Good Morning

Quick question:

How can I right pad a text field with blank spaces? I want to export a number of fields in that way.

Thank you

Hi Clare.

There is a number of ways to achieve this.

As you are still using DataEase 8.2 I have to be a little careful as a lot of the best features just came in 8.5 (free upgrade).

It also depends on which method you are using for exporting.

If you are using the exportdata directly in form you need to create a virtual field that format the number.

You can then use FixedWidth() which was introduced in 8.0.

http://www.dataease.com/DG3_BlogList/?ParentID=000...

You then simply create a virtual field with the derivation/formatting you desire and export that field instead of the original field.

You can do the same in a traditional DQL export by using a text variable in the DQL 

define "Mynumber" text .
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MyNumber := Fixedwidth(NumberField,2,10) .
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list records
MyNumer ;
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.export 
etc

But the best way is to use MemoExecDQL() with body and then export it ready formatted the way you want it (like DFD).

http://www.dataease.com/dg3_HelpView/?PageID=10340&field1=*MemoExecDQL*