Writing Database Records to a Text File

To write all database information to a text file, click the Write All Records to Text File icon or choose File | Write All Records to Text File from the Database Records Management screen.

This option converts all records in the current database to standard text records. The resulting file can then be used as input to another program, edited, sent across communication lines, etc.

When selected, you will be prompted to enter the name of the file to be written. Choose the path and filename.

The resulting file will contain one fixed length line for each database record. Each line will be terminated by a carriage return - line feed sequence. Within the record, each field will occupy a fixed number of spaces equal to the field length in spaces in the database field. There are no separators between fields.