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Importing text into table, ` character not recognized

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From: Steve_Kugler
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:34
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I am importing text from a database into a Framemaker table. The database produces a file with the fields separated by tabs. I had someone develop a script that (among other things) changes the TAB-separated file to one where the fields are separated by the ` character (lowercase ~, to the left of the 1 key). I chose this character because it was unlikely to appear in the data. This script worked fine with Framemaker 6. Just switched to Framemaker 8.0 p273 and found that the ` character is not recognized - each line is put into one cell that shows the ` characters.

I am doing the following:

File - Import - File - Copy into Document
Convert - Text
Convert text to table - ANSI (windows) - Import
Table format - Format A, A row with cells separated by Other: `
Heading Rows 0 - Leave Heading Rows Empty
Convert

Here is a line of the text file I'm importing

C1,C2`2`CAP., CERAMIC, 0.01UF,+ 10 -10%,200V`AVX CORPORATION~SR302C103KAATR2`117-1100`1

This should put C1,C2 in one cell, 2 in the next cell, CAP ... in the next cell etc. Instead all the data in each line is crammed into one cell.

If I modify the file by changing all the appearances of ` to another character (e.g., \) it works properly and each field goes into a separate table cell. Is this a bug? If so, how do I report it it?
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