Convert DIF Format To Secondary Merge, Last F

DocumentID: 652393
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:15 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: While converting an exported file from a database in DIF format to a secondary merge file, the last field is truncated. The last field has anywhere from 4-10 lines of text. WordPerfect only converts four of these lines and then inserts End Field and End Record codes. Solutions: The WordPerfect Convert program truncates fields larger than 256 bytes coming from and going to the DIF format. This is working as designed. The DIF specification is to truncate fields after 128 bytes, so WP is being generous by allowing up to 256 bytes per field. One work around is to export the data to an ASCII delimited format instead of DIF.

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