Thanks Randy, It looks like I can do this with a quick report. I need to add a custom column with a formula like: Replace string([proposals]proposal_text;Char(13)+Char(10);"[[crlf]]")
As to the other question about using Excel, they are working with a cloud-based SAAS that processes uploaded excel files for data imports. It works much nicer than you'd expect! The other import options involve REST or SQL. Since this is a legacy 4D system that is behind a firewall I can't provide those. I will be exporting these to a text file first and will have to massage the data once it is in Excel. Best, Brad Perkins On 8/3/18, 11:44 AM, "4D_Tech on behalf of [email protected]" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: Message: 8 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 10:43:47 -0700 From: "Randy Engle" <[email protected]> To: "'4D iNug Technical'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Export text columns containing carriage returns to Excel? Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALE/4razmVBBs4IIVut9wYjCgAAAEAAAAFkpv2DicIpJtXfz+L7rx/[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Brad Can I replace the carriage returns in the text fields with a special marker during export? I could replace the Excel cells containing the any carriage return markers with actual returns after import. This is frequently what I need to do: Replace the CR (13), (10), (11) with "///" or somesuch. Then put the CR back after import. Randy Engle -----Original Message----- From: 4D_Tech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Perkins, Bradley D <[email protected]> Subject: Export text columns containing carriage returns to Excel? I've been asked to provide an export from a legacy 4D system delivered as an .xlsx file. The challenge I'm facing is that this table contains a number of text fields and the customer requires the imported column cells to retain the returns or line feeds in the original text fields. If I do a straight tab-delimited export with carriage returns as the end of line marker, the imported result does not preserve the original row because any returns encountered in the text fields are interpreted as end of row. My other challenge is that I need to do this with out-of-box end user capabilities from a client (v15.4 remote) against a compiled server. I can't install plugins, create new methods, etc. It has been many years since I've had to do this type of thing in 4D. Can I replace the carriage returns in the text fields with a special marker during export? I could replace the Excel cells containing the any carriage return markers with actual returns after import. Thanks, Brad Perkins ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
