We have obtained a CD of our county's registered voters. The information that came with it said that it was a DOS file containing data that has a fixed length for each record (AKA Standard Data Format); that in each record the fields appear in pre-determined positions (as described on an accompanying layout sheet); and that to use it in a database, this file needs to be imported after the databse file (*table*), with relevant fields, has been built. The layout sheet assigns a (presumably, beginning) numerical place for each field and similar numerical designation (width?) for the field. I assume that this is a very well-known type of file, but I am at a loss how to set up File Maker to import it? Can FMP import this file or what database can?
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