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Insert Line

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The Insert Line activity inserts lines into a text file on a line number that you specify.

This activity replaces functionality in the Manage Text File legacy activity from Opalis 6.3.

Configuring the Insert Line Activity

Before you configure the Insert Line File activity, you need to determine the following:

  • The name of the file you want to insert text into.

  • The file encoding type of the file you want to insert text into.

  • The line number location where you want to insert the text.

Use the following information to configure the Insert Line activity.

Details Tab

Settings Configuration Instructions
File Enter the path and name of the file that you want to insert the text into, or select the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it.
File encoding Select the ellipsis button (...) and select the format that the file is encoded in from the File encoding dropdown list. Verify that you select the correct encoding format. If the file uses a different encoding format, the activity fails.
Text Enter the text that you want to insert into the file.
Line number Enter the line number where the text will be inserted.

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item Description
File name The name of the file that the text was inserted into.
File encoding The file encoding format that you selected in the File encoding field.
Line text The text of the line that was inserted.
Line number The line number that was inserted, if only one line was inserted.