Rice Lake TransAct 5.0 - Installation & Operation Manual User Manual

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Field Descriptions

File Format

Fields in the import/export text file can be separated by tab characters (Tab Delimited),
commas (Comma Delimited or CSV) or can be formatted into fixed width fields (User
Defined). Field width and justification are specified in the Field Table Selection screen.

Quoted Fields

Double quotes (") can be placed around Character Fields, Numeric Fields, All fields or
None.

Default File Name

The import/export text file name consists of:

Prefix

Enter the characters that begin the file name.

Body

The prefix is followed by the name body which can be
the current date formatted as either mmddyy or
mmddyyyy. The body can also be a one to six digit
sequence number. You can also choose to have no body,
in which case the file name will equal the Prefix.

Current Seq#

Select the starting value for the file body sequence
number. Every time the import/export routine is run this
number is incremented, creating a unique file name.

Extension

Enter the characters that end the file name.

Sample

An example of the file name using the options selected
above.

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