Tabs Between Fields in a .txt File

[Jeff Harrison]

--- mikefedkiw <mikefedkiw at adelphia.net> wrote:

> I am generating an output file that has about eight
> different fields on a line. My customer needs this
> file with tabs between the data to import into his
> pos program. The only thing I have been able to do
> is generate a file with spaces between the fields.
> His pos apparently will not accept this, it has to
> be tabs. Is there a way to do this?
> 
> I am using Filepro 5.0.09 on win2000 advanced server
> 
> 
> Thank you in Advance
> Mike Fedko

Yes.  Are you using export ascii?  Try: export ascii
fil = filename f=\t r=\n

Good Luck.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHImport and JHExport. The fastest and
easiest ways to create code for filePro Imports and
Exports. 



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