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From: bjornl@milton.u.washington.edu (Bjorn Levidow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Pasting text with tabs into a field:  How is it done?
Keywords: xcmds,file-to-field,tabs in fields
Message-ID: <8561@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 4 Oct 90 01:21:26 GMT
Sender: bjornl@milton.u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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I'm trying to use the FileToField XCMD in the Dartmouth 3.1 collection
to put a text field with tab in it into a field.  The problem is that
all of the tabs get stripped out and I'm left with one long line of data.
I'd like to be able to replace the tabs with spaces or commas if possible.
I've tried to write a TabKey handler in the field, but that produces some
strange results.  Any and all help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

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