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Using Text File Wizard

Text File Wizard

WhentheinputdatabasefileisaplainASCIItextfileorformattedCSV(CommaSeparated

Values),Text File WizardwillbestartedwithinDatabaseWizardanditwillguideyouthrough

quickandeasystepsoftextdataacquire.Themaindifferencebetweenrealdatabaseandtextfileis

intheirdatastructureinformation.Databasesincludethewholeinformationabouttheirfields

(names,dataformat,length)andcanbeautomaticallyusedwiththeapplication.Textfiles,onthe

otherhand,donothavestoredsuchinformationandyouwillhavetoinstructtheapplicationhowthe

dataisencoded.

WhenTextFileWizardfinishes,itwillreturncontrolbacktoDatabaseWizard,thatwillguidethe

restoftheway.

Choosing Data Type

Beforeyoucanusetextfile,youwillhavetodefineitsdatastructure.Fieldscanbedelimitedby

somesortofaseparator(tab,semicolon,commaorsomeentirelyuser-definedseparator)orcanbe

ofafixedlength.

DatabaseWizard–ChoosingDataType

ChooseDelimited,ifyouknowthatdatafieldsareseparatedwithsomespecialcharacter.Filepre-

viewatthebottomofthedialogboxcanbehelpful,ifyoudonotknowexactlyhowthedataisorgan-

ized.

ChooseFixedifyouknow,thatyourdatafieldsalwaysoccupythesamenumberofcharacters.

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