RockWorks | Utilities | File | Export | Text
This Utilities and EarthApps command is used to export the contents of the current datasheet (.RwDat file) to a text-format file, with a choice of column separators.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Destination-File: Click on this item to type in the name under which the exported file is to be stored. The default file type is TXT.
- Delimiter: Choose from one of the displayed options for column separators.
- Commas: Comma Delimited: DH-1,14,255,241,349,
- Quotes: Check this box to include quotes also: "DH-1","14","255","241","349",
- Spaces: Space Delimited: (note that spaces are "invisible") DH-1 14 255 241 349 (ASCII character 32)
- Tabs: Tab Delimited: (note that <Tab>s are "invisible") DH-1 14 255 241 349 (ASCII character 9)
- Lines: Line delimited (ASCII #10#13)
- Other: Expand this heading to choose a different character.
- Include Column Titles: Insert a check in this box if you want the column titles to be included in the exported file, as the first line in the file.
- Remove Thousands Separator: Insert a check in this box if you want any long numeric values (such as the textual listings for colors in the data sheet) to be stripped of its place commas when exported. If activated, a number such as "24,657,483" would be listed as "24657483" in the export file.
- View in Editor: Check this box if you want the exported text file to be loaded and displayed in your system's default text editor, such as Windows Notepad.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab.
- Open the RwDat file you wish to export.
- Select the File | Export | Text menu option.
- Enter the requested menu items, described above.
- Click the Process button to continue.
The program will save the data on disk in a text format, using the column delimiters that you chose. If requested the exported file will be loaded into a text editing program.
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