S3tuit commented on issue #5457: URL: https://github.com/apache/hop/issues/5457#issuecomment-3314981293
### Update (20 Sep 2025) For anyone landing here later, I just re-tested this on Hop 2.15. **Field enclosure works fine**, Hop’s Text file output only adds the enclosure (e.g. `"` ) when a field needs it, typically when the value contains the field separator (`,`/`;`). If you want all the incoming String to be enclosed (not typical), check `Force the enclosure around fields`. **Length mapping also works fine**. If you set a Length > 0, the step switches to a fixed-width formatting even when Pad fields is OFF. The difference is that when Pad field is OFF, Hop still writes enclosures. When it's ON, it doesn't write enclosure because it doesn't make sense since we know the start and end of that field. To me, this doesn't seem like a bug. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
