Exporting fixed length records in a .txt format

Post Author: jnesbitt
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
How can I configure Crystal Report detail records so they can be exported in a fixed legth .txt record format?
Using Crystal Reports 9.2.3.884

Post Author: SKodidine
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
I have created CR detail records fixed length of 400 and then exported them to text.
This is how I did it, there might be other ways and I even though I created them in CR XI, it should be similar in CR 9.
Let us assume that your fixed length record needs to be 100 bytes long. Create a formula with all the fields concatenated, that you would otherwise display in the details section. Create a second formula that will use the space function to put trailing spaces.
Here is an example for a fixed length record of 400:
Here are my two fields in my record that have been concatenated.
Formula 1: RecordType & totext(BatchNumber,"0000000");
Formula 2: {@Formula1} & space(400 - length({@Formula1}));

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