# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # README # Text::FixedLength # Version 0.12 # Dion Almaer (dion@member.com) # Wed Nov 18 16:55:46 CST 1998 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # ABOUT # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manipulates fixed length fields. You can create, and parse fixed length fields, write out files, and read in files to convert To see more, type: perldoc Text::FixedLength # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # COMPATIBILITY # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This module is pure Perl. It should work with any Perl5 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # INSTALL # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To build and test this distribution, type: perl Makefile.PL make test If the tests pass, install it: make install # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CHANGES # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.12: Added setCrop( 1 | 0 ) to force the fixed field format: setCrop sets whether records should be cropped to the size of the format or not. For example if you have a string 'whee' that is meant to be fit into a fixed format of 2 then if setCrop is true the record will be changed to 'wh' to constrain it # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------