Hi, Pat,
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried putting an Alt-255 character and the file
created by the report actually has a character number 255 (Hex FF) rather than
a null. I tried the Alt-0, and it doesn't do anything, unfortunately. All the
Alt-x work, except the Alt-zero. Does you know of any other way to enter
characters by ascii number? such as maybe by modifying the printer map, etc?
Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Riley
To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 19:40
Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Question about creating a file with "Null" character
init
Laurie, I believe you can type a null character by holding
down the Alt key and then pressing 2+5+5 (in that sequence)
on your numeric key pad.
This typed value (displays as a space character) could be
placed in an RV and used to compare to or concatenate to
other strings.
Pat Riley
505-797-9072
At 06:51 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
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
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