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To define an export task:
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Choose Define, Tasks, Export Tasks. |
The Export Tasks window
appears.
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In the Export Name field, type a unique name for the export
task. The name may be up to 30 characters long. |
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In the External Set field, click the lookup button and select a
previously defined external set. |
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In the Filename field, type the name of the file into which the
data is to be exported. By default, the file will be created in the
working directory, but you can override this if required, by typing
a full pathname before the file name. |
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In the Write Mode field, specify whether an existing export
file must be appended or overwritten with new exported data. |
If you specify 'Overwrite',
the existing export file is cleared at the beginning of the export
task, even if the export task does not retrieve data, or results in
an error.
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(7.1 only) In the Encoding field, specify whether the encoding
of the output file is to be ANSI or UTF-8 (Unicode). |
If you attempt to export
Unicode characters to an ANSI file, you will obtain unpredictable
results.
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