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[jchambers4]

I simply want to add white space at the beginning of a file with the following command:

FileAppend, This is the output to the file.....,Filename.DAT

However, what happens is the white space at the beginning of the line get stripted.

How can I fix this?

[ezzetabi]

Can this help?
(untested)

FileAppend,# This is the output to the file.....,Filename.DAT

[ezzetabi]

TESTED! It works

The # is a special char that is no sent, but it delineate the beginning of the command


btw, what is the meaning or the larry post?!?

Edited by ezzetabi, 25 February 2004 - 09:27 AM.

[Beastmaster]

Nice workaround!

To add a space/invisible character in an open document you could use {ASCII 160} = ALT+NUM+160

Send, {ASCII 160}

Usefull for (invisible) setup username registration

[jchambers4]

OK,

I tried both methods outlined with the:

FILEAPPEND command

and both methods outlined above failed for me.

ALT-NUM-160 produces a strange character

and

The # method puts a # in the output datastream to the file.

I think what Larry was saying is good luck. There is no way to do this.

Jack

[Bartokv]

Hmm.... Try 255, it's the ASCII standard whitespace character.

[Valik]

Hmm.... Try 255, it's the ASCII standard whitespace character.

No it isn't, Hex 20 (Dec 32) is the space character.

[Bartokv]

No it isn't, Hex 20 (Dec 32) is the space character.

I was describing the ASCII "whitespace" Hex FF (Dec 255), not the ASCII "space" Hex 20 (Dec 32).

The "whitespace" is a non-printable character that is often used in situations where a standard "space" character would cause undesirable effects due to implied translations. The ASCII standard code for the "whitespace" character within the English MS-DOS environment is 255.