Records Skipped Merging Third-Party ASCII-Del

DocumentID: 608236
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:42 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using a secondary file generated by a third-party database (e.g., RBase). If the ZIP code field is blank, some third-party databases may output a zero (0) without quotes around it for that field. If this is the last field in the record, the merge may skip some records. Solutions: This kind of ASCII delimited secondary file cannot be merged directly into WP. It must be converted with the CONVERT.EXE program that ships with WP 5.1 for DOS. How/Why: WordPerfect's internal ASCII delimited merge feature requires consistent ASCII merge files. The files must always use the same delimiters for every field, and there must be the same number of fields in every record.

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