Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Programming Interfaces

Using the PUT statement

If you need to prepare a data file in a fixed format, perhaps for use by another system, you can use the PUT statement. The following procedure uses PUT statement to unite to a file:

i-putdat.p

OUTPUT TO i-datfl8.d. FOR EACH customer:     PUT cust-num AT 1 name AT 10 sales-rep 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             .             .             .

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 the OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Reference .