If you need to prepare a data file in a fixed format, perhaps for use by another system, you can use the PUT statement, as shown in the i-putdat.p procedure.
i-putdat.p
OUTPUT TO i-datfl8.d.
FOR EACH Customer NO-LOCK:
PUT Customer.CustNum AT 1 Customer.Name AT 10 Customer.SalesRep AT 40 SKIP.
END.
OUTPUT CLOSE.
The output from i-putdat.p is written to i-datfl8.d.
i-datf18.d
1 Lift Line Skiing HXM
2 Urpon Frisbee DKP
3 Hoops Croquet Comp HXM
4 Go Fishing Ltd SLS
5 Match Point Tennis JAL
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.
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The PUT statement formats the data into the columns specified with the AT options. Only the data is output: there are no labels and no box. The SKIP option indicates that you want each customer's data to begin on a new line.
For more information on the PUT statement, see OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference.
