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  36 <helpdocument version="1.0">
  37 <meta>
  38 <topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasedabawiz02textxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Text File Connection</title>
  40 <filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02text.xhp</filename>
  41 </topic>
  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2004-07-28T15:03:00">UFI: Database Wizard text file</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2007-03-01T12:29:25">YJ: checked</lastedited>
  45 </history>
  46 </meta>
  47 <body>
  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2517166"><bookmark_value>tables in databases;importing text formats (Base)</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>text databases (Base)</bookmark_value>
  50 </bookmark><comment>mw changed "database tables;" to "tables in databases;"</comment>
  51 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1054F" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW">Text File Connection</paragraph>
  52 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10553" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Specifies the settings for importing a database in text format.</ahelp><comment>UFI: most text copied without editing from shared\explorer\database\11040000</comment></paragraph>
  53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10568" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In a text format database, data is stored in an unformatted ASCII file, where each record comprises a row. The data fields are divided by separators. Text in the data fields is divided by quotation marks.</paragraph>
  54 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_ET_LOCATIONTEXTFILE" id="bm_id1533860" localize="false"/>
  55 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1056B" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Path to text files</paragraph>
  56 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1056F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the path to the text file or files. If you just want one text file, you can use any extension of the file name. If you enter a folder name, the text files in that folder must have the extension *.csv to be recognized as files of the text database.</ahelp></paragraph>
  57 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_PB_LOCATIONTEXTFILE" id="bm_id1796624" localize="false"/>
  58 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10572" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph>
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to open a file selection dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
  60 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSTXTFILES" id="bm_id3230994" localize="false"/>
  61 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10616" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Plain text files (*.txt)</paragraph>
  62 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access txt files.</ahelp><comment>UFI: sorry, this is not in the spec.</comment></paragraph>
  63 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSCSVFILES" id="bm_id1720023" localize="false"/>
  64 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10643" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">'Comma separated value' files (*.csv)</paragraph>
  65 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access csv files.</ahelp></paragraph>
  66 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSOTHERFILES" id="bm_id2862636" localize="false"/>
  67 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_ET_OWNEXTENSION" id="bm_id2447279" localize="false"/>
  68 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10666" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Custom</paragraph>
  69 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1066A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access custom files. Enter the extension in the text box.</ahelp></paragraph>
  70 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_DSADMIN_FIELD_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3149578" localize="false"/>
  71 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10581" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Field separator</paragraph>
  72 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_FIELD_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that separates data fields in the text file.</ahelp></paragraph>
  73 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_DSADMIN_TEXT_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3149795" localize="false"/>
  74 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1059C" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Text separator</paragraph>
  75 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_TEXT_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that identifies a text field in the text file.</ahelp> You cannot use the same character as the field separator.</paragraph>
  76 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_DSADMIN_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3151385" localize="false"/>
  77 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105B8" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Decimal separator</paragraph>
  78 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that is used as a decimal separator in the text file, for example, a period (0.5) or a comma (0,5).</ahelp></paragraph>
  79 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_DSADMIN_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3153897" localize="false"/>
  80 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105D3" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Thousands separator</paragraph>
  81 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that is used as a thousands separator in the text file, for example a comma (1,000), or a period (1.000).</ahelp></paragraph>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link></paragraph>
  83 </body>
  84 </helpdocument>