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Before you add an Update Field event, you need to know the position in the text block
of the data to be extracted so that you can enter these details in the Update Field Event
dialogue.

Select the Edit tool and click on the text block containing the data to be
extracted.

Position the cursor at the first character of the data. The Status Bar will display
the position (Line and Column number) of the first character.

Move the cursor to the end character of the data. You can either count the
characters as you move the cursor, or subtract the column number of the end
character (displayed in the Status Bar) from that of the first character.

To update a field with the Account Number extracted from Text Block 1,
‘Membership Details’ of our environment, the field name 

AccNum has been added to

the field list.

To fill the field using an Update Field Event, the position and length of the data in the
text block has been established (first and number of lines and characters) and entered
in the Update Field Event dialogue.