Open the job description that you want to specify the transfer file for.
Select the Transfer tab.
Select To file as the transfer method.
Type the name of the transfer file in the File box.
If you do not indicate a file name, the default file name is out.*.
If you do not type a complete file path, FORMS places the file in the Transfer folder.
To avoid overwriting existing transfer files, you can use an asterisk as an extension when you indicate the file name (filename.*). When you do this, FORMS creates a unique extension for each transfer. The first character in the extension indicates the day of the month (1 to 9 for the first nine days of the month, or A for 10, B for 11, C for 12, etc.), and the second and third characters are a two-digit index (01 to 99) that FORMS increments automatically.
When a Transfer job is started, the name of the transfer file is shown in the window’s title bar. After the job is finished, you can also see the file name in the Transfer statistics dialog, as well as in the statistics file if there is one.
Optional: Select Append to file if you want FORMS to add new data to the end of an existing transfer file.
Terminate with CR & LF (carriage return and line feed characters) is selected by default. The results differ according to the details of the job description, as described below:
If you are processing ordinary forms, each record begins on a new line.
If you are processing sets without a set transaction description, each record within the set begins on a new line. Deselect Terminate with CR & LF if you only want each set to begin on a new line.
If you are processing sets with a set transaction description, Terminate with CR & LF results in each set beginning on a new line.
Note: If you select as the transfer method, you can still type a file name or other string in the File box, but with completely different results than when you select To file. For more information, please see FORMS API Help.