Q117219: Using STRTRAN() to Add Carriage Returns to ASCII File

Article: Q117219
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 10-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b 
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In FoxPro for Macintosh, the COPY TO TYPE DELIMITED command creates a delimited
ASCII file, with each record terminated by a linefeed only. Some programs
require a carriage return as the record terminator. If the ASCII file is placed
in a memo field with APPEND MEMO, the STRTRAN() function can be used to replace
the linefeed character with a carriage return character. COPY MEMO can then be
used to create a new file with carriage returns.

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The following code illustrates the use of STRTRAN() to add carriage return
characters.

     CREATE TABLE memonly (textfile M)
     SELECT 0
     USE SYS(2004)+"\tutorial\customer.dbf"
     COPY TO test.txt TYPE DELIMITED FOR RECNO() < 5
     SELECT memonly
     APPEND BLANK
     APPEND MEMO memonly.textfile FROM test.txt OVERWRITE
     REPLACE memonly.textfile WITH STRTRAN(textfile,CHR(10),CHR(13))
     COPY MEMO memonly.textfile FROM test2.txt

Open both files in Microsoft Word. TEST.TXT contains a box character at the end
of each record. TEST2.TXT starts a new line where the box characters used to be
in TEST.TXT.

CHR(10) is the ASCII code for the linefeed character and CHR(13) is the ASCII
character for the carriage return. If both the carriage return and the linefeed
character are necessary use the following REPLACE command instead.

     REPLACE textfile WITH STRTRAN(textfile,CHR(10),CHR(13)+CHR(10))

For information about using low-level file commands to export data to a delimited
ASCII file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q115418 Appending from a Delimited ASCII File Using Low-Level File I/O

Additional query words: VFoxMac FoxMac line feed hard return soft CR/LF text

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbVFP300bMac
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b

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