimited question

[Bob Bushley (Burbank)]

I and outputing to a portable subfile

SET SUBFILE NAME CYCLEBASETXT NODICT PORTABLE KEEP                 
SET REPORT SPACING 0

my elements define example is

DEFINE EDUS CHAR*10 = ""                       ;* 1. EDI - User ID
String 10       
DEFINE EDBT CHAR*15 = ""                       ;* 2. EDI - Batch Number
String 15       
DEFINE EDTN CHAR*22 = ""                       ;* 3. EDI - Transaction
Number             String 22       
DEFINE EDLN CHAR*7  = ""                       ;* 4. EDI - Line Number
Number 7,7[3]   
DEFINE EDCT CHAR*2  = ""                       ;  5. EDI - Document Type
String 2        
DEFINE TYTN CHAR*8  =  "JDECYCLE"              ;  6. Type - Transaction
String 8        
DEFINE EDFT CHAR*10 = ""                       ;  7. EDI - Translation
Format             String 10       
DEFINE EDDT CHAR*6  = ""                       ;  8. EDI - Transmission Date
Date   6        
DEFINE DRIN CHAR*1  = "1"                      ;  9. Direction Indicator
Characte 1      
DEFINE SEPC     Character*6      = ";"


REPORT sum TAB 1 &
EDUS &
SEPC &
EDBT &
SEPC &
EDTN &
SEPC &
EDLN &
SEPC &
EDCT &
SEPC &
TYTN &
SEPC &
EDFT &
SEPC &
EDDT &
SEPC &
DRIN     

I am creating a data conversion file, my output looks like

          ;                    ;                           ;            ;
;     JDECYCLE;               ;           ;     1

except for the 1st field all the rest have an extra 5 characters. WHY? How
do I get rid of these characters or must I tab every element?
I have 45 elements in this conversion file. I have appx. 15 conversion files
tabbing would be a nitemare. AND I have more files to create!

Thank You!

Bob Bushley


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