Progress
Results User’s Guide
for Windows


Modifying Export Types

If none of the standard export types is suitable, you can temporarily modify an export type by overriding its default settings for one or more format attributes.

Follow these steps to modify an export type:

  1. Determine which export type most closely matches the format you need.
  2. Choose Options Custom Export and select the attribute you want to modify. Table 4–5 describes these attributes.
  3. Table 4–5: Custom Export Attributes 
    Attribute
    Description
    Output Headers
    A Yes or No value that indicates whether Results will export the field name as the first line of the export.
    Fixed Width
    A Yes or No value that indicates whether the width of the fields is fixed. This value must be set to No unless you select ASCII Fixed-width (SDF) as your export type.

    The field width determines how Results exports the field data. For example, it defines the width of a character field. For information on formats, see the "Changing Display Field Properties" section in Modifying Display Fields."
    Record Start
    The initialization string at the start of a record. The initialization string is the set of characteristics that precedes the record data on each line of the export file. For example, an asterisk (*) might indicate the beginning of a line.
    Record End
    The record termination string. The record termination string is the set of characters used to indicate the end of each record value.
    Field Delimiter
    The field delimiter string. The field delimiter string is the set of characters used to indicate the beginning and end of each field value.
    Field Separator
    The field separator string. The field separator string is the set of characters that separates each field value within a record.

    Depending which attribute you select, the following occurs:

    • The Output Headers and Fixed Width options toggle between Yes and No. When you set the value to Yes, a check mark appears next to the option name within the menu.
    • The Record Start, Record End, Field Delimiter, and Field Separator options display a dialog box that allows you to enter the codes for the string. See the "Modifying Strings" section for more information about modifying these attributes.
Modifying Strings

You can enter up to 16 codes for each string. Enter these codes from left to right and top to bottom:

To enter a code, do one of the following:


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