Re: Reports 2.5 tab delimited file output?

Tab and cr on a Mac are ascii 9 and 13 just like anywhere else. Is that the question you are asking?

Stuart Chaulk wrote:
>
> Regarding the following (which is a lifesaver, thanks!), does anyone
> know
> what the control code from a mac would be, or what might be
> substituted
> for control(I)/control(l) for a tab/cr?
>
> In article <864839773.19070_at_dejanews.com>, markha_at_csufresno.edu wrote:
>
> > I found a solution to this problem: First, add a user defined
 printer
> > code to the printer definition file which will translate to
 control-I,
> > the ascii tab character. For example:
> >
> > printer "no_ff"
> > height 66
> > width 2000
> > after page
> > code "09" control(I) <-- added code 09 to generate ctl-I
 (tab)
> > linefeed control(J)
> >
> > Then, instead of selecting all the fields and concatenating them
 into a
> > single data record, select as individual fields.
> >
> > SELECT field_1, field_2, field_3, etc.
> >
> > Then place each field in the character format layout side by side
 with
> > the "General Layout-Horizontal-Variable" property set, and the
 "Printer
> > Code-After" property set to &09 for each of the fields (except the
 last).
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > markha_at_csufresno.edu wrote:
>
> --
> Stuart Chaulk - Project Logistician
> Community Health Resource Project
> University of British Columbia | Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
> schaulk_at_hivnet.ubc.ca | http://cfeweb.hivnet.ubc.ca/chrp/
 

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