Mark@mindlink.bc.ca (Mark Gray) (06/26/91)
I recently purchased a Casio BOSS and the CasioLink for Macintosh
package from Traveling Software to connect my Mac and the BOSS. I
wanted to use my existing name and address record keeping system,
which is a HyperCard stack, but I've run into a compatibility
roadblock. Can you help me out?
I have a HyperCard stack of my own design for keeping track of names,
addresses and phone numbers. The fields in this stack are fairly free
form, for example one field contains the name and address, other
fields contain telephone numbers. The name and address field looks
like this:
Mr. John Smith <return>
1234 Main Street <return>
Anytown USA 99999 <return>
The <return> characters aren't visible of course, but they are there
nonetheless.
The problem comes when I export these records to a text file which is
to be imported by the CasioLink program. Each <return> character is
regarded as the record separation mark, so that a field cannot contain
a <return>. The CasioLink program will import the text file, but the
result is gobbledygook with fields and records mixed up and
intermingled.
I asked the people at Traveling Software if they knew a work-around to
this problem, but they didn't. They acknowledged that the program is
"pretty basic". So I thought that some clever HyperTalk/programming
genius reading this note might know of or be able to figure out a
solution. I'd appreciate your replying directly to me and I'll post a
summary message if appropriate. Feel free to ask for additional
information if you need it. Thanks.
Regards,
-- Mark Gray --
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