QUIZ maximum record length confined by maximum poage width

Ken Langendock Ken@Langendock.com
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:13:49 -0500 (EST)


If you are using quiz to export data, don't forget to
set the page length to 0, otherwise quiz will add a
few form feeds in for you as well.

If you can keep the record width under 255, here is
what I use.

  SET REPORT DEVICE DISC &
             NOLIMIT &
             SPACING 1 &
             NAME filename &
        PAGE WIDTH 255 &
             LENGTH 0 &
      NOHEAD &
      NOBLANKS

If you can't keep it under 255, use QTP and a portable
subfile. Specifying the NODICTIONARY option makes it a
true data file....but remember to either fix the
fields or delimit them using something like a pipe
"|". I have found it doesn't usually appear in anyones
data.