Text import preferences.
text import preference Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| character set | ansi, unicode, RecommendShiftJIS83pv, ShiftJIS90pv, ShiftJIS90ms, GB2312, chinese big 5, macintosh CE, macintosh cyrillic, macintosh greek, macintosh turkish, windows cyrillic, windows EE, windows greek, windows turkish, GB18030, KSC5601, windows baltic, windows CE, macintosh roman, macintosh croatian, macintosh icelandic, macintosh romanian, cyrillic KOI8R, cyrillic KOI8U, cyrillic CP855, DOS latin 2, cyrillic ISO, greek ISO, centralEuropean ISO, turkish ISO, |
r/w | The computer language character set used to create the text file. |
| class | type class | read | The class descriptor type. |
| convert spaces into tabs | boolean | r/w | If true, converts the specified number of spaces into a tab. For information on specifying the number of spaces, see spaces into tabs count. |
| dictionary | string | r/w | The dictionary to use for the imported text. |
| object reference | text import preference | read | An object reference for the text import preference. |
| parent | reference | read | The parent of the text import preference (a application). |
| platform | macintosh, PC, |
r/w | The platform used to create the imported text file. |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| spaces into tabs count | integer | r/w | The number of spaces to convert to a tab. Note: Valid when convert spaces into tabs is true. |
| strip returns between lines | boolean | r/w | If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns at the ends of lines. |
| strip returns between paragraphs | boolean | r/w | If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns between paragraphs. |
| use typographers quotes | boolean | r/w | If true, convert straight quotes and apostrophes in the imported text to typographic quotation marks and apostrophes. |