EscapeE Professional editions only
Control files are built up in an "LOF" text-editing window. Some control files are straight-forward, consisting of a "List Of Files": these may be created – automatically or from the keyboard – then saved as type LOF. For complex composite documents, use a CSV style structure and save the control file as .CSV.
EscapeE can build an LOF control file automatically:
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| 1. | Open a file to be included in the LOF. |
| 2. | Select Remember file from the File menu.
EscapeE creates a new LOF file and adds the "remembered" filename along with its fields file (and any specified INI file). The LOF file content is displayed in a text-editing window. |
| o | More files may be appended to the LOF file: Open the next file then select Remember file.
Repeat until all the files have been added to the LOF. |
Double-clicking the name of the file in the list will load it with the specified options (for example, /PDF option would export the file directly, in PDF format).
| 3. | Select Save from the LOF window's File menu. Name the file, with extension ".LOF". |
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Alternatively:
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| 1. | Select New control file from the 'File' menu. |
| 2. | Select List of files (LOF).
A text-editing window is displayed, with :\ESCAPEE entered (see LOF details). |
| 3. | Type in the names and paths of the files to be included in the control file, one file per line. If these files have associated files (.EE, .INI), add those too. |
| 4. | Select Save from the LOF window's 'File' menu. |
| 5. | Enter the filename and extension .LOF then click Save. |
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| 1. | Select New control file from the 'File' menu and choose LOF option. |
| 2. | A text-editing window is displayed, with :\ESCAPEE entered (see LOF details). |
| o | Enter fieldnames on the first line followed by the data (one record per line). |
| o | Place a separator character between each fieldname on the first line. Use the same separator character between each data-value in a record. You may use a comma, semicolon or tab as the separator character. |
| o | If a string-value contains separator character(s) or space(s), the whole string-value must be enclosed within a pair of quote characters. Single or double quotes may be used, as long as the opening quote character is the same as the closing quote character. |
| 3. | Select Save from the LOF window's 'File' menu. Enter the filename and extension .CSV then click Save from the LOF window's 'File' menu. |
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Closing the LOF window
| • | Click the LOF window's title bar  button or |
| • | Choose Close from the LOF window's title bar menu or |
Links
About Control files
Creating the .EE file
