Exporting information from a field

[kwatson]

I've been trying to write a script to pull information out of one field and put it into a plain text (Notepad or WordPad) file. I'm aware of the FMP7 (have ordered it for our network and expecting it any day) new "export field" script step, but I'm not sure exporting it will put it in a plain text format.

Any suggestions?

[-Queue-]

You can export to a txt file, if that is what you're asking.

[kwatson]

Are you talking about FMP7? I'm talking about some type of export that would emulate a cut and paste action, holding the formatting.

[-Queue-]

My bad, I misread and thought you wanted it in plain text. You might be able to Copy then Send DDE Execute or Send Event; but I'm not sure how that would actually work.

[M.A]

You can export data into a text file and into many other formats. You can write a script to export, but when you run the script you will not get a text file containing the data you exported. Rather it will open a window where you have to specify what fields you wanna import and its format. So, the process is not automated.

[kwatson]

I just downloaded a trial version of FMP7 and tried it. (I can't wait until all three versions get here). The export field contents script step does it just fine.