This screen allows you to import events into WinDates from a formatted text data file. The screen may be accessed by selecting the "Calendar | Import" menu item and selecting the Text File Type. The following controls are available.
Specifies the name of the text file that contains the events to be imported. To browse for the file, select the browse button.
After an Import file has been selected, the first line of that file is displayed in this frame. This gives an example of the format of the file to make setting the import options easier.
These settings allow you specify the order of the columns in the text file that is being imported. Columns in the file must be delimited (separated) by a character such as a comma or semicolon. This delimiter can be set using the Column Delimiter field.
The order of the columns in the Column List must be set to be in same order as the columns in the import file. To change the order of columns, select a column and choose either the Up or Down buttons to move that column. If there are columns which are not used in your file, move them to the end of the list.
These settings allow you to specify the format of the Event Date. The order of Month, Day and Year may be selected as well as the delimiter used to separate these values. An example of the current date format is also shown in the frame. Date values must be in numeric format.
These settings allow you to specify the Recurrence Type and Alarm Settings for all events imported from the current text file.