Question : Import text file fixed width

I am trying to import a fixed length text file. It has two fields. The first is 4 characters, the second is the rest of the row, which may be several hundred characters. The problem is the DTS text import utility. It generates a red line (column seperator) at the 64 character mark. This causes the second field to wrap. I can not move this line, or delete it.
Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Answer : Import text file fixed width

I would try editing the file so that the first line is an example of the longest possible line you will have, and then firing up the import utility.

The utility may be scanning just the first several rows of the file, and not seeing any long lines there...
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