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What are the accepted file formats for Import in Dynamics SL

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Is .tsv an accepted file format for import? I am only familiar with .dat or .csv .

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    RE: What are the accepted file formats for Import in Dynamics SL

    Thanks alot.

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    RE: What are the accepted file formats for Import in Dynamics SL

    If you use a simple control file, only comma-separated values are accepted.

    If you use the "Intelligent" control file, in theory you can use any character as separator: comma, semi-colon, colon, tab, &, etc.

    Please consider that the file extension (.dta, .csv, .txt or whatever) doesn't have any meaning to the import process. If you use a simple control file, SL will expect a comma separated file even if you supply contoso.tsv.

    If you want to use tab-separated values, you should produce a intelligent control file and set a separator like in the following sample:

    '$include: "bsl.dh"
    '24271 Control Macro
    Sub ProcessImportLine( LevelNumber%, Retval% )
      select Case LevelNumber
        case TI_Start
    
          call AliasConstant( "Level0", "CurrencyRate" )
          Call AliasConstant("Separator", chr(9))
    
        case 0 ' 0 of 0


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