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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield;232HMB;3-6292;;MF62)
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Subject: Re: foxbase/dbase
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Date: 19 Jun 91 18:41:13 GMT
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In article <1991Jun19.152025.14890@ncsu.edu> dcc@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Daniel Carr) writes:
#>
#>in a previous post i said:
#>
#>   i'm trying to set up a database so that we don't have to use foxbase
#>   mac's report generator.  i would like to use MS Word's Print Merge
#>   feature, but i can't seem to get output from the database to be in a
#>   file that Word expects (i.e. a line with the field names, separated by
#>   tabs, and then each line being a record, with each field separated by
#>   tabs. i can do one or the other, but not both in the same file.
#>   
#>   if you know anyone doing this, please ask them to give me pointers.  i'm
#>   about it give up.

You might try

COPY TO FILENAME SDF

Standard data format (SDF) has text inside double
quote marks, fields separated by commas, and a new line
for each record. Most word processors can read it in.
If you have to use a tab, you should be able to convert,
though you may have commas in your data. You can substitute
"," with "tab" in your word processor.

I generate data for WriteNow with SDF.

Steve Goldfield