this is fixlen.hlp USER INSTRUCTIONS for FIXLEN *********************************************************************** written by:Russell Seward, Douglas Bohrer Personnel Department, The First National Bank of Chicago 1 First National Plaza, 22nd Floor Chicago,Illinois 60670 *********************************************************************** Purpose: FIXLEN changes a fortran sequntial ascii(fsa) file into a general sequential ascii (xsa) file. Rtsort was found unreliable for changing more than 14000 records in a 'fsa' file to an 'xsa' file. Date: 30-Nov-81 ********************************************************************* This will explain how to use FIXLEN. The system prompts are all in upper case letters. To start the program: RUN FIXLEN 1. INPUT FILE NAME Give the name in this format- device:filename.fsa . Note the extension is always fsa. 2.OUTPUT FILE NAME Give the name in this format- device:filename.xsa . Note the extension is always xsa. 3.RECORD LENGTH Give the number of fields per record for the input/output file. Note the record length must be the same for both files. ********************************************************************