dotnet tool

[Wendy Elizabeth]

I am basically new to using Visual Basic.NET.

I wrote a Visual Basic.NET web application that will allow users to enter
data. Once this data is entered, I put the data into one big long string to
pass the information to a mainframe system. This is way the mainframe system
expects the data. (For example: Address1 should be in position 192 for a
length of 30, city needs to be in position 7886 for a length for 25.)

Thus for each field, I need to put the data into a continous long stream
to be parsed out by the mainframe. Is there any tool that I can use that will
say I am currently at position #7886 for a length of 25? In otherwords,
if I copy and paste the data to "notepad" file is there a way for a tool to
show me where my cursor is at?

Thanks!

[Brian Hoops]

In notepad make sure that Word Wrap is turned off and the Status Bar is
turned on. Then, in the status bar you'll have Ln 1, Col 123 where Ln 1 is
the line (in this case line 1) and Col 123 is the position of the cursor.

HTH.

-Brian

"Wendy Elizabeth" <We************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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I am basically new to using Visual Basic.NET.

I wrote a Visual Basic.NET web application that will allow users to enter
data. Once this data is entered, I put the data into one big long string
to
pass the information to a mainframe system. This is way the mainframe
system
expects the data. (For example: Address1 should be in position 192 for a
length of 30, city needs to be in position 7886 for a length for 25.)

Thus for each field, I need to put the data into a continous long stream
to be parsed out by the mainframe. Is there any tool that I can use that
will
say I am currently at position #7886 for a length of 25? In otherwords,
if I copy and paste the data to "notepad" file is there a way for a tool
to
show me where my cursor is at?

Thanks!