Editing Fixed-Format Tables with Touching Columns

You can use the Data Exchanger component to edit fixed-format tables where the columns touch each other with no intervening spaces or punctuation.

  1. Double-click the Data Exchanger component icon .

    The Data Exchanger Component Editor appears.

  2. From the Data Exchanger Component Editor, select a Table format section.

  3. Right-click in the white area of the Data Source area, and select Edit Section details.

    The Edit Section Format dialog for a Table format appears.

  4. Click the Fixed Columns tab.

  5. Enter the column boundaries in the text box.

    The numbers are the character position on which each column ends.

    Column 1 Characters 1 through 5
    Column 2 Characters 6 through 10
    Column 3 Characters 11 through 15
    Column 4 Characters 16 through 20

    For example, entering the following text creates four columns, each five characters wide:

    5, 10, 15, 20

  6. Click OK to save your changes and to close the dialog box.