The Menu: "File", "Edit", "Connect", "View", and "Help". Input Pane: The main window of the TextConverter user interface is divided into four window panes. The pane in the upper left is the input pane. The input pane is further divided into three sections. On the left you can choose either the Template View or the Parsing View. On the right is the input dictionary. The tabular columns of the Parsing View do not allow you to change the width as they are a reflection of the actual input data.
Output Dictionary: A list of all the fields that will be generated as the output. Users can merge, divide, create, and add script to existing fields as well as create new ones. These fields can also be connected or disconnected from any input field listed in the Input Dictionary. If you need more than one output table (or file) for you project, create a DBCreator data object and use just as you would the output dictionary. Output Preview: This section of TextConverter has two tabs: Preview and Script. The Preview tab shows the output table sample and allows you to select/highlight each element to see the corresponding element highlighted in the Input text table. When the script tab is clicked the Script Editor pane opens and the Preview tab is no longer visible. To search the script being edited press CTRL+F and a search dialog will appear. To search and replace, press CTRL+H. There is a collapsible section on the left containing the list of Target Variables, which could be accessed from within the script. To add variables use the fly menu. For example you can add Data Objects for accessing additional data sources. Options: TextConverter offers many Options to adjust, including record and field delimiters. After making changes to the options, it may be necessary to reset the output dictionary using the reset button on the Tool Bar. Related Sections | ||||||||||||
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