Add a special string such as an exclusion or header string.

This instruction is used by the TapeTrack Import Engine.

AddString(type, offset, filter);

string type;
integer offset;
string filter;

type The special string type of one of the following:

1. HEADER A string that represents the first record of a heading section.|
2. EXCLUSION A string that represents the a record that should be excluded from all further processing (skipped).|
3. START A string that represents when processing should start. If there is no start string specified processing will start at the first record.|
4. END A string that represents when processing should temporarily stop. Processing will recommence at the next START record.|
5. TERMINATE A string that represents when processing should permanently stop. No processing will be done past this point, even if a START record is encountered.|

offset The zero based offset within the record at which the filter should be applied. filter A filter value for comparison with the processed string.

Example A.22. AddString: Define a header (ANSI page break) with 7 records, skip records not starting with an integer and terminate processing at the first blank record AddString(HEADER, 0, “1*”); SetHeaderCount(7); AddString(EXCLUSION, 0, “!([0-9]*”); AddString(TERMINATE, 0, “ *”);