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    Export a fixed length file

    Hi all

    I want to export a file to our accounts package (Sun Accounts) but the file format is very specific it is as follows
    Field Name Field Lenght
    Account No , 15
    period , 7
    invoice date ,10 "yyyymmdd+2
    a field , 15 (always M)
    net value , 18 (no decimal place 28.20 = 2820
    Debit , 2 (always D)
    a field , 5 (always "captn")
    a field , 15 (always "captn")
    invoice No , 15
    invoice , 25 (always word invoice)
    todays date , 8 "yyyymmdd"
    period , 251

    This is then repeated for our vat total

    The report is by ACCOUNT, DEPOT , NOMINAL CODE

    Has any body any idea how i can produce the file


    kind regards

    Andy

    #2
    Need a sample table

    This can be done fairly easily. Attach a sample and I'll work something up.

    I am attaching an example of a table approximately matching your specification and a script that will export the data to a file named test.txt in your c:\ root directory.

    Your description of the fields is somewhat vague and includes a duplication (2 fields named period with different lengths).

    Pay no attention to the database name. Just re-using something old.


    Originally posted by [email protected]
    Hi all

    I want to export a file to our accounts package (Sun Accounts) but the file format is very specific it is as follows
    Field Name Field Lenght
    Account No , 15
    period , 7
    invoice date ,10 "yyyymmdd+2
    a field , 15 (always M)
    net value , 18 (no decimal place 28.20 = 2820
    Debit , 2 (always D)
    a field , 5 (always "captn")
    a field , 15 (always "captn")
    invoice No , 15
    invoice , 25 (always word invoice)
    todays date , 8 "yyyymmdd"
    period , 251

    This is then repeated for our vat total

    The report is by ACCOUNT, DEPOT , NOMINAL CODE

    Has any body any idea how i can produce the file


    kind regards

    Andy
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 03-28-2006, 03:24 PM.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Hi Stan

      I will attach a sample of my main table where i would get the data from,

      I do not have a sample of the export file as i am at home at the moment but I will get it to you tomorrow

      The file that sun accounts requires does have the duplicate fields, the original program was written in Pick now D3 and i am trying to copy the layout so that it will import into our sun package.

      Stan i have not attached a single part of my dbase before which file extension would you need

      I will try your example and let you know how i get on

      Andy

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        #4
        Originally posted by [email protected]
        I will attach a sample of my main table where i would get the data from,
        - That's all I need.

        Originally posted by [email protected]
        I do not have a sample of the export file as i am at home at the moment but I will get it to you tomorrow
        - Don't need that if the specification earlier is correct regarding field types and widths, but it couldn't hurt.

        Originally posted by [email protected]
        The file that sun accounts requires does have the duplicate fields, the original program was written in Pick now D3 and i am trying to copy the layout so that it will import into our sun package.
        - but your table can't have duplicate field names so I couldn't write the export without knowing them.

        Originally posted by [email protected]
        Stan i have not attached a single part of my dbase before which file extension would you need
        - Just the main .dbf.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Hi Stan

          Please find my cons table attached,

          but your table can't have duplicate field names so I couldn't write the export without knowing them
          The fields Period for 7 I was thinking that i could set this with a var the format is 060 for period 6

          the fields
          captn 5
          captn 15
          m 15
          d 2
          invoice 25

          these are always text so i was thinking that i could write the text "M", "D" etc

          again stan thanks for all your help I was hoping to come to the conference but I am in CA for the 1st to the 20 of june for my wifes sisters wedding but I hope to make it next year and have a chance to meet you

          Andy
          Last edited by [email protected]; 08-13-2006, 04:34 AM.

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            #6
            I'm wrong again.

            I seldom use memo fields so I forget them. I can't open your table alone. Please attach all the cons files zipped into one file.

            Just hilight the table in the control panel, right click and choose zip. All the options on the options tab should be checked.


            Originally posted by [email protected]
            Hi Stan

            Please find my cons table attached,



            The fields Period for 7 I was thinking that i could set this with a var the format is 060 for period 6

            the fields
            captn 5
            captn 15
            m 15
            d 2
            invoice 25

            these are always text so i was thinking that i could write the text "M", "D" etc

            again stan thanks for all your help I was hoping to come to the conference but I am in CA for the 1st to the 20 of june for my wifes sisters wedding but I hope to make it next year and have a chance to meet you

            Andy
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              Hi Stan

              Tried as you said, it would not zip error said "you cannot send a table that is secured or bound to a dbase please zip whole table"

              The whole table is 160mb

              So i have selected all the cons table files

              Andy
              Last edited by [email protected]; 08-13-2006, 04:34 AM.

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                #8
                Originally posted by [email protected]
                Hi Stan

                Tried as you said, it would not zip error said "you cannot send a table that is secured or bound to a dbase please zip whole table"

                The whole table is 160mb

                So i have selected all the cons table files

                Andy
                Ok, now I have the table. Just need to know what fields in the cons table should be exported to what parts of the text file. Like

                Field Name Field Lenght
                Account No , 15 -----------------------------cons.dbf ???? field
                period , 7------------------------------------?????
                invoice date ,10 "yyyymmdd+2----------------etc
                a field , 15 (always M)
                net value , 18 (no decimal place 28.20 = 2820
                Debit , 2 (always D)
                a field , 5 (always "captn")
                a field , 15 (always "captn")
                invoice No , 15
                invoice , 25 (always word invoice)
                todays date , 8 "yyyymmdd"
                period , 251
                There can be only one.

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                  #9
                  Hi Stan


                  Account = Acno
                  Period = is not in table but I could put it in
                  Invoice date = Invoice_Date
                  M is not in table
                  net value = Net_Total
                  D is not in table
                  captn for 5 is not in table
                  captan for 15 is not in table
                  invoice No = Invoice_No
                  "invoice" is not in table
                  todays date = not in table
                  period = is not in table but I could put it in

                  Could I put the fields into the table which could then be exported ?

                  Andy

                  P.S. it 2300hrs here and i have to be up at 0500, so if there is anything else i will answer in morning

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                    #10
                    On track but...

                    Time for me to go home so we can fill in the details tomorrow.


                    Period = is not in table but I could put it in
                    We can't export data to the text file that doesn't exist. We can fill in things like "invoice" and "captn" but if you want the first "period" section of the text file to be anything other than seven spaces we have to decide where the info will come from. Likewise for the second period section.

                    Sleep well.
                    There can be only one.

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                      #11
                      Morning Stan

                      Our tax year here is from April 1st to March 31st

                      So my periods are as so

                      April 2006001
                      May 2006002
                      June 2006003
                      July 2006004
                      Aug 2006005
                      Sept 2006006
                      Oct 2006007
                      Nov 2006008
                      Dec 2006009
                      Jan 2007010
                      feb 2007011
                      Mar 2007012

                      What i was thinking is that I could put a case statement on a period field in the table, that way the accountant can report by period?

                      Andy
                      Last edited by [email protected]; 01-27-2006, 01:45 AM.

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                        #12
                        That's doable. When you perform the export I suppose the invoice date drives the first period field. What goes in the second where the width is defined as 251?

                        Originally posted by [email protected]
                        Morning Stan

                        Our tax year here is from April 1st to March 31st

                        So my periods are as so

                        April 2006001
                        May 2006002
                        June 2006003
                        July 2006004
                        Aug 2006005
                        Sept 2006006
                        Oct 2006007
                        Nov 2006008
                        Dec 2006009
                        Jan 2007010
                        feb 2007011
                        Mar 2007012

                        What i was thinking is that I could put a case statement on a period field in the table, that way the accountant can report by period?

                        Andy
                        There can be only one.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Stan Mathews
                          That's doable. When you perform the export I suppose the invoice date drives the first period field. What goes in the second where the width is defined as 251?
                          We've hit another snag. The fields you mention are not in the cons.dbf. As far as I can tell there are no fields invoice_date, net_total, or invoice_no in any of the tables in what you sent.

                          Can't export what we don't have.
                          There can be only one.

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                            #14
                            Hi Stan

                            I have just zipped the table again and opened it locally and my fields

                            invoice_date
                            invoice_no
                            net_value

                            are all there please try this one

                            Sorry I have not got back sooner but I have been on the road all day

                            Andy
                            Last edited by [email protected]; 08-13-2006, 04:34 AM.

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                              #15
                              I may have had an old copy of your table that wasn't getting over written. The attachment will export everything you specified except the last period field in your specification. I have no clue what you want there. It will put 251 spaces at the end of each line.

                              I couldn't test the first period field completely as there are no values in the invoice_date field and I couldn't make any changes to any records because the posting field rules couldn't find the needed tables.

                              Play with it and we gan go from here.
                              Last edited by Stan Mathews; 03-28-2006, 03:24 PM.
                              There can be only one.

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