Specifying Control Information Areas

The Control Information Areas window lets you define regions of the print stream that you want Enrichment to ignore during processing (headers, trailers, and skip columns). You can also set the control areas, DJDE IDEN areas, and DJDE data areas by selecting the area you want in the print stream and then right-clicking.

The fields in this window are described next.

Header Control

  • Number of Records: Select this option to specify the number of records at the top of the input to ignore during processing.
  • Header String: Select this option to enter a string that will indicate that the end of the header has been reached.
  • Copy to Output: Select this option to include the header lines in each output.
  • Loaded in Print Stream: Select this option if the header records exist in the print stream being analyzed.

Other Control Areas

  • Trailer Lines: Specify the number of records at the bottom of the input to ignore during processing. Select Copy to Output to include the trailer lines in each output. Select Loaded in Print Stream if the trailer records exist in the print stream being analyzed.
  • Skip Columns: Specify the number of contiguous columns on the left side of each record in the print stream to ignore during processing. Select Copy to Output to include the skip columns in each output. Select Loaded in Print Stream if the skip columns exist in the print stream being analyzed.
  • Skip string: Type the data that Enrichment will use to fill skipped column space for records added during processing. You need to complete this field only if you selected the Copy to Output check box for skip columns. You can specify any alphanumeric text string, binary string, or hexadecimal string. If the string is a text string, enclose it in single quotation marks. Binary strings must begin with b' or B' and end with '. Hexadecimal strings must begin with an x' or X' and end with '.
    Note: If you clear the Loaded in Print Stream check box for any value you supply for the Header Lines, Trailer Lines, or Skip Columns fields, the next time you open the input definition file Visual Engineer Plus will assume that the control information is loaded in the print stream. This can change field information. To correct the control information, clear the Loaded in Print Stream check box or boxes again.