Damon: 32 is a "soft" blank. 255 is a "hard" blank, so try that one.
Karen > 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? > > > >
