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<Session ID="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0503m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII File Fields (daxch0503m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                 Use this session to list the available <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields in a <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">logical ASCII file</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields define the layout of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> and are identified by a unique number and name.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0503m000#exec.user.0" role="command">Create ASCII File...</GUIRef> to create the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields automatically, or create the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields manually in the details session.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Where fields have no fixed field length, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0503m000#recalc.stpn" role="command">Recalculate Start Positions</GUIRef> on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu to change the start position of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If you have started this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">Introduction to the Exchange module</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000002" role="manual">Introduction to the master data business object</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000013" role="manual">Relation between logical ASCII files and physical ASCII files</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="daxch003.cxch"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Exchange Scheme</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange-scheme</Link> code.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange scheme</Link> is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.casf"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII File</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> name.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0102m000" role="session">ASCII Files (daxch0102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.fdno"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Field No.</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The field number for the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If a field separator is used, <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields are positioned according to this number.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The field separator is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0101s000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0101s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The order of fields specified by the field number is important, not the actual field number. Make sure to use numbers like 10, 20, 30, and so on. This makes it easier to insert field numbers at a later stage.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.fdnm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII Field</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The name of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This field is automatically filled if a data definition file of the ASCII file or ERP LN table is used.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">This field name is associated with the data found in the physical <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> in a certain column. These fields are mapped to ERP LN table fields in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0522m000" role="session">Field Relations (Import) (daxch0522m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0532m000" role="session">Field Relations (Export) (daxch0532m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.dsca"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Description</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The description of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.ftyp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Field Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The data type of the ASCII field.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>
                                    Allowed values
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">See <Link href="/baanerp/da/domains/xch.ftyp" role="domain">Possible values</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.stpn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Start Pos.</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The column number in an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> where the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field starts.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The start position declares the position of the data in the physical <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link>.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If no field separator is defined in the details session of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session, the start position must be specified.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If this field is changed, you do not have to generate the import program or the export program again.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.leng"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Length</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The length of an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field with a variable length must be specified. No length is specified for an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field with a fixed length.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>If this field is changed, you do not have to generate the import program or the export program again.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The length of an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field that represents a multiline text is zero.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="text.available"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Text</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, additional information is available for this <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field. The information is generated in the text editor.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Edit Text</GUIRef> button on the toolbar to start the text editor.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
