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Is it possible to write a TAB character (or any other special character) in a file in order to generate a log file that can easily be opened in an other application, like Excel?

April 26, 2017character EASILY file log possible special Tab write

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Is it possible to write a TAB character (or any other special character) in a file in order to generate a log file that can easily be opened in an other application, like Excel?

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Yes, you can write any ASCII character to a file with Troi File Plug-in. You need to concatenate your regular text with the special characters. The easiest way is to use the TrFile_AsciiValueToText function available in Troi File Plug-in 4.0 and later.