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For additional options, click the "Padded Text Writer Options" button.
 
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* '''Maximum Field Width''' This is the maximum field size - default is 50 characters.
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* '''Maximum Field Width''' This is the maximum field size - default is 50 characters. Values larger than this will be truncated.
 
* '''Minimum Space Between Fields''' This is the smallest number of space characters that should appear between field values.
 
* '''Minimum Space Between Fields''' This is the smallest number of space characters that should appear between field values.
 
* '''Space Between Rows''' If true, a newline will be placed between rows of data in the output.
 
* '''Space Between Rows''' If true, a newline will be placed between rows of data in the output.

Revision as of 16:25, 20 January 2011

Padded Text Writer Node

This Node converts a Data Table into a padded text file with each field value placed at the same character position on each line. For example the following data:

Name Country
Graham Roberts United Kingdom
Paul Rebane United States
Basil Prescott United Kingdom

Would be formatted as follows:

Name              Country
Graham Roberts    United Kingdom
Paul Rebane       United States
Basil Prescott    United Kingdom

Options

http://www.international-presence.com/wikidocs/images/padded_text_writer_options.png

For additional options, click the "Padded Text Writer Options" button.

  • Maximum Field Width This is the maximum field size - default is 50 characters. Values larger than this will be truncated.
  • Minimum Space Between Fields This is the smallest number of space characters that should appear between field values.
  • Space Between Rows If true, a newline will be placed between rows of data in the output.

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See Also

Task Elements > Data Format Nodes > Padded Text Writer

CSV Writer | HTML Table Writer | Basic XML Writer | XML Document Writer
XSLT Processor | Padded Text Writer | Custom Data Formatter Standard Option | Custom Data Formatter PDF Option
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