Dataport : Break exported dataset into several files of 2MB each

Latoya

Hi guys,

I'm working with NAV Classic , I'm exporting data with a dataport, I need it to export data but break the data into .txt files of 2MB each. Lets say and full export would be 10MBS, this should be exported as 5 files of 2MB each.

Please help.

Belias

The most straightforward solution is to create the entire file, check his LEN and split it into files of 2048 len.
Things to keep in mind:
- every time you use the WRITE instruction in your code, you write a line followed by crlf...consider 2 additional bytes every WRITE instruction (plus one byte per character).
- i assume you will write the files with TEXTMODE(TRUE). in this case, numbers are treated as text, otherwise they are written as numbers and they occupy 4 bytes. (check WRITE funciton in the help file)