Opening fixed width files

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Besto
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Opening fixed width files

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Hi

When opening text files, you can specify the field format as either "Separator between fields" or "Fixed field widths".

But how do you specify the width of each field?
I would expect to be able to say character 1 to 20 would go to Column 1, character 22 to 50 to Column 2 etc. All you can work with is still field separators - which in my world does not make sense. If I have a date and time (containing a space) specified that I want to import to Column 1, and spaces in sentences for other fields disqualifies space as separator.
In fact, the file may not even contain a qualifying field separator - the logic could simply be line positioning.

Best regards,

Benny
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Re: Opening fixed width files

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This feature is currently unavailable. However, I have forwarded your suggestion for improvement to the appropriate team.
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