INPUTC Process

To access this process:

Enter "INPFIL" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.
Display the Find Command screen, locate INPFIL and click Run.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

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.

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.

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

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

Example

!INPUTC &OUT(MACRO1)

SYSFILE><return>

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

Error and Warning Messages

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