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[sameermn]

Hi,

I have a 491 byte VB file as input.

I need to create an out put file of 487 bytes (in VB format) from input
by skipping values from input file in positions 264,265,266

The sort card i used is

SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(5:5,259,
264:267,225)

But this is not working. Please update me regarding how i should proceed now.

Thx for your support.
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Sameer

[Phantom]

Sameer,

Nothing much.
Whenever you deal with VB files, it is MANDATORY to include the RDW (first 4 bytes). Otherwise, the error message will clearly say that RDW is not included in OUTREC statement. (I don't remember the exact error message but it clearly conveys the message).

So, you need to change your card as

[sameermn]

Problem solved. Even though i was awre that we need to add 4 bytes for VB files i was not awre that we need to put them at first during outrec.
Thank you so much for your help.
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Sameer