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AddString

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

Phase

This instruction is used by the TapeTrack Import Engine.

Syntax

AddString(type, offset, filter);

string type;
integer offset;
string filter;

Variable	Type	Description	Min Length	Max Length	Min Value	Max Value
type	String	The special string type from the below table	1	10
offset	Integer	The zero based offset within the record at which the filter should be applied.	1	10	-214748364	2147483647
filter	String	A filter value for comparison with the processed string.	1	256

HEADER	A string that represents the first record of a heading section.
EXCLUSION	A string that represents the a record that should be excluded from all further processing (skipped).
START	A string that represents when processing should start. If there is no start string specified processing will start at the first record.
END	A string that represents when processing should temporarily stop. Processing will recommence at the next START record.
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.

Example

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, “ *”);

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AddString

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