>Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? When I create a csv file >for export the first record always ends up as the header. Rather than >headers like "first name" "last name", I get "Joe" "Smith." This means >the first record doesn't receive the mailing when I create letters from >the file.
The terminology will be confusing. csv is short for Comma Separated Values. At its base, this just means a text file where the fields are separated by commas (with quotes around fields with embedded commas) and records separated by carriage returns. Somtimes (in Excel and others) you'll see CSV used to mean a csv file with the first row containing the field names. FileMaker uses the file time Merge to specify this type of file. So, as is suggested, if you use the ebase button, you get the right type of file. If you use FileMaker export tools, select the file type Merge and you'll get what you're looking for, a csv text file with the field names in the first row. -- -- Dave Shaw H4 Consulting tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
