File/Export, COL file ignored

I’m trying to export a view using a COL file, and I can’t get the thing to work.I select the view, then File>Export, Save as type Tabular Text; the folder contains the .COL

file and I name the export file the same as the .COL file, but with .TXT extension.

The problem is that the .COL file is being ignored, and all I get is a regular view export.

The COL file contains this:

;Export RITS.frmDIIR to flat file

;

UniqueId: UNTIL “|”

ParentUNID: UNTIL “|”

InterviewerName: UNTIL “|”

DaysToComplete: UNTIL “|”

Offer: UNTIL “|”

OfferDesc: UNTIL “|”

Rate: UNTIL “|”

RateDesc: UNTIL “~”

The pipes are field separators, the tilde marks end of line.

The last time I did something like this, I think it was in the year 2000, probalby in R5 or R6,

and it worked fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Subject: File/Export, COL file ignored

Are you sure that COL file is supported for “exporting” view? As far as I know, and as found in Notes help, COL file is supported only for “importing” to View.

Regards,

Litty Joseph

Subject: RE: File/Export, COL file ignored

It was supported. It was used in combination con Notrix to transfer Notes data to Oracle for a Data Warehousing App. But this facility was never properly documented. The example quoted is actually a file that was created and used in production.