ð Delimiter
| Specifies which character is used as a delimiter in the source file
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| NOTE: If your data delimiter is not listed in the drop-down list, you can specify it by typing the character in the Custom field
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| Specifies which character is used to envelop non-contiguous alpha-numeric text strings which belong to a single field
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| NOTE: If your qualifier is not listed in the drop-down list, you can specify it by typing the character in the Custom field
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| Specifies which character is used as a record separator
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| NOTE: If your record separator is not listed in the drop-down list, you can specify it by typing the character in the Custom field
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| Specifies whether the data is based on the DOS ASCII or Windows ANSI character set
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| Specifies the position of the first row of data
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| NOTE: When using source files that have column headers or other information as a preface to the data, you will need to adjust this position to correspond with the row position of the first row of data to import
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| Specifies the position of the last row of data
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| Default is blank to indicate all possible rows available
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| NOTE: When using source files that have information as a suffix to the data, you will need to adjust this position to correspond with the row position of the last row of data to import. You can also use this value to import only a portion of an available data set within a source file by specifying the number of the last row of data that you want.
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| Delimited
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| Indicates that the columns of data are separated by the character specified in the Delimiter section. Any column of data that has the Delimiter character imbedded in it will be surrounded by the Qualifier character.
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| Fixed Length
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| Indicates that the columns of data are a fixed length. In a fixed length environment, you specify the length of the columns by dragging the arrowed lines to the correct position (figure 1). To create a column, single-click anywhere there is no arrowed line. To delete a column, double-click the arrowed line you wish to remove.
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