and if the first line contains the names of the individual fields on the first row, you can
put the dgText[true] On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > set the dgtext of group "yourgroup" to URL ("binfile:/path/to/the/file") > should work. dgtext works directly with tab and cr delimited text, so > should be easy peasy. > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Keith Clarke < > keith.cla...@clarkeandclarke.co.uk> wrote: > > > Why not just put the file into a variable, set the item delimiters to tab > > and away you go? > > > > Just query the items of the first line to understand your (changing) > > column labels? > > Best, > > Keith.. > > > > On 30 Mar 2013, at 17:54, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > > s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello LC's, > > > > > > I have a tab delimited text file(log file) that I need to manipulate > > every > > > once in a while and extract data from it. Is there a good way to read > > this > > > directly into a datagrid and manipulate it from there or I am better > off > > > reading the file, loading it into a sqlite db and THEN manipulate it > from > > > there. > > > > > > The text file I am reading is constantly changing so I can not just do > a > > > one time conversion, I will always have to read from this file. > > > > > > This is for a desktop app, by the way.... > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your input! > > > > > > SKIP > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode