Process Help INPUTC - input text file with 80 characters per record

 

Process Name	Menu Path	Link to Command Table
INPUTC	Data ribbon | Transfer | Text | Input Text Data	Click here

 

• Introduction

• Files, Fields and Parameters

• Notes

• Example

• Errors

Introduction

Creates a text file of standard form, with 80 characters per record. The Data Definition is set up automatically to contain a single alphanumeric field of length 20 words (80 characters) with the fieldname T.

How to use

The data may optionally be read from a system file external to the database. This is useful to set up character files e.g. macros - which have been created outside a database.

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Files, Fields and Parameters

Input Files

Name

Description

I/O Status

Required

Type

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
OUT	Output	Yes	Table	File to be created.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default	Range	Values
PRINT	>=1 to display each record (0).	No	0	0,1	0,1

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Notes

Blank lines within the external file will be loaded correctly (as far as the record count is concerned) but will be ignored in all processing, as blank is absent data within a text field.  

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Example

!INPUTC &OUT(MACRO1)

SYSFILE><return>

TEXT >!start mymac<return>
TEXT >!list &in($1)<return>
TEXT >!end<return>
TEXT >!!<return>

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Error and Warning Messages

Message	Description	Solution
>>>  SYSTEM FILE DOES NOT EXIST <<<	The named file does not exist. Fatal; the process is exited.

 

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