Re: Tab Charactor
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10965
interpreted = N
texte = >We wrote a program that takes a database and makes it tab delimited for>import into Webcatalog. Unfortunately, the tab character is not working. Can>someone please tell me the correct ascii number for the tab character that>webcat needs. I thought it was asc(9), but that isn't working. Currently we>use the | symbol, then do a search and replace with Word.I'm not quite sure what it means when 'the tab character is not working'. You mean that what you're exporting isn't creating the tab characters? Or perhaps after reading the database into WebCatalog, you don't see fields in the columns you expected?You should be careful not to put carriage return characters in the middle of a field -- that's a no-no. Change them to soft return, which is asc(11)Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors =====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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>We wrote a program that takes a database and makes it tab delimited for>import into Webcatalog. Unfortunately, the tab character is not working. Can>someone please tell me the correct ascii number for the tab character that>webcat needs. I thought it was asc(9), but that isn't working. Currently we>use the | symbol, then do a search and replace with Word.I'm not quite sure what it means when 'the tab character is not working'. You mean that what you're exporting isn't creating the tab characters? Or perhaps after reading the database into WebCatalog, you don't see fields in the columns you expected?You should be careful not to put carriage return characters in the middle of a field -- that's a no-no. Change them to soft return, which is asc(11)Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors =====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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