| Property | Type | Access | Description |
| characterSet | TextImportCharacterSet: TextImportCharacterSet.ANSI TextImportCharacterSet.RECOMMENDSHIFTJIS83PV TextImportCharacterSet.SHIFTJIS90PV TextImportCharacterSet.SHIFTJIS90MS TextImportCharacterSet.GB2312 TextImportCharacterSet.CHINESE_BIG_5 TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_CE TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_CYRILLIC TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_GREEK TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_TURKISH TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_CYRILLIC TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_EE TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_GREEK TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_TURKISH TextImportCharacterSet.GB18030 TextImportCharacterSet.KSC5601 TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_BALTIC TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_CE TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_ROMAN TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_CROATIAN TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_ICELANDIC TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_ROMANIAN TextImportCharacterSet.CYRILLIC_KOI8R TextImportCharacterSet.CYRILLIC_KOI8U TextImportCharacterSet.CYRILLIC_CP855 TextImportCharacterSet.DOS_LATIN_2 TextImportCharacterSet.CYRILLIC_ISO TextImportCharacterSet.GREEK_ISO TextImportCharacterSet.CENTRALEUROPEAN_ISO TextImportCharacterSet.TURKISH_ISO TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_GREEK_SHARED_CAPS TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_ARABIC TextImportCharacterSet.MACINTOSH_HEBREW TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_ARABIC TextImportCharacterSet.WINDOWS_HEBREW TextImportCharacterSet.ARABIC_ASMO TextImportCharacterSet.ARABIC_ASMO_TRANSPARENT TextImportCharacterSet.UTF16 TextImportCharacterSet.UTF8 |
r/w | The computer language character set used to create the text file. |
| convertSpacesIntoTabs | bool |
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. |
| eventListeners | EventListeners EventListener |
readonly | A collection of event listeners. |
| events | Events Event |
readonly | A collection of events. |
| isValid | bool |
readonly | Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects. |
| parent | Application |
readonly | The parent of the TextImportPreference (a Application). |
| platform | ImportPlatform: ImportPlatform.MACINTOSH ImportPlatform.PC |
r/w | The platform used to create the imported text file. |
| properties | Object |
r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| spacesIntoTabsCount | number |
r/w | The number of spaces to convert to a tab. Note: Valid when convert spaces into tabs is true. |
| stripReturnsBetweenLines | bool |
r/w | If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns at the ends of lines. |
| stripReturnsBetweenParagraphs | bool |
r/w | If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns between paragraphs. |
| useTypographersQuotes | bool |
r/w | If true, convert straight quotes and apostrophes in the imported text to typographic quotation marks and apostrophes. |