Hi Bruce, Fixed.str or Fixit.str - got copy of fixit.str that was packaged with dp23/apps - is that the one you mean?
Regards Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dataperfect Users Discussion Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2007 14:51 Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Question about creating a file with "Null" characterin it > Hi Laurie, > > I know that this is possible because I have done it in the past. > Unfortunately, all of my older machines are broken, and I can't find it. > It was in a database named FIXED.STR which I distributed widely many > years ago, and demonstrated in a one of the DataPerfect conferences held > on the WordPerfect campus. The database generated an executable program > to convert a fixed-width file into a delimited file for import purposes. > Maybe someone else on the list still has a copy of it. I'll keep looking... > > I think that I defined one of the control characters to be null/zero, > but don't remember how I did it... > > Best wishes, > Bruce > > Laurie Corvacho wrote: > > Hello, all, > > > > I am trying to use a DataPerfect report to create a file which needs to > > contain (among other things) null characters. How can you get a > > DataPerfect Report to print a null character as part of a text field in > > a formula? Alt-n works for other ASCII characters, but not the > > null/zero. (I searched my DP mail folder but didn't find a relevant > > answer regarding this from prior group e-mails. Is there a way to > > search the mailing list archives on the dataperfect.nl website?) I also > > can create a printer code with the null in it, but I really need to be > > able to use it in a formula. > > > > If all else fails, is there a way to import one into a field in a record > > where it can be used, such as the way to use the begin and end Bold and > > Underline codes, as I think it was Ralph explained how to do so long ago? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Laurie > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
