Assigning the actual length of a variable length field.

I found the following statement by Jon Paris in the archive:

When you assign a fixed length field to a varying length field - which is 
effectively what you do when you assign a literal - the length of the
variable length field is set to the length of the fixed length field.  All 
data is then copied in - there is no more special significance to spaces 
in
a varying length field than in a fixed length field.

My question is: how do I capture only the value and length from the fixed 
field and apply it to the varying field?

What is happening is I'm reading data from the IFS, modifying it and 
writing it out. 

I start with a file that is 1k but end up with a file that is 64k even 
though the data string (input and output) is less than 500 bytes.

My fixed length field is 64512. I have a varying field also defined as 
64512 long max. I know that equates to the 64k I'm seeing, but I want to 
only write the data into the varying field, and have it only occupy the 
space required (ie 1k).

Thanks!

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
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Toledo, OH 43623-4299
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