Tuesday January 13 2004 08:51, mark lewis wrote to Frank Reid:   
      
    FR>> My ALLFIX (6.00.018) definitely strips the Ctrl-Z character   
    FR>> using the "filter" mechanism I describe.  I know, because I   
    FR>> banged my head against the wall with exactly this problem   
    FR>> for weeks (messages from HTick that included EOF characters   
    FR>> added in the FDIZ by the author).  I process the whole   
    FR>> filebone through here, and I know I'm seeing the same TICs.   
    ml>   
    ml> it must be noted that there is a distinct difference between having   
    ml> CTRL-Z characters in the FILE_ID.DIZ and in the .TIC file... yes, same   
    ml> character, but different processing... it is likely that in your case,   
    ml> the CTRL-Z in the FILE_ID.DIZ is being taken care of by your filter...   
    ml> as to why you're not seeing the same problems that were described,   
    ml> that may be because someone downstream of you is correcting the   
    ml> problem unbeknownst to you...   
      
   If the ^Z is in FILE_ID.DIZ, it is at the end of the file => No problem. If   
   the ^Z is in TIC, it is in the middle of the file => problem.   
      
   'Tommi, The late ALLFIX BETA TEAM   
      
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