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The most important component of this service is the SortInfo parameter. This is where you specify the order in which columns are sorted, their sort directions, and their sort justifications. The SortInfo parameter is an @FM delimited list of codes. Each code uses the following format:

[A|D][L|R|N]x

[A|D] determines if the column is sorted in the ascending (A) or descending (D) direction. Ascending will be assumed if you don’t provide this part of the code. [L|R|N] determines if the column data is left aligned (L) or , right aligned (R), or converted to numbers (N) during sort. Left aligned sorting is for text sorts, and right aligned sorts are for sorting simple numbers. For this reason, you can also use ‘N’ instead of ‘R’ – ‘N’ meaning “Number.” Numerical sorts actually convert the data to numbers for a more accurate sort, but non-numerical data won't sort well in this mode. If you don’t specify any part of this code, then Left aligned sort is assumed. Lastly, the ‘x’ portion of the code is the column index you wish to sort. You cannot omit this portion of the code since the service will not know which column to sort.

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