Variable length subfiles.

[Mike Palandri]

Dave,

You might try "FORMAT VARIABLE" in your FDL when you convert the subfile to
force it to variable format.  Create a new FDL using:
$anal/rms/fdl FILENAME.SF

Then edit FILENAME.FDL and replace 
FORMAT                  fixed
with
FORMAT                  variable.

Then convert your file using the new FDL:

convert/fdl=FILENAME.FDL FILENAME.SF NEWFILENAME.TXT




At 04:19 PM 01/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello, fellow powerhouserites.
>
>I need to create a pipe-delimited ascii file.  It also needs to be
>variable length.  problem is, when I output a subfile in quiz, it
>creates a fixed-length file.  If I convert the file, VMS adds extra
>spaces so the file is, essentially, still fixed-length.  I think that I
>can do it if I define the file in the dictionary, but I'd like to avoid
>this.
>
>I'm using:
>OpenVMS V6.2-1H3
>PowerHouse 8.10.C2
>
>Any suggestions/ideas?
>
>Dave McKenzie
>TradePoint Systems, LLC
>(603) 889-3200 x275
>
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Mike