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MoveExt

Use this field level rule to move text from a specific external extract record to the output buffer if a specific external record is found. This rule calls the Move_It rule if the specified extract record is found. This rule supports overflow.

A string in the format mask that is preceded by a dollar sign ($) is used as a sprintf format for output data. You cannot use this feature with a format mask ID.

User functions let data move from the source record to the output buffer based on the outcome of a user-defined function. User functions and their parameters are specified in the data field before the search criteria, and follow the syntax described below.

In this example the user function name is GetRecsUsed. It has two parameters FormName, and VAR. The slash (/) denotes the end of the parameter list and the start of the search criteria.

MoveExt @GETRECSUSED,FormName,VAR/17,00,15,B

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