Using a String Dialog Box

Note: This dialog box is displayed when creating an ASCII interface and selecting the Entity tab.

On the Entity tab, double-click an attribute in the right pane.
A Column dialog box is displayed.
Note: The header of the dialog box changes based on the attribute when creating an ASCII interface. For example, if you selected the entity Code, the title would be column "code."
The column number defaults from the Interface entry window based on the order the entities were selected, but can be changed.
Enter the data character length in the length field. If your data exceeds the length given here, it will be truncated. If you do not enter anything here, the default length of 40 characters is used.

Note: If the expression contains a fixed value (a value that doesn't depend on the input) for read or delete interfaces, the contribution to the length is set to the exact value as defined in length. This means, you have no data coming in so you can set the value to 0. If you have data coming in but you want to override it with a fixed value, set the length to the value that is coming in. The first case (no data coming in) should be added to the end of the attribute list, the latter at the appropriate position.
Select the quoted value check box to put quotes around the data if you are interfacing with a system that requires inputs in the form value.
Click OK.
You return to the Entity tab of the Interface window.