Creating a control file

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(EscapeE Professional only)

1.Select New control file from the 'File' menu.
2.Enter the data.
For a simple composite document, this just a list of files (with path if required).
For a complex composite document, enter fieldnames on the first line followed by the data (one record per line). Each string must be enclosed by double quote characters and separated from each other by a comma.
3.Select Save from the 'File' menu.
4.Enter the filename and extension:
use .LOF for simple (list of files) documents, or
use .CSV for complex (comma-separated).documents.
5.Click OK.

See also

About Composite documents

Creating a field definition file

Viewing a Composite document