Exporting text in ANSI format

[xoomaster]

Is there any way to export content of a text filed in ANSI format on a windows?

[Lee Smith]

Do you mean ASCII ??

[xoomaster]

On windows one can save a file as "ANSI" , "Unicode" or UTF-8, These are possible "Encodings" that can be used.

The file that I am exporting out of FMP has characters unrecognizable by a Parser that my client is using !

So I was told to save it in "ANSI" Encoding, which can be done by opening it and using "Save As" option in the NotePad or WordPad.

I am trying to avoid this extra step if possible.

So my question is how can I export content of a text field, in "ANSI" format, or how can I change the Encoding of the exported field ?

[Raybaudi]

Hi

I think that the:

Export Records ["file.txt"; Windows (ANSI)]

is the script step that you'll need.

During the setup of the step, you can specify which field to export.

If you want to export only the content of one field, you'll need to isolate the record.

[xoomaster]

The funny thing is that there is still characters that are inappropriate for that format in the exported file for some reason ?

So I ended up using the Troi File Plug in !

it works fine now !

Thank you for your input.

Xoomaster

[serzone]

thanks for hijacking my thread...

just kidding...

No, i don't mean ASCII... I just want a word that was in a particular format (by format i mean color and style: bold, italic, green etc) in filemaker to look the same in the excel file...