Exporting to plain text

You can export your current view to a plain text (ASCII) file.

Before you begin

Save the module so that the data you export includes any recent changes.

About this task

You can select the encoding that you want the exported file to use. The default is Latin1, or the code page you selected last time you exported a file to plain text. If you select a Unicode code page, a Byte Order Marker (BOM) is inserted at the start of the file. The BOM enables different programs to interpret the file.

You can export the current view in book layout, which lists the attributes on separate lines, or in table format. Use table format to display the data as it is in Rational® DOORS®.

You can include attributes that do not have a value.

You can use advanced options to add line breaks and tab characters to files exported in book format. You can also set the maximum line length for the plain text file.

Procedure

  1. Click File > Export > Plain Text. The Export Plain Text window opens.
  2. Select the options that you want to apply to the export. For more information about the export options, click Help in this Export Plain Text window.
  3. Specify the file path and name for the exported file in the text field. The default location for the exported file is your root drive (C:\). To specify a different location, click Browse. In the File Selector window, go to a directory and click Open.
  4. Click Export to save the file at the specified location.

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