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Properties
General Tab
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Split data file on: Use this box to choose the item on which top split the file. The options
available depend on whether or not the Use emulation box is checked (see below).
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Use emulation: Check to emulate the data before splitting the file. This lets you split the
file on a word, a word change, a page number, a database field value or a database field
change. When this option is not checked, you can only split the file on a form feed, a
specific number of lines, or a chain of characters. See below for detailed information on
any of these splitting methods.
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A word:If you choose “A word” in the Split data file on list box (the Use emulation option
must be selected), the following boxes are displayed.
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Word: Enter the string of characters to search for as the splitting criteria. In this variable
property box, you may enter static characters, variables, job information elements or any
combination of these.
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Get: Click to get a static string of characters from the sample data file. If you use this
button, the coordinates of the data you will select will be added to the Word is between
lines and Word is between columns groups below.
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Word is between lines group
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From and To: Enter a vertical search region defined as starting from a given line
and ending at a given line. If you enter 1 in the From box and 1 in the To box, the
Generic Splitter will search for the string of characters entered above only in the first
line of every page. If you enter 1 in the From box and 10 in the To box, the Generic
Splitter will search in the ten first lines of every page. Note that the actual search
region is a combination of the vertical and horizontal search regions.
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Word is between columns group
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From and To: Enter a horizontal search region defined as starting from a given
column and ending at a given column. If you enter 1 in the From box and 5 in the To
box, the Generic Splitter will search for the string of characters only in the first five
column (five first characters of every line selected above).
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Consider case: Select to force the Generic Splitter to match the character casing of
the string of characters entered above with the characters found in the file. If this
option is selected, “DAY” and “Day” will not be considered as matching the search
string “day”.
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