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|    Michael Israel to All    |
|    Re: Flimport Mystery    |
|    17 Jan 07 13:36:02    |
      From: mike@liny.com              Another approach is to import the file into Excel and see what appears.        You can use the text to columns choice in the menu and drag the ruler       for a fixed length file to fit the columns.              > Using PdoxDOS 4.5, trying to import a text file with 13000 lines in nice,       > orderly columns, 95 chars per line. This is not rocket surgery - I've been       > doing this for years. This time, however, I run the import and get this:       >       > Action = Overwrite       > 0 records processed       > Import Complete       > 1 Records Imported       > 0 Errors Detected       >       > Press any key to continue....       >       > Checking the resulting table, I find just one record. Makes no sense, but       > here's a clue. If I open the source text file (in WinEdit) and go to the end       > of any line (using the END key), I find I'm at column 96. But, if I use       > Flimport to check record length, it shows a result of 32500. Very odd. Any       > thoughts on this issue?       >       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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