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Import File
Import ASCII text file into report
Description
This component imports an ASCII text file into the report.
Properties
• File name: Specifies the name of the file to import into the text field. You can enter a
name, or use the Browse button (...) to find the file.
• Import file as: Specifies formatting for the imported file. Options include:
• Plain text (ignore line breaks): Imports the file as plain text without any
line breaks (no paragraphs). If you select this option, the Import File component
acts like the Text component, so it should have the Paragraph component as its
parent.
The examples in this section use the following text as the input file:
This is the first row of text from the imported file.
The second row follows a line break in the first row.
There is a blank line above the third row.
Plain text (ignore line breaks) produces the following formatting for the
example file:
This is the first row of text from the imported file.
The second row follows a line break in the first row.
There is a blank line above the third row.
• Paragraphs defined by line breaks: Imports the file as text, in paragraphs
with line breaks (hard returns or carriage returns). This option produces the
following formatting for the example file:
This is the first row of text from the imported file.
The second row follows a line break in the first row.