    this is fixlen.hlp
                     USER INSTRUCTIONS for FIXLEN
 
 
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  written by:Russell Seward, Douglas Bohrer
             Personnel Department,    The First National Bank of Chicago
             1 First National Plaza, 22nd Floor
             Chicago,Illinois  60670
 
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  Purpose: FIXLEN changes a fortran sequntial ascii(fsa) file into a   
                     general sequential ascii (xsa) file.
     Rtsort was found unreliable for changing more than 14000 records
                      in a 'fsa' file to an 'xsa' file.
 
  Date: 30-Nov-81
 
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	This will explain how to use FIXLEN.  The system prompts
are all in upper case letters.

	To start the program:
             
                RUN FIXLEN

1. INPUT FILE NAME

	Give the name in this format-
	 device:filename.fsa           .
	Note the extension is always fsa.

2.OUTPUT FILE NAME

	Give the name in this format-
	 device:filename.xsa           .
	Note the extension is always xsa.

3.RECORD LENGTH

	Give the number of fields per record for
	 the input/output file.  Note the record
	 length must be the same for both files.

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