Pad characters in the output data

Unless Compact is selected in the Transaction description options dialog, fields with values shorter than their format allows are filled out with a pad character.

To change the pad character:

1. Select the field in the Transaction description dialog.

2. Click the Properties button on the right-hand side of the dialog.

3. In the Properties dialog, type the character into the Pad character box. You can specify any character (such as an asterisk) to be the pad character. You can also type an ASCII value for a character (1 <= value <= 255).

4. Optional: If Compact is selected as an option in the transaction description, select Pad always to override that setting for individual transaction fields.

5. Click OK to save your changes.

   The pad character you typed is shown in quotation marks in the Format column of the Transaction description dialog.

Related topics

Specifying the format of the output data

Examples of output data formats