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In the Advanced Developer's Guide, in "Using Sequential File Stages", it talks about the "Pad char" property in the Edit Column Meta Data box. I have DS 7.5. When I open the Edit Column Meta Data box, I don't see this property. Is it because of the version issue?

SPlayer,

I'm running 7.5x2, and this is how I can get at the pad character property

- Go to the Columns tab of the properties of the sequential file stage
- double click on the row number column (the grey column with a number)
- highlight the Integer type or String type branch in the Properties box
- Pad Char is one fo the available properties

Rob

Thanks rwierdsm. My DS version says just 7.5 but I'll try. Appreciate your help.

Instead of double click on the row number in the Columns grid you can also right click on the row, and choose Edit Row from the pop-up menu to get to the dialog.

You can also triple-click (!) on the row using the left mouse button, but you have to get the timing of a triple-click just right.

ray, Edit Row does not work. It brings up the Edit Column Meta Data dialog box but I don't see the Pad char property. This might be because I am on Windows 2003, DS 7.5.

Click on the Server tab in the Edit Column Meta Data dialog, and fill in the Padding character there.

If you want to apply to whole project, you may set environment variable APT_STRING_PADCHAR. Thats quite convenient in Parallel engine.