Hi;
     I am receiving an error msg. when I try to import a comma
delimited file into a program I'm developing.  The msg. says that
the file is not compatable with Clarion.  The file it a generic
comma delimited file which is acceptable to other prog. lang.
like Access and dbase4.
     Can anyone help me out.  Also is there a users group that
I can post questions to on a regular basis so I can learn this
Clarion4 language faster.

                    Thank you,
                                      Billy Siano
                                      Springfield Ma

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Billy,

Maybe the end of record delimiter is not <13><10>  - in other words CR/LF ?

JAT,

Mike
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Billy

You can use this NG for your problems with Clarion.

To import a comma-delimited file, you should be using your data dictionary.

Provided it really <is> in a standard CSV format, you should import it as a
Basic file type.

There are some limitations for this driver, which you can find in the help,
under 'database drivers':-

Basic:Supported Data Types

BYTE DECIMAL
SHORT PDECIMAL
USHORT STRING
LONG CSTRING
ULONG PSTRING
SREAL DATE
REAL TIME
BFLOAT4 GROUP
BFLOAT8

Basic:File Specifications/Maximums

File Size:       4 GB
Records per File:    4,294,967,295 bytes
Record Size:      65,520 bytes
Field Size:       65,520 bytes
Fields per Record:   65,520
Keys/Indexes per File: n/a
Key Size:        n/a
Memo fields per File:  0
Memo Field Size:    n/a
Open Data Files:    Operating system dependent

HTH

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