public void TestWriter_WriteOnlyColumn_WithIgnoredColumn() { var outputMapper = new FixedLengthTypeMapper <Person>(() => new Person()); outputMapper.Property(x => x.Name, 10); outputMapper.Ignored(1); outputMapper.WriteOnlyProperty("RecordNumber", new RecordNumberColumn("RecordNumber") { IncludeSchema = true }, 10); outputMapper.Ignored(1); outputMapper.Property(x => x.CreatedOn, 10).OutputFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); var people = new[] { new Person() { Name = "Bob", CreatedOn = new DateTime(2018, 04, 25) }, new Person() { Name = "Tom", CreatedOn = new DateTime(2018, 04, 26) }, new Person() { Name = "Jane", CreatedOn = new DateTime(2018, 04, 27) } }; StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); outputMapper.Write(writer, people, new FixedLengthOptions() { IsFirstRecordHeader = true }); string output = writer.ToString(); var inputMapper = new FixedLengthTypeMapper <Person>(() => new Person()); inputMapper.Property(x => x.Name, 10); inputMapper.Ignored(1); inputMapper.Property(x => x.RecordNumber, 10); inputMapper.Ignored(1); inputMapper.Property(x => x.CreatedOn, 10).InputFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); StringReader reader = new StringReader(output); var results = inputMapper.Read(reader, new FixedLengthOptions() { IsFirstRecordHeader = true }).ToArray(); Assert.AreEqual(3, results.Length); Assert.AreEqual("Bob", results[0].Name); Assert.AreEqual(2, results[0].RecordNumber); Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2018, 04, 25), results[0].CreatedOn); Assert.AreEqual("Tom", results[1].Name); Assert.AreEqual(3, results[1].RecordNumber); Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2018, 04, 26), results[1].CreatedOn); Assert.AreEqual("Jane", results[2].Name); Assert.AreEqual(4, results[2].RecordNumber); Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2018, 04, 27), results[2].CreatedOn); }