For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:
For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:
User attributes for this format are defined below.
| Name |
The name of the attribute to be written. |
| Type |
char Character fields store fixed-length strings. width controls the maximum characters that can be stored by the field. When a character field is written, it is right-padded with blanks, or truncated, to fit the width. When a character field is retrieved, any padding blank characters are stripped away. decimal Decimal fields store single and double precision floating point values. width is the total number of characters allocated to the field, including the decimal point. precision controls the precision of the data and is the number of digits to the right of the decimal. |
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Width |
The width parameter controls the maximum characters that can be stored by the field. |
| Precision |
For some attribute types, controls the precision of the data by specifying the number of digits to the right of the decimal. |