iEye Captain Icon    Data exporting: Text with delimiters

No more copy and paste! With one click you can create a text file of a wide range of information you have specified in the preferences, for easy importing into databases such as Filemaker Pro, spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel, or disc labeling programs.

The default settings are set up to be the most commonly used selections. If you wish to view the settings, select the Tools > Text Export Settings menu item.


Steps to take to set up your text export settings:

• First, decide whether you want to export text data from the schedules or the recordings. If you wish, you can set up the options for both while you are in the Text Export Settings window.
• Click on either the "Schedules Text Fields" or "Recordings Text Fields" radio button, depending on which type you have selected.
• Use the "Reset Defaults," "Select None" and "Select All" buttons to help get closer to the selection of fields you wish to export, and then fine-tune by checking or unchecking the fields you wish to include or not include.
• Click on the "To Options..." button inside the field selection view, or click the "Schedules Text Options" or "Recordings Text Options" radio button to get to the export options view.
• The default settings in this view will create a tab-delimited text export of a default set of fields, in a file named "EyeTV Schedules.txt" for schedules or "EyeTV Recordings.txt" in the Documents folder inside the home folder of the current user.


From the settings window you can perform an export by hitting the "Export Text" button, or click "Save All" and perform the export later either by selecting File > Quick Data Exports > Schedules Text with Delimiters (or Recordings Text with Delimiters), or by clicking the QuickText Sched or QuickText Recs toolbar buttons (you may need to click the "Customize" button on the toolbar, and drag the QuickText buttons into position on the active toolbar).


Options for text exporting:

• If you wish to preserve the "tab" character in your titles, you may wish to do a comma-delimited export instead of tab-delimited.
• You can change the file name extension for applications that require a different one.
• You can choose to export text for only currently selected items in the Schedules or Recordings Pane, or all items.
• You can change the location for the resulting file, and the file name.


For more information on these and the other options available, please consult the iEye Captain manual.