Introduction

FFO is a simple formatting library, mainly target to be used with old systems that do not support xml or other types of messages.

Note that this is a very very small library, just aimed at somthing I needed and I couldn't find... well a library like this to do it.

Do you need this?

  • Do you need to deal with messages that have fixed length, regardless of the size of the fields?
  • Does content get padded with (tipically) spaces or zeros?
  • Do you have a size for the different fields in your message?

    If the answer to some or all of these questions is yes, this library might be for you.

Known bugs

Before struggling with something you see not working, check the KnownBugs test, if you have a new one, feel free to report it.

Usage of Fixed Format Output