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How do you specify the format (how do you know the headings, where do columns start and end?<br />
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Martin<br />

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How do you specify the format (how do you know the headings, where do columns start and end?

Martin


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Perhaps you could give us an example of the file - a few records....<br />

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Perhaps you could give us an example of the file - a few records....


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Edited text of question<br />

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Adjusted points to 100<br />

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Is there anyway that I can take a raw file and spit it out on an HTML page. &nbsp;ie. I want it to have headings for each field. &nbsp;<br />
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CODE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE &nbsp; &nbsp;MAKER &nbsp; &nbsp;CHECKER &nbsp; COMMENTS<br />
Evaap16481 &nbsp;981105 &nbsp;billy &nbsp; &nbsp;rsmith &nbsp; &nbsp;shutdown<br />
Evaap16557 &nbsp;981110 &nbsp;tonym &nbsp; &nbsp;phild &nbsp; &nbsp; n/a<br />
Evaap16563 &nbsp;981124 &nbsp;larryf &nbsp; rsmith &nbsp; &nbsp;can't add secondary<br />
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That is what I want the output to look like. The headings are not part of the file. 
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Is there anyway that I can take a raw file and spit it out on an HTML page.  ie. I want it to have headings for each field.  

CODE        DATE    MAKER    CHECKER   COMMENTS
Evaap16481  981105  billy    rsmith    shutdown
Evaap16557  981110  tonym    phild     n/a
Evaap16563  981124  larryf   rsmith    can't add secondary


That is what I want the output to look like. The headings are not part of the file. 

turning a file into a table

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