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by **Jerome Smi** » Fri, 23 Jun 1995 04:00:00

I've asked this question a couple of times with no luck in getting any
response...but I'll try again:

Has anyone had any luck (or experience) importing large blocks of text
into memo fields? I have about 1000 records worth of text, each record
is between 2-4000 characters. They are all variable in length. I'm
trying to import them into memo fields. I've used one of the import
tools found on PDX Informant BBS - however...it fails to bring in the
whole record. It dies around 1046 characters - apparently the limit
of a readline command.

Any help in this area would be appreciated.

by **j..** » Fri, 23 Jun 1995 04:00:00

The readLine method will only read 1023 characters (see online help in 5.0) at a
time. Use a sePosition to skip the first 1023 characters abd readLine again.
Repeat until you are at the end of the file.

Good luck.

by **Brian Ivi** » Fri, 23 Jun 1995 04:00:00

>I've asked this question a couple of times with no luck in getting any
>response...but I'll try again:

>Has anyone had any luck (or experience) importing large blocks of text
>into memo fields? I have about 1000 records worth of text, each record
>is between 2-4000 characters. They are all variable in length. I'm
>trying to import them into memo fields. I've used one of the import
>tools found on PDX Informant BBS - however...it fails to bring in the
>whole record. It dies around 1046 characters - apparently the limit
>of a readline command.

>Any help in this area would be appreciated.

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I tried a little OPAL, I hope this helps...
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method pushButton(var eventInfo Event)
var
mm Memo ; To store temporarily the memo
tc tCursor ; A tCursor to whatever table you want to place the memo
endVar

mm.readFromFile ("THE NAME OF THE TEXTFILE")) ; To read in the text
tc.open(":WORK:TRY.DB")) ; The following to save the text
tc.edit()
tc.insertRecord()
tc."memo" = mm
tc.close()
endMethod

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Brian Ivie
Computer Specialist
CES Youth and Family Programs

(801) 378-6353

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HELP! - importing text to memo fields

HELP! - importing text to memo fields

HELP! - importing text to memo fields

HELP! - importing text to memo fields