Database Use page

The Database Use page allows the user to specify the use of a non-dLabel database - such as an older dLabel/dIndex database, or an ASCII data file obtained from another word-processor, spreadsheet or database.

To use a non-dLabel database the file may be selected by pushing the Browse button and choosing the required file from the standard Windows Open dialog.

The separators used within the data file to mark the end of lines, fields and records must be entered in the Separators boxes. A drop-down list fills in these boxes for a number of commonly encountered data sources.

Note that dLabel can use only ASCII files obtained from other programs; thus it can use ASCII files exported from Excel, Word or Access, but it cannot use the native XLS, DOC or MDB files of those packages.

Data files to be used by dLabel may be used as read only by checking the Read Only check box before pushing the OK button.

The data within some data files may have text fields contained within quotation marks. dLabel can be instructed to ignore the quotation marks by checking the Remove Quotes checkbox before pushing the OK button.

The data file is opened when the OK button is pushed.

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Database Import page