Re: File transfere with FTP to a PC

[Juice <juicenet@xxxxxxxxx>]

we had a simmilar problem with another file transfer pgm and we just
put a dummy field at the end of the file and always filled it with an
X.  solved our problem.

 Juice

> 
> I'm trying to transfer a fixed length file to a PC.  When I get this file to 
>the PC using FTP it is no longer fixed length.... Example 80 characters.  The 
>carriage return is place after the last character of the record.
> 
> Is there a way to get the file down to a PC with a fixed length of 80?
> 
> Thanks in an advance for your assistance.
> 
> Rich
> -------------------------------------------------
> Rich Brearley
> Programmer/Analyst
> Durham County Hospital Corp
> Phone: (919)470-4171
> Fax     : (919)470-7396
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