Variable length subfiles.

[Robert J.M. Edis]

G'day Dave

Create a FDL file that describes your subfile as variable length.  Then use
CONVERT/FDL=fdlfile subfile.sf datafile.dat.  You can create the FDL file by
ANALYSE/RMS/FDL subfile.sf and then edit the resulting subfile.fdl with eve
(or whatever).

You can use ANALYSE/RMS on the file to check its attributtes after the
conversion.

Blue 

-----Original Message-----
From: McKenzie, Dave
To: 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
Sent: 1/24/00 4:19 PM
Subject: Variable length subfiles.

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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