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56 of 97 |  |
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56
Again, since this does not apply to our current data item, just leave the field blank
and hit the [ENTER] key.
This brings us back to the SOURCE STARTING POSITION screen again.
Notice that the value already displayed on the screen (21) is one higher than the
length of the previous factor (20). Refer to the illustration below.
The reason for this is that when the Univers program was first written, “fixed-
length” was the preferred method for creating data files for import or export. As
such, the program “looks” at the previous data item’s starting position and length,
adds them together, adds one to the resulting value, and then “suggests” that
final value as the next starting position, since this would be the correct value if we
were using the fixed-length scheme.
Since we are using a delimited file format, this value is incorrect. In a delimited
import, the starting positions are simply sequential; i.e.: the first item is position 1,
the second item is position 2, etc. You must keep track of the starting position for
each item and enter it correctly.
Type 2 for the value of the next starting position and hit the [ENTER] key. The
program is now waiting for you to enter the field length of the second data item.
In keeping with our example, we are going to import a value into the “Deed Type”
field, which is located at Card 1, Item 14, and is 4 characters long. Type 4 as the
length of the next data item and hit the [ENTER] key. Your screen should now
look like the one shown at the top of the next page.
