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#!N
#!CDarkGreen #!N #!Rdfldinf Data Fields Information #!N #!EC Note: A
change made in any option in this part of the dialog
box generates an instruction to save (confirm) the change by clicking
on the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Modify #!EF button at the bottom of the
panel. #!N #!I0 #!N #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field List #!EF
#!I50 #!N This list (at the top right of the Data
Prompter) displays the names of the fields that are currently defined
for a header file. #!N #!N If the list contains more
than one field, their order must match that of the fields
in the data file. To change the order of the fields,
use the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Move field #!EF arrows, after first selecting (highlighting)
the field name to be moved. #!N #!N Note that the
settings of the various buttons and associated text fields below the
field list are updated whenever a field is selected. #!N #!N
See also #!Lfldkwd,dxall145 h field #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field name #!EF
#!I50 #!N The text field immediately below #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field List #!EF
displays the name of the current (selected) field. Field names must
be unique. Default field names take the form "field #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* n
#!EF ," where #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* n #!EF is an integer. #!N #!N
You can change a name and then click on the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
Modify #!EF button (near the bottom of the Data Prompter) to
confirm the change. (Similarly you can add, insert, or delete a
field. See #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field List Buttons #!EF at the end of
this section.) #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Type #!EF #!I50 #!N For
each field in the list, select the appropriate data #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Type
#!EF with the associated option button. The type must match that
of the data in the field. The supported types are: #!CForestGreen
#!N #!N #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18* #!N double byte int short #!N float signed
byte signed int signed short #!N string unsigned byte unsigned int
unsigned short #!EF #!N #!N #!EC #!N #!N Note that: #!N
#!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30
#!N - byte is equivalent to unsigned byte #!N #!I30 #!N
- int is equivalent to signed int #!N #!I30 #!N -
short is equivalent to signed short. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N
#!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N Specifying string enables "string
size," which should contain the length of the longest string. #!N
#!N See also #!Ltypkwd,dxall154 h type #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Structure #!EF
#!I50 #!N For each field in the list, select the appropriate
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Structure #!EF with the associated option button. Accepted values are
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* scalar #!EF and #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* 2-vector, ..., 9-vector #!EF . However,
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* 5-vector, ..., 9-vector #!EF cannot be specified for column-majority arrays.
#!N #!N See also #!Lstrckwd,dxall153 h structure #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Dependency
#!EF #!I50 #!N For each field in the list, select the
appropriate #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Dependency #!EF with the associated option button. The default
setting of this option is "positions" (one data item per position).
If the data in the field are cell-centered (connection dependent) select
"connections." #!N #!N See also #!Ldepkwd,dxall144 h dependency #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
Layout #!EF #!Rdprlayt #!I50 #!N This option is automatically activated when
the data in the current field are field-interleaved (columnar) ASCII (Text).
It specifies the locations of data items in a line of
text. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* skip
#!EF specifies the number of characters the Importer must skip before
it begins reading data in this field. #!N #!I30 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
width #!EF specifies the "width" (including blanks) of the field from
which the data is to be read. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF
#!N #!N #!N See also #!Llaytkwd,dxall149 h layout #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
Block #!EF #!Rdprblok #!I50 #!N This option is automatically enabled when
the data in the current field are record-interleaved (block) ASCII (Text).
It specifies the locations of data items in a line or
field of text. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* skip #!EF specifies the number of characters the Importer must
skip before it begins reading data in this field. #!N #!I30
#!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* # elem #!EF specifies the number of data elements
to be read after a #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* skip #!EF . #!N #!I30
#!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* width #!EF specifies the "width" (including blanks) of the
data component. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N See also
#!Lblokwd,dxall143 h block #!EL . #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field List Buttons #!EF #!I50
#!N Four buttons at the bottom of the Data Prompter operate
on the fields list: #!N #!I0 #!N #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*
Add #!EF #!I50 #!N Adds the field specified in #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field
name #!EF to the field list, placing it immediately #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* after
#!EF the current (highlighted) field. The settings for the new field
are those current at the time of the addition. #!N #!I0
#!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Insert #!EF #!I50 #!N Inserts the field specified in
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Field name #!EF in the field list, placing it immediately
#!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* before #!EF the current (highlighted) field. The settings for the
new field are those current at the time of the insertion.
#!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Modify #!EF #!I50 #!N Saves any change(s)
to the settings of the current (selected) field. #!N #!I0 #!N
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Delete #!EF #!I50 #!N Removes the selected (highlighted) field from
the field list. #!I0 #!N #!N Note: #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Modify #!EF and
#!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Delete #!EF are grayed out if there is no selected
item in the field list. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Record Separator
#!EF #!I50 #!N This option is enabled only when #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Block
#!EF field interleaving is selected. It allows you to specify a
separator between blocks, or records, in the data file, when there
are more than one. You can specify the same separator for
between each record, or a different separator between each record. Depending
on the setting of #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Vector interleaving #!EF button, separators may
be specified between each field, or between each component of each
vector in each field. #!I0 #!N #!N #!N #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*
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