Leading and trailing spaces in dataport

dolec

Hi,

In 2.60 I've written a dataport which reads a text into the text variables:

txtText1 1 250
txtText2 251 251
txtText3 502 251

The problem is that the dataport omits leading and trailing spaces in the text variables. So that if I write them back by command:

file.WRITE(FORMAT(txtText1,250)+FORMAT(txtText2,251)+txtText3);

The line is shorter and incorrect

Does anybody know how to avoid this problem?

Thanks

borsicsj

Hi,

maybe you should format the last string also. In my mind the command you described should be the following:

file.WRITE(FORMAT(txtText1,250)+FORMAT(txtText2,251)+format(txtText3,251));

This should be corrert for the system.

It's better to use a separated file instead of fixed length text. I always do this.


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quote="dolec"]Hi,

In 2.60 I've written a dataport which reads a text into the text variables:

txtText1 1 250
txtText2 251 251
txtText3 502 251

The problem is that the dataport omits leading and trailing spaces in the text variables. So that if I write them back by command:

file.WRITE(FORMAT(txtText1,250)+FORMAT(txtText2,251)+txtText3);

The line is shorter and incorrect

Does anybody know how to avoid this problem?

Thanks[/quote]

dolec

Thank you borsicsj,
but this can't solve the problem. The spaces are omitted just after the text is written into txtText1,..2,..3.

For example (can be inconveniently formatted by your browser):

input text = " aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff "
... in OnBeforeEvaluateField the variables have this values:
txtText1 = "aaa bbb"
txtText2 = "ccc ddd"
txtText3 = "eee fff"

... and I want to obtain this:

txtText1 = " aaaa bbb "
txtText2 = " ccc ddd "
txtText3 = " eee fff "


Thank you for your help

dolec

uuh!! again:


Thank you borsicsj,
but this can't solve the problem. The spaces are omitted just after the text is written into txtText1,..2,..3.

For example (can be inconveniently formatted by your browser):

input text = "        aaa bbb                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ccc ddd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 eee fff           "
... in OnBeforeEvaluateField the variables have this values:
txtText1 = "aaa bbb"
txtText2 = "ccc ddd"
txtText3 = "eee fff"

... and I want to obtain this:

txtText1 = "        aaaa bbb                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         "
txtText2 = "                            ccc ddd                                                                                                                                                                                                                       "
txtText3 = "          eee fff           "

Thank you for your help[/code]

heinsohn

Hi Dolec,

only an idea, have you already thought about the following:

before import : replace all space by a special-character?
and
after import : replace this special-character by space.

best regards

Rolf Heinsohn