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- Fixed
- CODE HomePhone....... LastName................ Notes.......................
-
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-
- The above first two lines in this file are used by the SKCONVERT program
- when it is converting SideKick 1.x Phone books (SK Dialer on the menu). By
- changing the first two lines of this file you can easily allow SKCONVERT to
- convert almost any text file that has one address per line. Following is a
- description of how these first two lines should be formatted.
-
- The first line must begin with either an "F" or a "V". The "F" and "V"
- stand for Fixed and Variable respectively. By using the "F" or fixed width
- fields you are telling SKCONVERT that each field in you data file has a
- specific starting point and ending point. Using the "V" or variable width
- fields you are then telling SKCONVERT that you fields have different lengths
- in each record.
-
- Fixed Fields:
- General Format:
- Fixed
- FIELD..... FIELD.......FILED FIELD.......FIELD
-
- Where FIELD is a valid field name (see below)
-
- When using Fixed fields each field in you data must start in a specific
- column. The sample PHONE.DIR file that came with SideKick 1.x is formatted
- this way. To specify how your fields are ordered you would type on the second
- line the name of the field and then follow it with 0 or more periods to show
- how wide this field is. Any blanks you include on the second line will become
- required by SKCONVERT. The blanks are used by SKCONVERT to determine whether
- the line is valid or not.
-
- Here is an example of a fixed format that will work with the PHONE.DIR
- that came with SideKick 1.x
-
- Example Data:
- ASMP 9@767-2626 Time (example of variable pause)
-
- Example Field Definition
- Fixed
- CODE HomePHONE....... LastName................ Notes......................
-
- Variable Fields
- General Format:
- Variable
- S E FIELD FIELD FIELD FIELD
-
- Where S is the character that begins but is not included in a field and E
- is the character that ends but is not included in a field. If S and E are
- equal then you need to make sure that there are two delimiter characters
- between each field. FIELD as with Fixed fields is a valid field. (See below)
-
- Variable fields allow more flexibility than fixed length fields with one
- exception, The Start and End characters CANNOT exist in the data.
-
- Here is an example of using Variable width fields (Same data as above but
- in a variable type format.
-
- Example Data:
- "ASMP","9@767-2626","Time","(example of variable pause)"
-
- Example Field Definition
- Variable
- " " CODE HomePHONE LastName Notes
-
- Valid fields are:
- LastName, FirstName, MiddleName, Code, Title, Company, Street, City
- State, Zip, HomePhone, BusinessPhone, AlternatePhone, Notes
-