Greetings all.
I'm working an issue in which our W2 files are being rejected by the U.S.
government because the "records" are not 512 bytes long. After burning a
couple of hours on investigative techniques I won't bore you with or
embarrass myself with, I'll tell you that indeed the records are NOT 512
bytes, but are 500 bytes. The last 12 bytes of each line (required by the
specification) are being stripped off at some point when before the file is
written to the disc.
I start with this routine:
SET VAR vBLANK = (CHAR(32))
CLEAR VAR vRECORD
SET VAR vRECORD TEXT
SET VAR vRECORD = (SFIL(.vBLANK,512))
And then use SPUT to place the various data items in their required position.
The last piece written is a "P" at position 500. Positions 501 - 512 should
be blanks, as created by the SFIL above, but instead are being stripped off.
Any idea why?
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Anvil Corporation Business Services
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