Re: Question about creating a file with "Null" character in it

Hi Laurie,

I know that this is possible because I have done it in the past. 
Unfortunately, all of my older machines are broken, and I can't find it. 
It was in a database named FIXED.STR which I distributed widely many 
years ago, and demonstrated in a one of the DataPerfect conferences held 
on the WordPerfect campus. The database generated an executable program 
to convert a fixed-width file into a delimited file for import purposes. 
Maybe someone else on the list still has a copy of it. I'll keep looking...

I think that I defined one of the control characters to be null/zero, 
but don't remember how I did it...

Best wishes,
Bruce

Laurie Corvacho wrote:
> Hello, all,
>  
> I am trying to use a DataPerfect report to create a file which needs to 
> contain (among other things) null characters.  How can you get a 
> DataPerfect Report to print a null character as part of a text field in 
> a formula?  Alt-n works for other ASCII characters, but not the 
> null/zero.  (I searched my DP mail folder but didn't find a relevant 
> answer regarding this from prior group e-mails.  Is there a way to 
> search the mailing list archives on the dataperfect.nl website?)  I also 
> can create a printer code with the null in it, but I really need to be 
> able to use it in a formula.
>  
> If all else fails, is there a way to import one into a field in a record 
> where it can be used, such as the way to use the begin and end Bold and 
> Underline codes, as I think it was Ralph explained how to do so long ago?
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Laurie
>
>
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