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- This file is made to give you a little help about the examples seated
- in this directory.
-
- 1st example - file DATA.TXT
- If you need to export this file to a worksheet or to a database, you can
- prepare this work with MCXTRACT
- Select FILE/INPUT, choose DATA.TXT
- With the Define delimiter, open DATA.TAB, and select RETURN
- Enter an output file if needed: if nothing in the output file area, the
- output file will be DATA.XTR
- Select FILE/GO
- After proceeding, the file DATA.XTR is ready to be imported into
- a worksheet or into a database.
-
- 2nd example - file SOURCE.TXT
- You have been given a source text file, but with the number of each line
- ahead: suppose you need only the source text, for example to be pasted
- to another program.
- Select FILE/INPUT, choose SOURCE.TXT
- With the Define delimiter, open SOURCE.TAB, and select RETURN
- Enter an output file if needed: if nothing in the output file area, the
- output file will be SOURCE.XTR
- You can choose not to have the field names ahead in the output file
- Select FILE/GO
- After proceeding, the file SOURCE.XTR is ready
-
- END OF EXAMPLES.TXT
-