Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22451
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texte = Thanks for pointing out the use of .hdr files with tab delimited text files, which certainly speeds up the operation, but the Merge option does not workMy FileMaker is exporting into Merge and inserting a semi-colon (;) as the field delimiter whereas the WebCatalog manual illustrates a comma (,) as the field delimeter - could this be why it is not working?Julian---------- >From: Larry Hewitt >To: WebCatalog Support >Subject: Re: FileMaker and WebCat >Date: Fri, Jan 8, 1999, 4:07 pm >>Export your file as a MERGE file instead - it sends the field headers, >which simply have to match between WebCat and FM Pro. We used this >process in our 1998 Voting System for State of WA this past season. > >Larry > >>Probably a very dumb question... >> >>One of my clients runs their back office on FileMaker from where I get the >>data to drive their website - running out of Webstar and WebCatalog. >> >>I have a pretty clunky way of transferring this data and I wonder if anyone >>has a better idea? >> >>I export out of FileMaker into a tab delimited text file, which I then open >>in a text editor where I add a header containing the field names. I save >>this as the data table which WebCatalog reads. >> >>FileMaker does not appear to have any export options which can be read >>directly by WebCatalog without this process. >> >>Julian Clayton >> >> >> > > >======================================================================== >Hewitt Consulting... Business Internet Solutions >======================================================================== > www.hewittco.com > Larry Hewitt larryh@hewittco.com > Hewitt Consulting voice: 360/740-1090 > Managing Partner cell: 360/508-6014 > fax: 360/740-0998 > > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (Julian Clayton 1999)
  2. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (PCS Technical Support 1999)
  3. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (John Hill 1999)
  4. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (Julian Clayton 1999)
Thanks for pointing out the use of .hdr files with tab delimited text files, which certainly speeds up the operation, but the Merge option does not workMy FileMaker is exporting into Merge and inserting a semi-colon (;) as the field delimiter whereas the WebCatalog manual illustrates a comma (,) as the field delimeter - could this be why it is not working?Julian---------- >From: Larry Hewitt >To: WebCatalog Support >Subject: Re: FileMaker and WebCat >Date: Fri, Jan 8, 1999, 4:07 pm >>Export your file as a MERGE file instead - it sends the field headers, >which simply have to match between WebCat and FM Pro. We used this >process in our 1998 Voting System for State of WA this past season. > >Larry > >>Probably a very dumb question... >> >>One of my clients runs their back office on FileMaker from where I get the >>data to drive their website - running out of Webstar and WebCatalog. >> >>I have a pretty clunky way of transferring this data and I wonder if anyone >>has a better idea? >> >>I export out of FileMaker into a tab delimited text file, which I then open >>in a text editor where I add a header containing the field names. I save >>this as the data table which WebCatalog reads. >> >>FileMaker does not appear to have any export options which can be read >>directly by WebCatalog without this process. >> >>Julian Clayton >> >> >> > > >======================================================================== >Hewitt Consulting... Business Internet Solutions >======================================================================== > www.hewittco.com > Larry Hewitt larryh@hewittco.com > Hewitt Consulting voice: 360/740-1090 > Managing Partner cell: 360/508-6014 > fax: 360/740-0998 > > > > Julian Clayton

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