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16.2 Exporting to a Text File

This software allows you to create text files containing data from one or more fields within each of the
program's tables. For example, if you want to create a text file of all of the manufacturers in your
database, the Export function allows you to quickly do this.

Data types and sizes for each table from which data can be exported are documented in the

Database

Properties

topic.

How to Export Data:

1. From

the

Main screen, click the Administration icon. The Administration Menu appears at the

bottom of the screen.

2. On

the

Administration Menu, click Export. The Export Wizard/Step 1: Origination and

Destination Data screen appears.

3. Select the table from which you want to export from the Export Table drop down menu. Then

select the file to which you want to export the data. Here, the Supplier table has been selected
for import to an external file named Suppliers.csv (a comma separated values file). Export also
supports creation of .TXT files.

4. Click

Next to continue. The Step 2: Export Field Selection screen appears.

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