# Format file

**URL:** <https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/format-file/19>\
**Category:** CloverDX Platform\
**Created:** [July 16, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/format-file/19 "2007-07-16T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![oldforum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@oldforum](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/oldforum)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/format-file/19/1 "2007-07-16T00:00:00Z")

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I would like to know if a file with a mixed format can b read or not? Or how can a file with two different formats be read? Can some one please guide me on this?

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**Author:** ![oldforum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@oldforum](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/oldforum)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/format-file/19/2 "2007-07-16T08:23:44Z")

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Yes, DataReader and DataWriter components handle mixed data format (combination between fixlen and delimited data format).

Consider this type of metadata:

And this data file:

Martin;1234Otasanek  
Jim;5678Steeve

This result in this table:

±------±--------±--------±--------±----------+  
|Record |Field1 |Field2 |Field3 |Field4 |  
±------±--------±--------±--------±----------+  
|# 1 |Martin |123 |4 |Otasanek|  
|# 2 |Jim |567 |8 |Steeve |  
±------±--------±--------±--------±----------+

Unfortunately this type of metadata is not direct supported in actual clover GUI release.

OtaSanek