ACC1x: TransferText Action Removes Spaces from Field Names

• Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1

SYMPTOMS

The TransferText action removes embedded spaces from field names if the Has Field Names argument is set to Yes, and the Transfer Type argument is set to Delimited Text.

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The Has Field Names argument indicates whether the table or query field names should be included as the first row of the exported text file. When set to Yes, the table or query field names will be exported to the text file as the first row of the text file. Embedded spaces will be removed from the field names in the first row of the exported text file.

Note that the Has Field Names argument does not apply if the Transfer Type argument is set to Fixed-Width. When you use the Fixed-Width setting, the field names are a part of the fixed-width import/export specification.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database NWIND.MDB.

2. Create the following macro, and then save it as TransferText Macro:

        Macro Name            Actions
        ----------------------------------
        Transfer Text Macro   TransferText
   
        TransferText Actions
        -----------------------------------
        TransferText
           Transfer Type: Export Delimited
           Specification: <leave blank>
           Table Name: Shippers
           File Name: SHIPPERS.TXT
           Has Field Names: Yes
   
   

3. From the Macro menu, choose Run.

4. When the macro has finished, quit Microsoft Access.

5. Open the SHIPPERS.TXT file in any text editor (such as Windows Notepad). Note that the spaces in the field names in the first row of the file have been removed. For example, the name "Shipper ID" has become "ShipperID."

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