Importing Data from a Text File

(the standard version is required)

Disc Cover can import files with textual data created in other applications. Such text file may contain a list of files, audio tracks or other information.

To separate blocks of data, delimiters are used. Disc Cover supports tab stops, commas and semicolons as delimiters.

To import data from a tab-, comma- or semicolon-delimited file:

1. Open the Data and Files tab on the Source panel using the Window/Import/File&Folder List menu command.

2. Click the File... button. The File Import dialog will open.

   Click the "Change File..." button and select file to import.

   The program will define the data field delimiter automatically, and show data.
   If the data is shown incorrectly, try to change Encoding and Delimiter using the respective lists at the top of the dialog.

   Select all the lines you want to be shown in the list.

   If the Automatically replace Text in Objects with imported data checkbox is enabled, the program will update data in your document automatically.

   When ready, click the Import button. The selected files will appear on the Source panel.

3. Drag the text block into the document. To control its format, use the Format drop-down list from the Source panel. To create a custom format, choose the Other... option at the bottom of the Format list (see Custom Format Dialog for details).

Note: If you drag text from the Source panel onto existing text, the new text will replace the old one. A blue frame will indicate that text in the text box will be replaced.