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Converting dBASE Document To WP Secondary Mer
DocumentID: 635051
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:44 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using dBASE trying to convert to WP secondary merge file. One of the fields should read 2,7,8,2. But, after going through the Convert program, the 2,7,8,2 become separated into individual fields. In the ASCII delimited file there are quote marks (") around the set (ie., "2,7,8,2".) The program seems to be reading the commas as individual fields rather than a group. It doesn't, however, do this with a name such as Howard Angillie, M.D. How can we get around this problem? Solutions: If the customer will use quote marks (") for the field delimiters in Convert, commas in a string will not become {END FIELD} codes. However, dBASE does not insert quotes around numeric fields. This will not work with numeric fields. They will need to be converted manually.

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