Methods and Properties
TextConverter exposes properties and methods to be used from external programming environments.
Select a method or property below to learn more about it:
Properties
append - If append is true, the conversion appends records to the existing table if it is already present. If it is false, the original table is deleted
field_delimiter - The field delimiter separates the input record into fields
record_delimiter - The record delimiter transforms the input text stream into input records
skip - The number of records to skip in the input file
text_qualifier - A character that separates blocks of text, within which all field and record delimiters are ignored
names_line - line number with the header
Methods
Convert() - Starts the text conversion process
GetOutputDS() - Returns the output data source object
GetStartPath() - Returns a file path to the location from where the TextConverter component was started
GetVar() - Returns a target variable
GetWorkPath() - Returns the path to the TextConverter component's working folder
IsValid() - Checks if the component is ready for the text conversion process
NewProject() - Creates a new Text Converter project clearing any settings or changes previously done
OpenProject() - Opens a TextConverter project from a file
SaveProject() - Saves the current TextConverter project to a file
SetInputFile() - Sets an input file
Advanced: The object is exposed through the IConverterX interface.
InterfaceID: {C38C2010-6F76-432c-8913-6266DE6FBDE9}
TypeLibID: {33014E58-6E4E-4435-B9F6-FA4A3D359463}
CLSID: {8A95B73E-2FD7-4a4d-B215-FEA9F6F850EA}
ProgID: ConverterX.ConverterX.1