RE: No wrapping in Word? Dreamboat (Instructor) 17 Mar 01 20:09 Also, I tried using Word because of the formatting (font, color, margin, etc.) functions compare to plain text editor. The editor would display the ASCII character either as a blank square box or a filled square box. Although the line would display without wrapping till it hit max margin, the editors did not recognize the new-line ASCII character like Word and automatically started a new line. LINE 3|FIELD 1 AND GOD KNOWS HOW LINE WOULD THIS LINE BE|FIELD 2|FIELD 3******FIELD 3A|FIELD 4 LINE 2|FIELD 1|SAY FIELD 2 IS LONGER THEN THE RIGHT MARGIN|***FIELD 3|FIELD 4 LINE 1|FIELD 1|FIELD 2*****FIELD 2A|FIELD 3|FIELD 4 I used courier font to make each "LINE n|" lined up nicely above the next one. When Word encounter the ASCII new-line character ("."), it would automatically start a new-line (see example below). Therefore, if Word just wrap the line automatically, I will not be able to determine how many blank spaces are between each field. The number of spaces (represented by "*") is important.
LINE 1|FIELD 1|FIELD 2*****FIELD 2.1|FIELD 3|FIELD 4.LINE 2|FIELD 1|SAY FIELD 2 IS LONGER THEN THE RIGHT MARGIN|***FIELD 3|FIELD 4.LINE 3|FIELD 1 AND GOD KNOWS HOW LINE WOULD THIS LINE BE|FIELD 2|FIELD 3******FIELD 3.1|FIELD 4. For example: (The "*" is used here to represent space and "." is used as new-line character, The original data file is in plain ASCII format and comes in as one really long line with ASCII codes representing new-line preiodically appear within the lines. Basically, I just want Word to simulate a typewriter where it would just keep displaying the character on the same line till it hits the last character that is allowed by the right margin or the line may wrap to the next line any time when it encounter a new-line character.
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