Jef,
You want to use the Export Field Contents command, instead of the
Export Records command. This will create a txt file, preserving
carriage returns.
Regards,
Chad
On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:10 AM, jef chippewa wrote:
hi, i just moved to FMP8.5 from 7 (mac) and am exporting data
as .txt files (tab-separated text) to be sent as an email attachment
(one email/attachment per record). the data (composition programme
notes) is contained in a single field for each record and has
carriage returns that need to be retained (text to be edited by one
person and translated by another).
this worked in v.7, but now the carriage returns appear as a strange
character and the carriage returns aren't present anymore. they
seem to be converted to line returns (shift-return; i checked in MS
word); i can understand the reasoning for this (carriage return =
next record in importing), but need to find a solution that works
better for my needs in this situation.
a partial solution might be to export as ".doc" and run a replace
script on the MS word doc before editing (prefer to edit in word
anyways), then another on the final version to change carriage
returns to line returns. but actually, i just tried to import a
text with ONLY line returns (i.e. one paragraph), and filemaker
interprets the line returns as carriage returns!
what to do?!
cheers,
jef
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