Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help - Importing structured text files

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Importing structured text files
Structured text is ASCII text that retains its structure in fields and values. When you import a structured text file into a view, the field names in the text file must correspond to the field names in an IBM® Lotus® Notes® document in the view. To do this, create a form that contains the names of the fields you're importing.

To import structured text into a view

The source file containing the structured text file must be on your local hard drive or on a file server to which you are connected.

1. Select the database and open the view that will receive the source data.

2. Choose File - Import.

3. Select "Structured Text."

4. Select the name of the source file.

5. Click Import.

6. Select a form to use for the imported source data from the "Use Form" list.

7. Select an Inter-Document Delimiter to determine how to separate the records.

Select "Form-feed" if the records in the source file are separated by a form feed (ASCII 12).
Select "Character Code" if the records in the file are separated by a delimiter other than the default, ASCII (form-feed).

8. Leave Main Document(s) selected in the "Import as" list unless you are creating response documents.

9. Do one of the following:

Select Justify in the "For body text" list to wrap text to fit the Notes window.
Select "Preserve Line Breaks" in the "For body text" list to maintain the existing line breaks in the source file and add a return character at the end of each line of text.

10. (Optional) Select "Calculate fields on form during document import."

11. Click OK.

See Also

File formats you can export and import

Importing options

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