Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 5 - Item Properties Number Item Subclass Properties
Padded to > Length
Input data may contain both content and pad characters. When an item is built for
output, the item is padded to the number of bytes specified for Length.
The Padded to > Length must be greater than or equal to the Size > Max
value.
Padded to > CountsTowardMinContent
When you select Padded to > Min Content, the CountsTowardMinContent
field appears. Use this setting to specify if pad characters should count toward the
length of an object when determining if it meets its minimum content length.
Choose one of the following:
♦ Yes - Pad characters are included in the count for the length of an object.
♦ No - Pad characters are not counted toward the length of an object.
You can use the Propagate function here to propagate the present
CountsTowardMinContent value to the subtypes of the present type, if present.
Note If you are using the trace option, there might be cases where in the trace file the
content length appears to be different than the input length. A trace file lists the
input length (the length used to validate an object), which includes the input
length of each object plus the pad characters. In the case of numbers, signs and
separators are also counted in the length.
Pad > Justify
Use the Justify property to specify whether the data is padded to the left or right.
Property Description
Left The data will be on the left and will be padded (if necessary) on
the right.
Right The data will be on the right and will be padded (if necessary) on
the left.