Kbase P4567: Using PUT UNFORMATTED To Write Fixed Length Record Results In Record Being One Character Too Short
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
15/10/2008 |
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Status: Verified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Windows 32 Intel
Windows NT 32 Intel/Windows 2000
SYMPTOM(s):
Using PUT UNFORMATTED <x> SKIP command
Records in output file are not correct length
CAUSE:
Using the PUT UNFORMATTED <x> AT <y> command to place a space in the last position of a record to ensure that a fixed length record is written is resulting in a fixed length record that is one character less than the length that is expected.
FIX:
Ensure that the code that is outputting the space is as follows:
PUT UNFORMATTED " " AT 320 SKIP
instead of the following:
PUT UNFORMATTED "" AT 320
The difference between the two statements is that the first one outputs a one character long string that contains a space and the second one outputs a zero length string.