topic Re: how to create a text file? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23471#M772677 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would like to create a text file that can be modified or updated periodically</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:13:58 GMT Anonymous 2018-05-29T08:13:58Z how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23466#M772672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi,</P><P>how to create a text file like this, when I try my text is not displayed as it should.</P><P>please help me.</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="20.PNG" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.qlik.com/legacyfs/online/203760_20.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:16:04 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23466#M772672 Anonymous 2020-11-25T16:16:04Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23467#M772673 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You need to use character fields to display the v's and tabs. For instance tab = Chr(9), return is Chr(10).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 07:57:56 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23467#M772673 Janneke 2018-05-29T07:57:56Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23468#M772674 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Another idea: If lay-out is really important, insert this text as an image. Use another tool for the text and save as png.</P><P></P><P>Choose for Represenation 'image' in your text object, and as expression in the text box: </P><P>='[YourTextDocumentPath]\[YourDocumentName].png'</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:05:08 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23468#M772674 Janneke 2018-05-29T08:05:08Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23469#M772675 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or use an extension, like this one <A href="https://community.qlik.com/docs/DOC-3423">(Minimalistic) HtmlTextBox Extension</A>, to display HTML text. This text can be stored into an external TXT file with all the formatting and the styles.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:09:00 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23469#M772675 Miguel_Angel_Baeyens 2018-05-29T08:09:00Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23470#M772676 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>how can i do?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:11:58 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23470#M772676 Anonymous 2018-05-29T08:11:58Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23471#M772677 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would like to create a text file that can be modified or updated periodically</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:13:58 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23471#M772677 Anonymous 2018-05-29T08:13:58Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23472#M772678 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is exactly what we are doing for what we are using that extension. It's not complex to set up, and it only requires an expression with the HTML text, which in our case is stored into an external TXT file so it can be updated regularly.</P><P></P><P>There's always a bit of tweaking until the font size is the desired, but usually not very cumbersome.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:18:19 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23472#M772678 Miguel_Angel_Baeyens 2018-05-29T08:18:19Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23473#M772679 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>how to put it in place?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:41:14 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23473#M772679 Anonymous 2018-05-29T08:41:14Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23474#M772680 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Open the application where you want to use such extension and double click on the .qar file.</P><P></P><P>See <A href="https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/November2017/Subsystems/Server/Content/QlikView-Server/QVSRM_QVSExtensions.htm">here</A> to put the extension on a server, if you need to.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 08:59:00 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23474#M772680 Miguel_Angel_Baeyens 2018-05-29T08:59:00Z Re: how to create a text file? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23475#M772681 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>='[part of your text]'&amp;Chr(9)&amp;'[another part of your text]'</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 May 2018 12:22:59 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/how-to-create-a-text-file/m-p/23475#M772681 Janneke 2018-05-29T12:22:59Z