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I had to do something similar as well... what I had to do is to use the ASCII File Begin Process "T1% (Tab Delimited Text) or whatever, then essentially saved the text out into a dump file. T1 was the dump file name. Ensure to click the Variable to Receive First Field, and it will start to process all your text files and put them into T2 - T99. The downfall of this system, is that since Macex only has 99 variables, you only have that many spots.

Ok.. just managed to get it.. I take the initial txt file, eliminated all CR and LFs, then manually added the TAB using Ascii code 9, and Ascii code 13 for CRs. thanks a lot for the help.. I think all I needed was a little hint to jog my brain a bit.

Hmm.. and at the end of each record, a carriage return? Essentially I have a pile of text files from a preset format, I have to load up the text file, then process it, save it out again into a format that MacEx likes. So I have to somehow add in the Tabs, and the CRs in a variable. 1) I load up the text file, and save the text as a variable 2) I have to process the tabs, and CRs I assume? 3) now I can work with it and break out the information into individual variables starting with %T50% up to %T80% for instance. hope I'm making some sense.

Hello there, Been a Mac Ex user for about a year and a half now.. Love the program, it sure helps automation out at work. Question, have any of you used the ASCII File Begin Process commands under 'Files/Folders'? I have been trying to get this to run as a TAB delim file with their examples, and cannot seem to work it out. i.e. MC<tab>98 SE, 2000<tab><tab>Athlon<tab>750 MHz<tab>256 M<tab><tab>83<enter> JH<tab>95 B<tab>5.00.3314.2101<tab>P II<tab>333 MHz<tab>65 M<enter> KH<tab>98 SE, 2000<tab>5.00.3314.2101<tab>P III<tab>550 MHz<tab>384 M<tab><tab><tab>17" Flat KG<tab>XP<tab>5.50.4807.2300<tab>P 4<tab>1.7 GHz<tab>256 M<tab><tab><tab>17" Flat, 15" LCD SJ<tab>98 SE<tab><tab>Athlon<tab>900 MHz<tab>128 M<tab><tab><tab>17" Any suggestions?