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From: dlugose@uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Address Stack, Hypercard V1
Keywords: Labels
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.180751.24455@uncecs.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 18:07:51 GMT
References: <11656@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <11656@pt.cs.cmu.edu> michelle@PROOF.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU (Michelle Jackson) writes:
>I have a microsoft word file with names and addresses set up in columns
>horizontally across the page, with fields separated by tabs.  Is there a
>way to transfer these names and addresses to hypercard address stack to avoid
>retying them?  Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>Michelle

  Save the file as text only.  If you want each person on a new line
on the same card, arrange fields left to right, one for each
column, then:

open file f
put 1 into lineNo
put 1 into columnNo
repeat
read from file f until tab, return
if it is empty then exit repeat
put it into line lineNo of field columnNo
if last char of it is return then
   put 1 into columnNo
   add 1 to lineNo
else
   add 1 to columnNo
end if
end repeat

   If you want a card for each person, then instead of keeping
track of linenumbers, when a return character is read, domenu
"new card"
-- 
Dan Dlugose
Internet: dlugose@uncecs.edu
UNC Educational Computing Service
Box 12035, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2035