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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Running filepro 5.8 on windows10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Creating ascii fixed length file for IRS which must be 750 characters<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Using export ascii fil = C:\appl\test-file. R=\N -X it creates the file required<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To check the file, I created a non-filepro file linked to the file C:\appl\test-file which is 1 field, 752,* instead of 750<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It loads the data to view and verify. Had to add 2 characters to the non-filepro fixed length file to view the data file otherwise it wraps the records.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are the extra 2 characters “-|” it loads at the end of the file a carriage return and line feed or what are they and how do they affect the length of the data file?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John McNaughton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>