Hello, Mark! I can confirm that this works. The first attempt failed. But I realized the issue was that I forgot to reload after importing then saving. Then it worked smoothly.
I'm going to stress test it a bit more to see what else I can do. Thank you! LG On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12:10:48 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: > > Here's a brand new, experimental tool to help you import CSV data. BE SURE > TO BACKUP YOUR TW FILE BEFORE TRYING THIS!! > > Unfortunately it is not a 100% automatic. That's why I refer to it as a > helper. Someone who knows the innards of TW5 could probably fix up the code > so that it does everything at once. > > Drag and drop the attached json file into your TW. Save and reload your TW. > > Follow the instructions in "How to use the CSV to TW/JSON helper". > Basically you create a tiddler with your CSV data. The first row of the CSV > data must have your field headers, and the field "title" is mandatory. If > you want "created" or "modified" you will have to add your own date stamps > at this point. > > If the converter tiddler is successfully, your CSV data will appear below. > You can copy and paste the converted JSON code into a separate file with a > JSON extension, and then drag and drop it back into your TW to convert. > This is the part that could use some more automation. > > Good luck, > Mark > > > On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 8:18:23 PM UTC-7, LG wrote: >> >> Hi! I've been desperately googling for half an hour and I *cannot *figure >> out how to use CreateTiddlersFromCSV. I copy data in and then it tells me I >> need to save. I cannot find a save button. I've tried dragging the URL into >> my TiddlyWiki, but the page just reloads and goes to that site. >> >> How do I do this? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6f5622ca-c7b0-4edc-8304-43bc9a09e0c1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
