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CSV emulation options
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Text delimiter: Enter the character that starts and ends the data in each field of the record. If you
do not set a text delimiter and the data in a field contains the character you set as the delimiter,
the data is split into two fields. If you want to use a backslash character (\) as a delimiter, you
must precede it with another backslash character (thus you would enter \\). You can also specify
an ASCII character using its octal value preceded by a backslash (for example, \041 is the
exclamation mark character [!]).
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Force one record per page: Select to force a single record per data page. If you clear the selec-
tion, a record may be split across data pages if necessary. If you want to avoid splitting a record
across data pages, yet have several records in the buffer, select Force one record per page, and
set the Pages in buffer option to the number of records you want the buffer to hold.
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Delimiter: Enter the character that separates the fields of each record in the input data. If you
want to use a tab as a delimiter, select Set tab as field delimiter. If you want to use a backslash
character (\) as a delimiter, you must precede it with another backslash character (thus you
would enter \\). You can also specify an ASCII character using its octal value preceded by a back-
slash (for example, \041 is the exclamation mark character [!]).
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Set tab as field delimiter: Select to define a tab as the character that separates the fields of
each record in the input data. Clear to use the Delimiter box to define that character.
Database emulation
The Database emulation differs from other emulation types. With other emulations, data is pushed
either to PlanetPress Workflow processes running on servers, or to PlanetPress Design documents
residing on a printer. But in the case of the Dababase emulation, data must be pulled from the data
source: a query must be performed on the database to extract the relevant data.
When generating output from the design tool (which is the Designer in Connect, or Design in Plan-
etPress suite) one can open the document and then use the Data Selector to select a database. By
making a connection to the database, its structure can be accessed and it becomes possible to determ-
ine how data is to be pulled into the document.
In a Workflow process, the database query has to be performed automatically. This can be performed
by the "Database Query" on page369 Action task. The task generates a data file that it passes to the
following task, be it another Action task, or any Output task. For help on setting up the database emu-
lation see: "Choosing a database sample file" on page64.
Note: You can also use the PlanetPress Workflow Database Action task to get data from a data-
base, and output in multiple different formats such as CSV. See "Database Query" on page369.
Bear the following in mind:
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