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From: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Pasting text with tabs into a field: How is it done?
Message-ID: <1636taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 22:06:36 GMT
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In <8561@milton.u.washington.edu>, bjornl@milton.u.washington.edu (Bjorn
Levidow) writes:

>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.

HyperCard automatically strips all tabs from fields, but it wont bother them if
they're in a variable.  So the only way you can do anything with tabs is to
change them to something else BEFORE you put the text in a field.  Since the
FileToField XCMD goes straight from the file to the field it is useless if you
want to handle special characters.  I suggest you use the script Jeanne posted.


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